MBA students are first-place winners in international supply chain case competition
May 14, 2024
A team of Rutgers Full-Time MBA students won first place in an international case competition after besting 24 other teams with the ideas they proposed to solve a collection of real-world business challenges.
The students – Badri Venkat, Sharath Adanur, William Denney and Yashvanth Thippeswamy – were given 10 weeks to develop a comprehensive and concise presentation detailing ways to minimize a fictitious aerospace manufacturer’s problems sourcing raw materials, thwarting cybersecurity risks and developing an ESG-driven emissions reduction plan. Their ideas had to be explained in 10 minutes with no more than 12 slides.
After advancing to the final round on April 30, Rutgers faced teams from the University of Michigan, Wayne State University and Maastrict University from the Netherlands. The case competition was hosted by the Institute for Supply Management (ISM) and the final round was held during the organization’s annual world conference in Las Vegas.