Dundalk IT hosts national supply chain knowledge day
Industry leaders and students connect as DkIT team earns second place in national challenge
Post Caption: Katie Wheeler, CILT; Paula Espada Serrino, DkIT; Tabea Steinhauser, DkIT; Michael O’ Callaghan, IPICS; Yvonne Delaney, IPICS; James Kearney, CILT; Erica Pauzat Devillaine, DkIT; Margot Bonnefoy, DkIT; Annmarie McHugh, DkIT and Shane Hill, DkIT
On Saturday 18th April, Dundalk Institute of Technology (DkIT) hosted the CILT (Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport) Student Knowledge Day, organised by CILT Mobility & Supply Chain Skillnet.
The Knowledge Day was part of an initiative supported by the Department of Transport which highlights career opportunities within the industry, green and digital innovation, and Ireland’s leadership in creating sustainable, resilient supply chains. This event was part of the fourth annual Logistics and Supply Chain Skills Week.
Over 100 industry representatives, staff and students from campuses across Ireland including UCD and SETU attended the event. Speakers including the Operations Director of OohPod Simon Joly and Executive Vice President of Overhaul, David Warrick, spoke about the innovation, trends and challenges facing the supply chain industry and gave fantastic advice to students who plan to enter this changing and challenging industry.
To round off the event for DKIT, Erasmus students, who are studying the Supply Chain Management module, took home second prize in the National Supply Chain Simulation - Student Challenge. The student team who originate from France, Spain and Germany, comprised of Margot Bonnefoy, Erica Pauzat Devillaine, Paula Espada Serrino and Tabea Steinhauser completed a business simulation task over two evenings and were delighted to come in second place competing against the different HEI's. Students from the M.Sc. in Sustainable Supply Chain in UCD took home first and third prizes.
Shane Hill, Head of Department of Financial and Management Studies at DkIT said:
“Congratulations to all the students who took part in this fantastic competition. Well done to the DkIT students who really showed us their brilliant supply chain skills, coming in a very well deserved second place. It is great to see the interest and skills in supply chain in DkIT with this being the third year in a row that DKIT had prize winners in this competition!”