On June 6-10, 2022, the Summer School "Logistics and Supply Chain Management" was held as part of the Erasmus+ Jean Monnet Module project "Logistics and Supply Chain Management: Dissemination of European Experience", which is implemented at the Department of Marketing and Logistics of the Lviv Polytechnic National University.
The main goal of the Summer School is to acquaint high school students with the field of logistics and supply chain management, the best European logistics practices, and the formation in students of a conscious approach to choosing the future profession. The summer school in this format will be held for the second time, this year its participants were students of the Lviv Academic Gymnasium.
Day 1. On the first day of the Summer School the welcome speech was delivered by the project manager - Nataliya Hayvanovych. Natalya Chornopyska conducted a meeting of the participants. Pupils of grades 8-9 talked about their dreams of becoming doctors, businessmen, architects, marketers, lawyers, programmers, managers and other specialists, about their achievements in music, sports, and other fields.
As a part of team-building, Oksana Dovhun held the Marshmallow Challenge game. Everyone was good at generating ideas and defending the opinion in the team. The organizers also familiarized the participants with information about the European Union. The Allias game for guessing famous people, values, capitals, countries, culture and traditions was conducted by Sofiya Leonova.
Day 2. Students assumed the role of logistics operators and played the game Business on the move. This game has gained popularity in the logistics field with the support of many leading European companies as a model for studying business processes in logistics and supply chains.
The players made decisions that real participants in the international market make every day. And on the market there are force majeure circumstances, competitors make decisions that can interfere with plans. It is important to fulfill orders and optimally use available resources.
Day 3. Wednesday at the Summer School was joyful and active. Students listened to the main terms of logistics in production (poka-yoke, kanban, kaizen, lean-production, just-in-time). Natalya Chornopyska also conducted a short test on the assimilation of these concepts in kahoot. Next, the participants tried to understand what are the unnecessary losses in production when working in a team and with limited time. Under the leadership of Nataliya Hayvanovych and Oksana Dovhun, they played a pizza-making game.
The participants experienced how difficult it is to redistribute roles in production, enter the role of a certain profession, control quality, communicate and fulfill customer orders on time. And also to observe order at the workplace.
Day 4. Students listened to a lecture about supply chains, European practices of their formation and companies that provide logistics services.
Next, the participants played several business games under the mentorship of Nataliya Hayvanovych, during which they practiced communication, interaction, and cooperation skills. This practice is especially important for establishing an efficient functioning of the supply chain and successful business in general.
Pupils tried themselves in different roles: sales managers, managers who need to improve the effective work of their employees, and representatives of companies who need to conclude profitable contracts for the purchase/sale of goods.
Day 5. On the last day of the Summer School, students with teachers Nataliya Chornopyhka and Sofiya Leonova went on an excursion to Concern Khlibprom PJSC.
The participants received certificates and souvenirs based on the results of the event. At the "Logistics and Supply Chain Management" Summer School, students developed teamwork and critical thinking skills, completing tasks individually and in groups. From lectures, videos and excursions, pupils learned about the essence and basic principles of logistics and supply chains, taking into account European experience.
The organizers of the Summer School would like to thank the administration of the Lviv Academic Gymnasium - director Lesya Yukhman and head teacher Nataliya Syrotynska, for their cooperation in implementing the event as a part of the Erasmus+ Jean Monnet Module project, congratulate everyone on productive studies and wish them success and the realization of dreams!
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