A team of students from the College of Business has won the National Logistics Challenge for the second consecutive year.
The students Tracy Booker, Kyle Hightower, Poh-Lynn Ng and Chris Walls, all seniors in the supply chain management program, competed in the college-bowl style competition, which was held in Pittsburgh, Penn., on March 26.
During the multi-round challenge, teams of students are asked questions about the field of logistics and awarded points for correct answers. Logistics is defined as the portion of supply chain management that plans, implements, and controls the efficient, effective flow and storage of goods, services, and related information from the point of origin to the point of consumption in order to meet customers' requirements.
The team was sponsored by the Texas Logistics Education Foundation Center for Logistics Education and Research, which is housed at UNT. The students were coached by Dr. Ila Manuj and Dr. Steve Swartz, both assistant professors in the Department of Marketing and Logistics.
The UNT team has been a top competitor at the national challenge in the ten years that UNT’s logistics program has existed. They have won the competition five times, including this year, and only finished lower than third once.
The National Logistics Challenge includes teams from the top logistics programs nationally, including Michigan State University, Pennsylvania State University and Auburn University. The competition is in its 19th year and is sponsored by the national professional organization for logistics and supply chain management, the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals. It also was sponsored by the Pittsburgh Roundtable.
The University of North Texas Logistics and Supply Chain Management program is the seventh largest program nationally. It was ranked 18th nationally in an academic industry server. The program offers degrees and specialization options at the undergraduate, graduate and doctoral level.
story credit: Alyssa Aber, UNT News Service
