Students of the Poznań School of Logistics (WSL), while writing their diploma theses, carried out a professional logistics improvement project that will allow for improving the efficiency of cooperation between the companies Kuehne+Nagel and Wyborowa SA. The work was carried out under the guidance of Dr. Eng. Aleksander Niemczyk, who coordinated the work of the entire team and monitored the students’ contacts with Kuehne+Nagel (K+N) employees.
The end of studies is inextricably linked to writing a diploma thesis. Most graduates, however, point out the fact that their theses were read by only three people: the author, the supervisor, and the reviewer. After the defense, they most often ended up on a shelf and were not used in any way. Students therefore most often treat this stage like the 3 x Z rule – Do it – Pass it – Forget it. In order for this unwritten “rule” not to find justification within the walls of the Poznań School of Logistics, it also uses signed agreements with leading logistics companies to prepare diploma theses that can improve the logistics solutions of enterprises and give students the opportunity to implement projects on the market. In the previous academic year, a group of WSL students completed 9 bachelor’s theses, which together form a project to improve warehouse operations at Wyborowa SA in Poznań, serviced by the Kuehne+Nagel company.
Students were given access to selected, real data regarding the warehouses. Individual theses address a number of issues and complement each other, creating a proposal for many improvement actions. The task required constant cooperation of the entire team. Partial results of the work of some project participants were used by other people on the team. Students also had the opportunity to establish direct contact with employees of both companies, identifying existing problems and developing ways to eliminate or limit them.
The article comes from the magazine “Logistyka” 6/2006.