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The Global Educator & Trainer Challenge 2024 has once again showcased the power of collaboration, competition, and innovation in supply chain education. This year, over 130 participants from across the globe, organized into more than 30 teams, competed in The Fresh Connection’s Market Expansion Learning Solution. From November 12th to November 26th, global educators and trainers battled for the prestigious title of World Champion!

What is the Global Educator & Trainer Challenge?

The Global Educator & Trainer Challenge is more than a competition—it’s an immersive learning experience designed to empower educators and trainers with cutting-edge tools and insights.

• Returning participants reconnect with peers in our global community, share best practices, deepen their expertise, and discover new functionalities of our business games.
• New participants experience the power of experiential learning together with other experienced participants.

Beyond the thrill of competition, the challenge offers participants the opportunity to network, apply their skills, and even earn certification in the learning solutions they compete with!

The Fresh Connection: Empowering Real-World Learning

At the heart of this year’s challenge was The Fresh Connection, a world-renowned business simulation game. Built around 10 versatile learning solutions, it allows participants to confront real-life value chain dilemmas. This year’s theme, Market Expansion, took participants on a journey through the complexities of strategic growth.

Participants worked collaboratively to:

• Manage logistics providers and optimize supply chain operations.
• Balance trade-offs between customer demands and operational constraints.
• Enhance production processes and refine sales forecasts.
• Explore new distribution channels and transport modalities.

This hands-on approach gave participants invaluable insights into the realities of value chain management and strategic decision-making.

The winners of this year:

The winners of the Global Educator & Trainer Challenge 2024 were determined based on the highest weighted Return on Investment (ROI) achieved during the competition. The final results were announced during the Award Ceremony on November 27th.

After two weeks of the Global Educator & Trainer Challenge and four rounds of playing The Fresh Connection, we are thrilled to announce the winners!

1st team: Un-peel-ievable (ROI: 49.71%)

A mixed team from: McGill University, Louisiana State University,  Transformance Advisors, Washington University of Science & Tech, University of British Columbia​.

• Mike Loughrin
• Mara Irons
• Nicolai Rassolov
• Abrar Khan
• Yu-Cheng Chien

2nd team: Juice Premium Solutions (JPS) (ROI: 37.58 %)

From JPS and Automar Logistics:

• Ernesto Valenzi
• Paolo Napoli
• Giuseppe Nicolella
• Carolina Bigozzi
• Costabile Gallo

3rd team: GEC/GTC Team 17 (ROI: 34.94 %)

From ValueQwest and InfoSys:

• Ramachandran Kallankara
• Kaushik Ghatak
• Nathan Ganapathy
• Santosh Samantaray
• Divyesh Parekh

A huge congratulations to the winners for their outstanding achievements, as well as to all the participants who brought energy, expertise, and collaboration to the competition!

Want to compete against educators and trainers from all over the world?

Are you interested in participating in the next edition of The Global Educator & Trainer Challenge to showcase your supply chain management skills? Stay tuned for next year’s dates (Coming soon!)

Are you interested in experiencing The Fresh Connection? Sign up for one of our Guided Train-the-Trainer(s) to experience the game and start your certification process or join one of our upcoming online demos.