Planning for the future
operators to start activities in Luxembourg. And if Luxembourg is to evolve towards an important and strategic location for logistics companies, more and more specialists are needed to keep up with the fierce [...] Hamburg. I actually had the choice between the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and the KLU. I finally made up my decision based on the organizational characteristics of the university and the city of Hamburg, [...] point.” Currently on an exchange semester in Ningbo, China, Biwer hopes to have the student network up and running in 2016. To this end he is working with the Cluster for Logistics Luxembourg. “The cluster
KLU Students Assess Disruptive Supply Chain Technologies
KLU MSc students partnered with supply chain technology company GS1 and US drone start-up Skycart to understand the impact of new disruptive supply chain technologies. In their course “Strategic Issues
10 Biggest Advantages of Studying and Working in An International Environment
. If you go to a country that does not speak the same language as you, you will for sure end up picking up on the new language. It is not only a great skill to develop but may also help expand your horizons [...] Every year millions of students from all over the world jump on a train or a plane for hours to start a new life as a student in a foreign country. Sometimes compelled by their parents, relatives or friends [...] languages have their own sayings, which in most cases are charged with a lot of wisdom. And even if you end up in a country with the same language, it is much more likely for you to be around people who don’t speak
How Sina’s dream of her own food truck came true
make a big change in their lives. They have started their own business, which appears to be as far away from shipping and logistics as you can get. Starting this July, the two tough women will be driving [...] idea. At Vattenfall’s summer event last year, somehow the idea of having her own food truck popped up. During a five-hour car ride, Sina convinced her sister to quickly quit her job too and become sel [...] voyage will take place on July 9 and Sina says she and her twin would love to see many KLU faces lining up for their delicious food. She recommends the beet/avocado/goat cheese and walnut salad and the fen
How KLU Alumnus Kim Developed His Own App in Mexico
quite some experience when it comes to living, studying, and making friends abroad. In Mexico, he started developing his own app. Sport12 brings solitary athletes together to join a game. Kim Kaiser knows [...] undertaken an internship in Madrid. But it was that semester abroad in Mexico that seems to have kick-started Kaiser’s passion to pursue developing his own sports app, Sport12 . Kim couldn’t wait to return [...] your own club.” To make his idea a reality, Kim spent a year participating in an incubator program, Startup México, which helped him with legal and financial support. “Obviously, this stuff is quite difficult
Setting Sail on a Successful Internship
BSc student Johara Weber shares her internship experience Having grown up in the port city of Hamburg, Johara Weber is naturally interested in the shipping industry. She chose ferry company Stena Line [...] of getting the internship in the first place, and allow for a wide range of experience once she started working there. The internship was full of hands-on experience in a real world setting, giving Weber [...] exciting. It’s worth it in the end because you gain so much hands-on experience. An internship opens up new possibilities for more complex tasks and provides insight into higher management positions within
A career in science or business?
that students go where there is growth, and ideally where you have a small unit.” This could be a start-up, or perhaps a freshly founded university or a new research unit or department. “Then you will have
Chatbots and IoT: New Opportunities for Logistics
waste on the transport route. Another group came up with chatbots that provide useful additional information during a web session and cross-sell or up-sell. I was also really excited by the approach of [...] providers are currently fighting on two fronts. On one hand, they are up against their traditional competitors, but also against start-ups and digital giants like Amazon, Alibaba and Uber, which offer new [...] massively. In the future, logistics companies will therefore focus even more on this topic. Asvin Goel: Up to now, every single actor along the supply chain had information about his assets, but could not easily
Sweet Success: 8 Cafés in Hamburg that Make Great Study Spots
Wi-Fi. Feeling up to a nice brunch? Some locations also offer a buffet-style brunch on the weekends that you can enjoy before or after preparing for your next exam season. If we head up to Eimsbüttel, [...] the bustling streets and tranquil corners of Hamburg as we uncover some study sanctuaries. Let’s start off strong with a café that you can find in multiple locations throughout Hamburg! Café May is a chain [...] in Altona, St. Georg and Rotherbaum, among other neighborhoods. Fresh roasted coffee, coming right up! Located on the historical Deichstraße, Nord Coast Coffee Roastery does not disappoint when it comes
KLU President Strothotte: how we're handling the Corona Crisis (video)
loosen up and the travel restrictions are gone, then of course we expect everyone to be coming to KLU to do the learning here. But in the meantime, we will find solutions for whatever problems come up. For [...] worked very well because we have been working for almost two years now on getting our online learning up and running. So we basically had everything we needed. It was a matter of rolling it out to everybody [...] teaching today is working very well and the response of the students is positive. Our faculty is coming up with new ideas like coffee sessions in addition to the teaching and is creating a kind of family atmosphere