DP World Trip

Coming to perform the task required this week, I found my mind crowded with many learning experiences worth talking about. I decided to talk about the one that is still very fresh in my mind, simply because it happened last Tuesday.

Ayman Al Shehhi, Account Manager RORO Cargo - GC Commercial Dept DP World

Ahmad Al Haddad, Manager IT Security & Quality Assurance IT Dept DP World

My Supply Chain Management class and I visited DP World to get a practical feel of how logistics are managed in real life. We were so lucky to find in the two presentations delivered direct links to the concepts covered in the classroom. I could see on the students faces the appreciation for the value of what they're learning, and the satisfaction to get more clarification on it's nature.

I found myself learning about many practical aspects of competition in this important field. DP World professional staff talked about various attraction strategies they use to keep growing the ports operations and make it the port of choice in the whole region. What thrilled me is that out of the two very professional employees that conducted the presentation there was one of my ex-students whom graduated three years ago. I was so happy to see him back to UAE after working at various DP World operations around the glob with lots of knowledge and professionalism. I guess what makes this trip a very memorable learning experience to me is that I was learning from my student "Ahmad Al Haddad"! A very satisfying emotion beyond my articulation ability!