10 projects from IUE Logistics Students for the Industry

04 FEBRUARY 2009

In his opening speech, Head of Department of Logistics Management Prof. Dr. Tunçdan Baltacıoğlu stated the importance of the project application that was embraced by the industry and said that he believed in the success of the application that would not only contribute to the development of the industry but also provide to have well equipped graduates who had the chance to know business life. During the presentations, industry representatives, students and academicians had the chance to evaluate the projects, and to exchange opinions about the cooperation in the future.

Pınar Su Logistics and Planning Manager Murat Yıldız, Schenker Arkas Business Management Systems and Customer Services Manager Senem Kılıç, Zeynep Çağdaş and Bihter Kol, Unsped District Director Yavuz Sarvan, UPS District Marketing Manager Bahadır Katırcı, UPS Operation Manager Aykut Alp, Pınar Süt Logistics Manager Ahmet Viçin, Yaşar Joint Marketing Shipment Manager Ali Demirbilek, İznak Logistics Authorities Begüm YAza and Zelin Ayhop and Lemar Logistics Manager Levent İskenderler who evaluated the projects after the presentations stated that they believed that this cooperation would be very beneficial for both sides.

Unsped District Director Yavuz Sarvan stated that he found the projects very professional and said “First of all I witnessed that IUE Department of Logistics’ academic staff make a praiseworthy study in order for their students to develop. I can also say that the students are making really serious studies by recognizing their position now and the lessons they have taken. In the presentations they were very eager and excited. Either with their contents and the way they were prepared, the projects which I believe that were prepared with great efforts gave me the impression that the students are ready for their professional life and they will be successful in every duty they will be given in the future.”

Schenker Arkas Business Management Systems and Customer Services Manager Senem Kılıç who stated that they wished this cooperation established on WIN-WIN principle would continue and said “You need some time for the knowledge attained in the university to add value in business life after graduation. During this time, the people struggle to do their duty, maintain their personal development and to be an individual in working environment. We, as the people who passed through these phases, try to create environments where the students who are about to graduate can apply their knowledge in business life, and that they can question quickly and enlighten the empty spaces. We encourage them to create solutions for the problems, to have tendency in becoming a team against a problem and both to come to the fore among crowd and obey the ethics of a team. The participation of the academic knowledge in business processes by the brains that were not exposed to business blindness contributes to the professionals as an extremely innovative idea.”