Linfox mentors students in supply chain operations

Teams of Australian university students and Linfox industry mentors have put their decision-making skills to the test in a recent supply chain competition in Melbourne.

At the day-long event, held at Victoria University in May, experts from Linfox coached student teams from Victoria University (VU), RMIT, Swinburne, Deakin and Monash Universities in simulation games.

Using SAP Enterprise Resource Planning software, teams fought to win the biggest market share by buying raw materials, managing budgets, developing production and distribution schedules, and selling products. They were required to respond to changing variables such as an increase in grain prices or a decrease in the foreign exchange rate, with every 25 minutes in real life simulating 30 days.

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