Future competences for logisticians in Finland
Nieminen, Tytti (2020)
Nieminen, Tytti
2020
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-202004084762
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-202004084762
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The purpose of this thesis was to find and examine current trends in the global and Finnish logistic sector in respect of a new Logistic curriculum designed for EFLE (European Forum of Logistics Education) member institution’s use. The research was conducted using quantitative method, a questionnaire which was created by a Dutch student, Yigi Wang in 2019. The questionnaire in this thesis was conducted as a pilot questionnaire to receive valuable information about the questionnaire’s structuring and content’s relevancy keeping in mind the future use of the results for creating the new Logistic curriculum. As the questionnaire was only a pilot in this thesis, the actual survey based on the questionnaire will be done later during 2020 by another student and with a bigger sampling. Another research method used in this thesis was the qualitative method. In the theoretical part of the thesis, the author researched on the current events and trends which are affecting the global and thus the Finnish logistic environment. Simplified, the two objectives of this thesis were to conduct the pilot questionnaire and to do a research on the state of the Finnish logistic markets.
In the theoretical research, the author found out that the state of the Finnish logistic markets are quite variant and under the change at the moment. There are several events and new technological trends which need attention and have an impact on the Finnish logistic infrastructure.
It was found out that the ongoing trade war between the US and China has a negative impact on the growth of the Finnish economy, as well as to many other countries. The effects of Brexit in Finland will be challenging unless a new trade agreement is reached between the UK and the EU. Climate change and the fight against it have begun in Europe, and Finland is trying to follow in the footsteps of other countries to mitigate climate change and the labor shortages issue might not be as black and white as it sounds like, but it is more due of the lack of skilled and committed workers. The impact of new technological trends on the Finnish logistics environment is more difficult to assess, but compared to the themes and trends in the Wang’s questionnaire, the authors of the questionnaire and this thesis seemed to agree on the visibility and significance of some trends in the logistics sector. Both authors and the respondent of the questionnaire chose Automation, Internet of Things, Blockchain, Artificial intelligence and self-driving vehicles as the most important and significant trends in their work.
Analyzing the questionnaire responses was gradually challenging as only one company participated in the survey. The answers could not be compared very well or reliably with the content of the thesis, except for the compatible trends discussed in the previous paragraph.
In the theoretical research, the author found out that the state of the Finnish logistic markets are quite variant and under the change at the moment. There are several events and new technological trends which need attention and have an impact on the Finnish logistic infrastructure.
It was found out that the ongoing trade war between the US and China has a negative impact on the growth of the Finnish economy, as well as to many other countries. The effects of Brexit in Finland will be challenging unless a new trade agreement is reached between the UK and the EU. Climate change and the fight against it have begun in Europe, and Finland is trying to follow in the footsteps of other countries to mitigate climate change and the labor shortages issue might not be as black and white as it sounds like, but it is more due of the lack of skilled and committed workers. The impact of new technological trends on the Finnish logistics environment is more difficult to assess, but compared to the themes and trends in the Wang’s questionnaire, the authors of the questionnaire and this thesis seemed to agree on the visibility and significance of some trends in the logistics sector. Both authors and the respondent of the questionnaire chose Automation, Internet of Things, Blockchain, Artificial intelligence and self-driving vehicles as the most important and significant trends in their work.
Analyzing the questionnaire responses was gradually challenging as only one company participated in the survey. The answers could not be compared very well or reliably with the content of the thesis, except for the compatible trends discussed in the previous paragraph.