From March 5^th to 10^th, 2017, SEM successfully hosted 10 EMBA students from Kuehne Logistics University (KLU) to have a five-day program on “Sustainable Logistics Operation”. Students come from Germany, U.S, Mexico, Iran, Indonesia and Syria. They have different nationalities, education experience and industry backgrounds, while they share a same goal to optimize the logistics management in their fields.

The workshop consists of seminars jointly delivered by Tongji and KLU faculties, followed by 3 company visits. The workshop covered the topics on Understanding Chinese Economy, Designing Low Footprint Distribution Networks, Transformation into Sustainable Development-Chinese Challenges, Warehousing, Implementing Lean and Green Logistics and Managing Multiple Complex Expectation Effectively. Tongji faculties analyzed Chinese-featured green logistics by the following perspectives, Chinese macro-economic, sustainability, the issues, solutions and trend of logistics. Combined with lecture content, students visited United Automotive Electronics System (UAES), GCL New Energy Holdings Limited and DB Schenker. They not only enjoyed high-end dialogue with companies’ executives, but also visited manufacture sites. The 3 company visits helped students to better understand and compare the operation models and logistics management differences among Joint-Venture, Private and Foreign-owned corporations.

Kuehne Logistics University – Wissenschaftliche Hochschule für Logistik und Unternehmensführung (KLU) is a private, state-accredited university located on Hamburg’s harbor, founded in 2010. Sponsored by the nonprofit Kühne Stiftung (Kühne Foundation), KLU offers a broad spectrum of courses and research in logistics and supply chain and business management. KLU ranks #3 in the Handelsblatt ranking in research output per professor among all universities in Germany and has been top-ranked in the CHE university ranking, Germany’s most comprehensive university teaching ranking.