magazine - dachser.sk

Jordan Ankapong
is enrolled on a
dual training scheme
in the UK
With heart
and mind
The world is becoming smaller. This is also
true of initial and advanced training. With innovative
learning systems and dual vocational
training concepts, Dachser combines theoretical
and practical logistics know-how across national
borders. To the benefit of its customers.
hGood prospects: logistics drives
growth. In the age of globalization it
connects international goods flows and
markets with an ever-expanding range of
services. But: “Growth does not happen by
itself,” says Bernhard Simon, head of the
Dachser management board. “Companies
can only be as successful as the people who –
with their knowledge and experience – form
the heart and soul of the company.” The
growing competition to attract the best and
brightest minds is just one factor that has
prompted Dachser to completely restructure
its own personnel planning for the next few
years within the framework of its “MOBILE
2015” strategy. “Dachser based the development
of its in-house training system on the
successful German model of dual vocational
training,” explains Simon. This combines
hands-on in-company learning with the
transfer of inter-company knowledge at vocational
training establishments or universities.
“Our goal is to transfer the specialized
knowledge we communicate in Germany
within the scope of the dual vocational training
system to those countries where these
structures are not available,” explains Thomas
Schulz, head of Corporate Human Resources
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at Dachser. “The quality of training is key for
the organization of a successful network.”
25 October 2011:
Northampton, UK
Only when the tour plans for tomorrow
have been drawn up can staff at Dachser’s
Northampton branch off ice call it a day.
That’ll be around 9 p.m. By then, the drivers
will have completed their tours, their mobile
computers, or Penkeys, will have been read
and the proofs of delivery recorded. Jordan
Ankapong’s working day started at 11 a.m.
He is a trainee at Dachser UK, currently
working in the “Short-Distance Transport
Scheduling” department. “Boredom just isn’t
part of my vocabulary,” says the 19-year-old.
Since starting his training on 1 October 2010,
“no two days have been the same”. In the past 14
months, Jordan has already passed through
an exten sive spectrum of logistics functions:
from customer care in contract logistics, to
cross-docking warehousing, imports, charter
freight services, sales and accounting. By the
time he completes his training, he will also have
done stints in exports, contract logistics �
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