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CILT(UK) LRN Conference
Council Member Janet Kavanagh CMILT Wins for her 2018 MSc Dissertation of the Year at the CILT(UK) LRN Conference
Congratulations are in order for CILT Council Member Janet Kavanagh CMILT who won the CILT (UK) LRN Conference 2018 MSc Dissertation of the Year in September. Janet recently graduated with a first-class honours in Master of Science in Supply Chain Management from the National Institute for Transport and Logistics (NITL) at Dublin Institute of Technology, Bolton Street. A fantastic achievement within itself which Janet completed part time while working fulltime. The annual competition is open to MSc. students in the UK and Ireland who completed their Dissertations in 2018.
Janet’s paper is titled ‘Coopetition with a Supply Chain Lens, Can it Add Strategic Advantage’.
About Janet’s Dissertation:
The dissertation aims to understand if collaboration through co-opetition to gain strategic advantages, can aid the Irish Whiskey sector achieve its aim of becoming a world leader. The whiskey sector is undergoing a renaissance and is supporting the development of new distilleries to fulfil the ambition by 2030. To support this, they have identified Co-opetition as a strategic driver. Co-opetition is
collaboration with competitors to provide mutual benefits through knowledge sharing. While there is extensive literature on collaboration and knowledge sharing, Co- opetition is still developing and there is virtually no research on this aspect with regard to the Irish Whiskey sector, this research will address this gap. Her supervisor was Nikolas Valantasis, a PhD candidate in DIT.
About the LRN Conference:
This is the 23rd Annual Conference of The Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport, Logistics Research Network (LRN) took place in Plymouth University from 5 to 7 September. The 2018 Conference theme focused on how researchers can assist managers in shaping logistics business and policy to promote integrated, sustainable operations.
The Conference showcased the latest research in logistics and operations management, international shipping, trade, supply chain and procurement management available to industry professionals. The LRN Conference welcomes researchers and practitioners from diverse logistics and supply chain areas, and in all sectors, to publish their research work and industrial case studies.
L-R: Professor Edward Sweeney, Janet Kavanagh CMILT, and Richard Wilding OBE, National Chair of CILT
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