What do PUMA, Calvin Klein, Max Verstappen and Manchester City have in common?

Their similarity is great marketing and webshop logistics. You order something and the next day it's in your letterbox.' These logistics converge in Tilburg. And in this logistics centre, for technicians with backgrounds in Business Administration, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechatronics and Logistics, there is a lot to see and, of course, vacancies and internships.

This overall concept was designed by:

By TGW logistics:

and realised at stichd logistics centre in Tilburg:

Our host from TGW logistics - Jan Willem Klinkenberg - will take you

  • into the concept of logistics between receiving goods in bulk quantities to breaking down by customer order.

Our host from stichd - Kevin Kindt - explains to us the tricky business case:

  • how big should the logistics centre be
  • what expansion should we take into account when fitting out the building over time
  • how did we manage to create a revenue model,
  • in retrospect, what were the learning moments?
  • how much risk was run

Fontys University of Applied Sciences in Eindhoven was contacted for the participants. This "College-on-site" fitted perfectly into the curriculum of their first-year students. The presentations are in English, as a number of foreign students have also been invited. These students fill all 35 places.

Programme:

13.30 - 14.00 walk-in with coffee

14.00 Presentation stichd *)

14.20 Guided tour

15.30 Presentation TGW logistics

16.00 Speed dating **)

16.30 - 17.00 closing drink.

*) stichd is a logistics subsidiary of PUMA

**) in the speed dating session, students can ask questions to employees of stichd in groups.

Information;

  • ir. Lon J.M. van der Zon; 06 5064 1845
  • ing. Peter Leerintveld; 06 5587 6265

We will repeat a similar meeting later this year. If you would like to receive a pre-notification please send an email to lonvanderzon@ziggo.nl.

We explicitly invite our BK members to help organise activities and company visits, as a new board member or co-organiser of company visits in their own region. If you would like to help organise, please also send an e-mail to the above e-mail address.