The aim of the workshop was on empowering both students and academic staff in using and interpreting supply chain data during decision making or solving supply chain problems
The Dean Faculty of Procurement and Logistics Management has encouraged the staff and Faculty to embrace analysing data. This was at the Business Analytic Workshop organised by the Faculty at MUBS Main Campus, Nakawa on January 25, 2024. During the Workshop, a series of supply chain datasets were used for training, also staff and students were taken through the various forms of data analytics, visualization, and many other things
Assoc. Prof. Sheilah Namagembe said that the aim of the workshop was to empower both students and academic staff in using and interpreting supply chain data during decision making or solving supply chain problems. . Dr. Benno Gertach from Technische Universität Berlin Germany urged Staff and researchers to analyze data in order to get information and knowledge of the real world. This conception applies to business in-terms of business analytics which means using data and fact-based management to make decisions. Dr. Benno advised the Lecturers of the Faculty of procurement that, one has a decision to make, and he gave an example of a branch manager for pastry shops where to open the next branch. Base your decision on where to open the next branch.