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New team member of the department – Felipe Martínez with Lean Six Sigma Black Belt
Felipe Martínez has joined the department of logistics team this September. He specializes in manufacturers’ and trade companies’ engineering, and he is responsible for the Czech team in European Manufacturing Survey (EMS). He has long-term experience of supervising student teams regarding their engagement in business process improvements (e.g. Latecoaeare or Catermat.com). As a scholar, he […]
Members of the department taking part in the field trip by the department partner DB Schenker to port of Hamburg
In early June, the department of logistics members participated in the field trip organized by the department partner – DB Schenker to the port of Hamburg. The event included the networking with the company customers’ representatives, the discussion on the continuing cooperation options regarding the guest lecturing, field trips for students and their term papers […]
City logistics best practices: lesson learnt in Paris
In late November 2021 and within the project TAČR CK01000032, the department of logistics members together with the representative of Transport Engineering Faculty, University of Pardubice met with Laetitia Dablanc, professor at Université Gustave Eiffel and being the project team member. The project trip abroad included the project presentation and the discussion with Ville de […]
Department of Logistics and its minor specialization re-accredited by the European Logistics Association
The European Logistics Association (ELA) re-accredited the department’s minor specialization Logistics – International Transport and Freight Forwarding for another three years. It can hand over the cELog certificate level 6 to its graduates meeting the cELog requirements. The internationally recognized professional certificate is valid for a period of five years. The department’s minor specialization is […]
Smart City Logistics and Sustainable Urban Mobility Plans addressing the Emergence of E-commerce – notes from the workshop in Pardubice
The project TA ČR CK01000032 workshop took place at the Faculty of Transport Engineering, University of Pardubice on September 17. The PPL CZ (DHL Express subsidiary), DPD, DACHSER, Czech Post and Alza.cz managers took part in the event as well. The relevant specialists from the Ministry of Transport of the Czech Republic, Pardubice Municipal Council […]
Speedchain 20:21 Conference – Department of Logistics Footprint
SpeedCHAIN conference was celebrating the 15th year of its existence and this year’s edition was addressing the challenges by the COVID-19 pandemic and related SCM disruptions. The conference took place in Břevnovský klášter monastery September 7. For years, the conference has been the most impactful business event in the Central Europe region by the audience […]
Internationalisation of Department of Logistics with the focus on emerging business and research topics of e-commerce, sustainability and digitalisation
Within the running project No. CK01000032 Smart City Logistics as a Response to Current E-Commerce Trends and Sustainable Urban Mobility Planning financed by Technology Agency of the Czech Republic, the Department of Logistics, Faculty of Business Administration, Prague University of Economics and Business has managed to collaborate with globally recognised scholar, professor Laetitia Dablanc (as […]
The Department of Logistics, FBA, has succeeded to conduct another contractual research for Unipetrol RPA, s.r.o.
The Department of Logistics, Faculty of Business Administration, University of Economics, Prague has succeeded to conduct another contractual research for Unipetrol RPA, s.r.o. It is the 4th stage of long-term research project titled Petrochemical Logistics – Intermodal Distribution Network for Polyolefins – The Study Phase. The Department academic members have focused on the optimization of […]
Research project on the students’ attitudes towards electric cars by VŠE and ŠKODA AUTO
The Univesity of Economics in Prague and ŠKODA AUTO collaborated on a research project regarding the exploration of the attitudes of University students in Czech Republic towards sustainability, environmentally friendly/electric cars and ŠKODA AUTO as an employer. Dr Marek Vinš from the Department of Logistics, Dr Efthymia Kottika from the Deparment of Marketing and Dr […]
