First "Deloitte OES" Prize awarded to a project on georouting
Prof. Weber and the winners of the Deloitte OES Prize
The first Deloitte OES Prize for the best student project in Prof. Weber’s graduate course “Operations: Economics and Strategy” was awarded to Dimitri Cordenier and Alexis Dubil
The project of the winners “GeoRoute at Postlogistics” convinced the judges by its thorough discussion of the Swiss parcel market and how delivery- route optimization can add value, including a thorough discussion of implementation costs and several key performance indicators.
The first runner-up project for the Deloitte OES Prize was “RFID and Possible Improvements of Customer Satisfaction at IKEA” by Amélie Buisson, Enrico Robbiano, and Malek Thabet. The second runner-up was “Tekoe: Supply Chain Optimization” by Alexandra Djurica and Laure Manueddu.
In total, 13 teams entered the Deloitte OES Prize competition. The projects aimed at identifying significant operational improvements in mostly local companies, including Taxi Lausanne, the vending machines and restaurants at EPFL, a local milk-product distributor, a pharmacy, a Swiss gourmet burger shop, an intermediary for ordering restaurant food at home, several automation companies, and a multinational pharmaceutical firm. The jury was composed of Sami Moalla, a manager with Deloitte, and Prof. Thomas Weber.
The members of the winning team each obtained an Apple iPad, sponsored by Deloitte, as first prize. Deloitte, which has 7 offices in Switzerland, was involved with Prof. Weber’s course throughout the fall, coordinated by Jacques Chastenet de Castaing , a consultant. In November, Paul King, director of the CFO Practice, delivered a guest lecture on “Performance Management.” He was accompanied by Esther Sapi, a consultant, who helped answer the students’ questions about the typical life of a consultant.