One summit, three cities, two countries: IFPSM World summit 2018 volunteers

by Saara Taha and Erkki Paunonen “Purchasing 2020: The New Role of Procurement” was the theme of the International Federation of Purchasing and Supply Management (IFPSM) World summit held 26th – 29th September 2018 in Helsinki and Tampere, Finland and Tallinn Estonia. The IFPSM is associated with 48 National and regional Purchasing Associations and 250,000…

(Net)Working @ LOGY conference

I was asked by our Senior Lecturer for Supply Chain Management and Logistics, Kaija Haapasalo, in December if I wanted to volunteer for the LOGY conference 9.-10 February 2017. The conference is organised by the LOGY association, a Finnish not-for-profit association of Purchasing and Logistics. I was offered free tickets to the seminar for both…

LOGY Mentoring Year Experience

This year 2016 started rather well when I was fortunate enough to be accepted into the Finnish Association of Purchasing and Logistics (LOGY) mentoring program. This program is open for all LOGY members under the age of 35 years. As a student, it only costs 10 € a year to join the association, so it…

Volunteering at Logy conference

By Liisa Urasto IBL15B Some Metropolia and Arcada students and I had a very interesting opportunity to gain some experience by volunteering at the Logy Conference in February 2016.The whole event consisted of mainly three parts: Orientation The conference at Finlandia Hall The cruise 1 Orientation In the orientation we visited Logy office in Haaga,…