Among the partners of the Poznań School of Logistics are over twenty companies with national and international reach, including: Kuehne+Nagel, Raben, ProLogis, DHL Express, Panopa, Dachser, Mandersloot, Promag, Still, Agrobex, and others.
– Thanks to the cooperation with enterprises, we have information about current market demand, which allows us to shape a flexible study program, adapting it to market requirements. Thanks to this cooperation, our students have easier access to internships and apprenticeships. The university is an excellent place for building a company’s image among young logistics staff. With each of our partners, we also find other areas of cooperation, tailored to the company’s capabilities and willingness to engage – explains Wojciech Zalewski, WSL press spokesperson.
Thanks to the close cooperation between the university and business, WSL students have direct access to innovative industry solutions. A huge advantage is the fact that the founder of the university is the Institute of Logistics and Warehousing, a research institute and the national GS1 organization.
– Firstly, we have substantive and personnel support. Secondly, having this support, we gain access to the latest solutions in the field of logistics, and based on these solutions and the experience of the ILiM, we construct curricula – says Ireneusz Fechner, Chancellor of the Poznań School of Logistics.
Furthermore, the “LogMeeting – meetings and workshops at the Poznań School of Logistics” program has been operating at the university for several years, within which students practice practical skills under the supervision of specialists and managers from leading TSL industry companies in Poland. Guest lectures are held periodically. Among this year’s guests were: Kris Pauwels – Vice President of Development & Account Management at ProLogis in Poland, Kevin Sey – Senior Development Manager at DHL Real Estate EMEA, Jerzy Zientkowski – IT Department Manager at Raben Polska, Arkadiusz Baraniok – member of two Toastmasters clubs in Poznań, Anita Koralewska-Ratajczak – HR Manager, and Beata Szymczak – Development Specialist from Kuehne+Nagel, as well as Agnieszka Sterniak and Grzegorz Haładus from the European Transport Exchange TRANS. The program will be continued in the upcoming academic year. The first meeting is planned for October.
Every year, the Raben Group also gets involved in didactic classes. The company’s specialists conduct a series of exercises with students. The goal of the joint venture is not only to pass on knowledge based on case studies and their own experience to future logisticians but also to better prepare students for professional work.
– For WSL students, this is of great importance, as they can now confront the theoretical knowledge, which we try to enrich with market examples on a daily basis, at the source, i.e., in logistics companies with significant market potential – says Wojciech Zalewski. – The cooperation between the Poznań School of Logistics and the Raben Group is an example of an excellent relationship between a company and a university that brings benefits to both sides. The primary advantage is improving the quality of student education, thanks to which the university will have better graduates, and the company will have qualified candidates for work.