10 Best Things to Do in Hamburg
the fun starts. You didn’t travel hundreds, maybe thousands of kilometers just to study. You have an adventurous spirit and so do people from Hamburg. You went through a lot of challenges to end up here and [...] or at Decathlon, and if your budget is really tight, you can even use a kayak for free if you pick up garbage along the way, contributing to a sustainable and clean city. For water sports lovers who are [...] enthusiasts like yourself! And lastly, with a bit more time and budget you can also venture into sailing. Start simple by doing a Schnuppersegeln , a trial sail, and if you like it, go join a sailing club! Take
"Logistics and management – you can’t have one without the other" Alumni Story with Juliette Witte
consistently setting the course to achieve professional goals. This involves making decisions and building up skills. I made a conscious decision back in elementary school that I wanted to go to a grammar school [...] fit. The training at Dachser also paved the way for a career in logistics. And then I was able to start there directly in a strategy position in global innovation management. My move to Porsche Consulting [...] worldwide via distribution centers. This all has to be coordinated and managed. What's more, I grew up bilingual and the different cultures have had a huge impact on me. I am convinced that we can achieve
KLU talks Business … with Stefan Gall, Nippon Diesel Service
Japanese by agreeing to their request for setting up a European warehouse in order to offer replacement parts and repair services here. Having started off with just a wooden file box, we now spend what [...] acquiring European shipping companies. This marked the beginning of business for us, and that’s when we started supplying the growing international demand for repair services and replacement parts for Japanese
Managing uncertainty in the global supply chain: European Freight and Logistics Network F&L at KLU
the way people live, work, and relate to one another. Speed-dating discussions between logistics start-up entrepreneurs and KLU PhD students completed the meeting. The European Freight and Logistics Leaders
Climate-Neutral Logistics after COP26
instead of the current cardboard containers, which might reduce carbon emissions by up to 20 percent. “Stop talking and start testing. There are a lot of ideas, but we need to accelerate the testing time. It’s [...] the dialogue. Please, give your ideas to us, approach us – challenge us – and together we can come up with better solutions than we have in the past,” Strothotte said. Otto Schacht, Executive Vice President
“Sprechen Sie Deutsch?”: A quick guide to managing life in German despite messing up all the declinations
your German skills, even more so if you are starting from scratch. Having a basic knowledge of the grammar and rules of the language is important and will speed up the learning process later on, and believe [...] However, as soon as you overcome the very irrational thought of fearing a language, and you actually start putting some effort into learning it, you will soon realize that the long words are nothing but very [...] this website . The next step in the language app world is putting your knowledge into practice and start interacting with people in German. For this, a bunch of social networking apps are available: Tandem
From Trash to Treasure: New Research on Circular Economy
generating a circular economy. For this project KLU plans to analyze waste stream supply chains and set up a logistics model. Plastics in electronic devices and building insulation are often contaminated with [...] specialized recycling plants? How many plants do we need in Germany and Europe? And when do they start operating economically? Examining these questions is KLU researcher, Moritz Jäger-Roschko . Interviews
Consultancy: Focus on Business (video)
logistics and supply chains. The ways in which we carry out our research vary greatly. We usually start with large consortia projects that involve working with industry partners at European level and that [...] basically come with a gut feeling that there’s a need to take some sort of action. An example of this came up recently in a project with a smaller trade company. The company’s management had noticed that certain [...] what they have to say, and ask the right questions. If both sides like what they hear, we then come up with a plan on how to move forward together. It could be that we decide on a consultancy project with
On the move
in Global Logistics from KLU in 2015, the 34-year-old recently returned to his native Brazil to take up the role of chief business development officer at Contrail Logistics SA, a logistics operator specialized [...] Brazil led Gerdau to persuade him that the best place for his career was at home. “After that, I started to pursue the dream of having an international experience on my own,” he said. He planned and co [...] distributed to companies around the world. “We began negotiations at the end of July 2015 and I started at the Eurogate container terminal in Hamburg on the first of October that year,” he said. “Our objective
Help when and where it's needed
cases nurses, for instance, would take care of the logistics. After some time, the NGOs and donors started to realize that they needed to professionalize this aspect more and began employing people who had [...] going to be, but aid organizations do not enjoy this luxury. “For example, you cannot say that you’ll start sending one million tons of food aid to Haiti because you know tomorrow an earthquake will take place [...] Washington, DC this year. It’s not the first time that she’s been honored by the society: Besiou picked up the HOCM POMS “Best Paper” award in 2012 together with Alfonso Pedraza-Martinez and Luk Van Wassenhove