NITL recently hosted a visit by Dr Anasse Bouhlal of Tampere University of Applied Sciences (TAMK) in Finland. TAMK is an internationally-oriented multi-disciplinary university offering higher education in seven fields of study and over 40 degree programmes. It is located in the city of Tampere, Finland’s second most populous and the towns of Ikaalinen, Mänttä-Vilppula and Virrat. Dr Bouhlal is Principal in the Supply Chain Management and ERP Systems Department at TAMK. Research interests within the Department overlap significantly with those of NITL in areas such as city logistics, green supply chains, healthcare logistics and ERP applications for SMEs.

Edward Sweeney, Anasse Bouhlal and Antonio de Linares photographed at DIT Bolton Street

The meeting explored possible collaboration between TAMK and NITL is postgraduate education and research. Antonio de Linares of NITL commented that: “NITL already has well established links in the Nordic region and looks forward to building on this through its work with TAMK. There is a strong shared vision particularly in relation to building partnerships with industry”.