Project blogs

5S: The Simple System for Improved Material Flow in Suomen Terästekniikka Service Design Project 

Suomen Terästekniikka Oy and Laurea’s students are collaborating to tackle the client’s material handling issues. In this blog post we will present the project and explain what methods we are using to achieve the objectives.  Client overview and project goals  Suomen Terästekniikka Oy is a versatile expert in surface treatment and engineering workshop production, located […]

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Wellbeing Moments for Team Spirit

The team has gotten to know each other through virtual meetings, as some students are studying in Chile at Universidad del Desarrollo, while others are in Finland at Laurea University of Applied Sciences. However, most of the project work is carried out independently outside of these meetings. Team spirit has been significantly enhanced through wellness

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THE POWER OF INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATION 

Picture this: a group of seven students, from four different countries, coming together to help a Finnish business enter a new market.  In an interconnected world, led by technological advancement, businesses’ expansion is not only about strategy and data; borders are not a limit anymore, and people are the center of progress and innovation The

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Working in an International Project

The project began in September as a collaboration between Laurea University of Applied Sciences and Universidad del Desarrollo. The project team was pre-assembled, as is often the case in such endeavors. It’s rare that you get to choose the people you’ll be working with, something often mentioned in publications on project management. Our team consists

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How to Access Latin America Social Media Channels Focusing on Education 

How should be communicated on social media from Working Life Connected pedagogy to Latin American universities? What would be the social media channels and core messages of the communication? That was the challenge assigned by our project’s Brazilian employer U.Experience. Company’s assignment for Laurea University of Applied Sciences students was to find the social media

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Remote working: A point of view from an exchange student

I am Pik Lau, an exchange student from Hong Kong. Hong Kong is a place which always seeks for efficiency. So as the COVID-19 pandemic rages, Hong Kong has started to follow the trend in the world of remote working for maintaining economic growth. But when there is an easing trend of COVID-19, ‘work from

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The First Half of the International Project

For our digital marketing and sales project, it is our privilege to work with not one, but two Finnish companies.One company (A) is focused on food and beverage products, with 100% natural grain-based liquid ingredients, operating in the business-to-business (B2B) sector. The other company (B) focuses on plant-based beverages and pure and has a bigger

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Innovating Sustainability: A Journey with Hotel Sveitsi

In a world where environmental consciousness is no longer just a trend but a necessity, businesses across industries realize sustainability’s significance in their operations. Hotels play a crucial role in this narrative, as they have the potential to significantly impact the environment due to their energy consumption, waste generation, and resource usage. One such hotel

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Lumon International Ireland project conclusion

Greetings from the Lumon International Ireland project! As the spring semester draws to a close, so does our project. This blog post serves as a continuation of our previous update from the start of April (Link below). Our team has finished the project and we had a gains and results meeting with the client from

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Our project day at Kauppakeskus Lohi 

Our project day at Kauppakeskus Lohi on 13.3.2024 was an enlightening journey into the heart of responsible business practices. Part of our project team embarked on this excursion to delve into the daily operations of the center’s tenants and understand firsthand how responsibility shapes their endeavors. We had hoped to chat with more tenants, but

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