Friday 31 January 2014

High-profile partnership between CITT and MBA games increases

2014-01-24

TORONTO, Ont.— Since 1988, the Canadian MBA Games continue to draw hundreds of future business leaders who compete with each other for top spots in three categories—academics, sport and spirit. Lasting a weekend and drawing MBA students from over 20 universities across Canada, the Canadian MBA Games bring together the best and brightest to put their skills to the test, said CITT in a release.

This year, the games took place from January 4-5, and were hosted by the Schulich School of Business at York University. Research continues to find that financial performance of businesses is more closely linked to uninterrupted supply chain operations than any other major factor.

"CITT, known in industry for expertise and thought leadership in SCL, was tapped for a second consecutive year to develop the Strategy case study with a focus on supply chain logistics," noted the release.

The partnership seems like a perfect fit. Senior management in many industries have noted the lack of human resources and top talent entering the supply chain logistics field, and, as Barry Prentice, Professor of Supply Chain Management at the Asper School of Business observed: "We are undertrained in general. The education

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