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Join the Case Study Competition sponsored by Inhouse Consulting and show just what kind of creativity, team spirit and analytical thinking you have going for you!

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Inhouse Consulting – the internal top-management consulting firm at Deutsche Post DHL – organizes a “case study competition” each year: Students interested in business and consulting compete against one another in teams to solve a case-study problem. They can win attractive prizes and gain extensive amounts of experience.

The application period for the Case Study Competition 2009 has already passed. In 2010, you will have another opportunity to show just what you can do. For this reason, you should regularly visit our Web site. We will inform you here about the next competition.

Assignment

Deutsche Post DHL, the No. 1 international logistics provider with more than 500,000 employees around the world, offers challenging and fascinating careers. Inhouse Consulting cooperates with the company's top management on strategic issues facing the Group. As part of the case study competition, you will dissect a specific problem about the product and service portfolio of Deutsche Post DHL.

You will come up with a solution to the problem in a team of 4 to 5 university students. We will put together the teams based on the suitability of the applicants. You will get to know your team members with the assignment of the problem that you and your team will solve. Your team then will have three weeks to complete the task. You should submit a presentation in English no longer than 10 slides.

We will assess the presentations based on six criteria:

Structure
Consistency
Creativity
Plausibility
Layout
Effective use of sources

Certainly you will receive extensive feedback from our experienced consultants.

Terms of participation

All students attending European universities are eligible for the competition. If you are passionate about your university studies, are interested in and enjoy business topics, and are aiming for an international career in management consulting, the case study competition offers a great chance for your future.

You should have completed at least the intermediate diploma (Vordiplom) certificate or the first two years of your bachelor‘s degree with very good grades.

Other requirements are: excellent knowledge of written and spoken English, team play, organizational skills and confidence in your consulting ability.

Prizes

The prizes

1. Prize: € 1,000 per team

2. Prize: € 600 per team

3. Prize: € 300 per team

The three winning teams will be invited for two days to Bonn to present their findings – your journey, accommodation and meals will be covered by DPDHL. Besides a consulting training seminar and a tour through DHL’s Innovation center and the Post Tower, you can win attractive cash prizes.

Of course, you will be able to see how we work and you will receive first-hand information from our experienced consultants. By successfully participating in the competition, you also will gain valuable business experience that will complement your studies. As a result, you will lay the foundation for a future career in consulting. Participation will definitely pay off for you!

Review

The Competition 2008

"What globalization challenges do Deutsche Post DHL's customers face today and which products can Deutsche Post DHL offer as an answer?" In the recent Case Study Competition organized by Deutsche Post DHL Inhouse Consulting, 50 students were given this assignment. The result of the three-week marathon: intensive contact with teammates, with experienced consultants, and many interesting business ideas.

While working to solve the problem, the students were supposed to make sure that their suggestions were creative, viable and, naturally, promising. The team "Warehousing" with Eugene Aw, Florian Ehinger, Mathias Kell and Arryn Dwi Zalsa presented the most convincing ideas for logistics in the pharmaceutical sector.

The four students from Singapore, Germany and Romania proposed a customizable supply chain for clinical trials and a direct-to-customer distribution model for pharmaceuticals.

Fang-Chi Chang is studying general management at the RSM Erasmus University, Rotterdam

Close to reality
"The idea of connecting poeple who don't know each other before and who are located in different places is good, since it is how the business world looks like."

The participants had another hurdle to surmount in addition to the demanding assignment. The teams, made up of three to four students each, had never seen each other before and were distributed over a number of different locations in Europe. Thus, the entire process of collaboration had to occur by telephone or E-mail. This flexible and mobile kind of cooperation belongs to the day-to-day business of Inhouse Consulting, but was, in contrast, new to many of the students.

The 50 participants were previously chosen from a multitude of applicants. The case study competition proved itself, without exception, to be an international and interdisciplinary event. As expected, business students above all others were interested in the competition, but also Sinology and Law wanted to test their consulting skills.

Application

Join the Case Study Competition sponsored by Inhouse Consulting andshow just what kind of creativity, team spirit and analytical thinkingyou have going for you! Put your consulting skills to the test in arealistic setting. We will give you a tough nut to crack: During theCase Study Competition, you will tackle a specific issue dealing withthe product and service portfolio of Deutsche Post DHL. Interested?