Focus on future developments

The 18th WHU Cam­pus for Sup­ply Chain Man­age­ment, a two-day event focus­ing on the future of logis­tics, will soon be start­ing. Under this year’s mot­to “Sup­ply Chain 4.0”, the stu­dent orga­niz­ers want to focus on the ben­e­fits, com­pli­ca­tions and risks of the dig­i­tal­iza­tion of sup­ply chains. The con­fer­ence, which is also open to inter­est­ed exter­nal vis­i­tors, will begin on March 17 at the Stadthalle in Val­len­dar. It will offer all par­tic­i­pants the oppor­tu­ni­ty to receive ground­break­ing infor­ma­tion from some of the most respect­ed experts in the field of sup­ply chain man­age­ment — includ­ing Dr. Knut Alicke from McK­in­sey, Otto Schacht, Exec­u­tive Vice Pres­i­dent Sea Logis­tics at Kühne + Nagel, as well as rep­re­sen­ta­tives from DHL Con­sult­ing, Camelot and Accenture.

With spe­cial dis­cus­sion pan­els, work­shops and speed dat­ing rounds, the orga­niz­ers’ focus is on net­work­ing so that par­tic­i­pants have the oppor­tu­ni­ty to talk face-to-face with those who know the world of logis­tics inside and out. For the first time, the event will fea­ture the “CSCM Inno­va­tion Pitch Bat­tle.” This com­pe­ti­tion will fea­ture four promis­ing star­tups who will get the chance to present their busi­ness mod­els to a pan­el of experts.

The con­fer­ence is not only a great place to learn about best prac­tices. It also pro­vides the per­fect oppor­tu­ni­ty to engage in con­ver­sa­tions on a per­son­al lev­el. This year, the orga­niz­ing team has made it an addi­tion­al pri­or­i­ty to estab­lish long-term con­nec­tions between par­tic­i­pants and guests at the event.

Net­work­ing in the oth­er­wise exclu­sive cir­cle of key fig­ures in sup­ply chain man­age­ment can also lead to oppor­tu­ni­ties for intern­ships and build last­ing rela­tion­ships. Found­ed in 2003, the WHU Cam­pus for Sup­ply Chain Man­age­ment is the largest Euro­pean stu­dent con­gress in the field of sup­ply chain man­age­ment and logistics.