On Friday, April 15, the ceremony announcing the results of the 3rd National Logistics Olympiad took place at the headquarters of the Poznań School of Logistics. This year’s winner is Artur Rona, a high school senior from the School Complex of Construction and Clothing in Tczew. On his way to victory, he defeated over 4,500 people. Thanks to his determination, he won not only an exemption from the written part of the vocational exam but also free undergraduate and graduate studies at the Poznań School of Logistics, as well as attractive material prizes.
This year, all podium spots belong to people who participated in previous editions of the Olympiad. Perseverance paid off, although it was not without hard work. This year’s winner had been participating in the Olympiad since the first edition and reached the final every year.
– This time I have to succeed. After all, they say “third time’s the charm!”. I want to study at the Poznań School of Logistics, so I will do everything to win – said Artur Rona during the March final.
He kept his promise. He scored 82.5 points out of 100 possible, which gave him a decisive advantage over the other finalists.
– I am very surprised. I suspected that I could take a high place, but I didn’t think I would win. Now at least I know that those hours of study did not go to waste – rejoiced Artur Rona, right after the results were announced.
Bernadeta Szymańska, Artur’s teacher, had no doubts: – I was counting on this success. We worked on it for three years. I say we, because preparing Olympians is not easy. I have to keep educating myself all the time, because the logistics industry does not stand still.
Second on the list, Szczepan Górtowski from the Vocational School Complex in Brodnica, scored 75 points. In the premiere edition of the competition, he was two points short of qualifying for the final; a year ago, he won the 2nd National Logistics Olympiad. Paweł Turski from the Secondary School Complex in Sulechów took third place with a score of 74.5 points. The high school senior from Sulechów also participated in the Olympiad a year ago, taking fourth place. However, he showed that one can always achieve more. A place on the podium is certainly a reason to be proud.
The Best School of the 3rd National Logistics Olympiad was the School Complex of Construction and Clothing in Tczew. According to the Olympiad regulations, the best school is considered to be the one whose representatives score the most points in the final, with a multiplier applied to the results of the top three winners. The prize was a set of fifteen licenses for the MonZa Edu inventory management program, funded by the Institute of Logistics and Warehousing, and SKK SMART software for warehouse operations along with a data collector from the company SKK Systemy Kodów Kreskowych.
– I am very happy. After this year’s final, I feel even more motivated. Fortunately, we already have worthy successors at school. Kamil Myrda is in the second grade and has already made it to the final of the Olympiad – says Bernadeta Szymańska.
The 3rd National Logistics Olympiad began on October 22, 2010. At that time, 4,673 students from 175 secondary schools from all over Poland took part in the first stage. For sixty minutes, they answered forty questions developed by the Scientific Committee. By solving a single-choice test, they checked their knowledge in the field of logistics terminology, skills in managing orders, purchases, deliveries, and warehouses, as well as techniques and technologies in logistics processes. 613 participants from 100 schools qualified for the regional stage. The semi-final took place on December 10, 2010, in twelve Polish cities. The final showdown took place on March 18, 2011, at the headquarters of the Poznań School of Logistics. 53 students competed in the final.
– Over these three years, the Olympiad has become one of the most important events in the field of logistics education in our country. This is best evidenced by the constantly growing number of participants. We are very pleased that this fact has also been appreciated by companies in the industry, which willingly support the organization of this event financially – summarized the successes of the Olympians Wojciech Zalewski, WSL press spokesperson.
The organizer of the Olympiad is the Poznań School of Logistics. The Honorary Patronage over the competition was taken by the Ministry of Infrastructure.
Substantive partners of the Olympiad are: the Institute of Logistics and Warehousing and the Polish Logistics Association. The Strategic Sponsor was the CHEP company.
The Olympiad was covered by media patronage, including the portal logistyka.net.pl.