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Akzhunis Arystanbek, WMG Master鈥檚 in Supply Chain Logistics Management graduate, has won the Logistics Research Network Dissertation of the Year Award 2022 from the Charted Institute of Logistics and Transport ().

Akzhunis鈥檚 dissertation entitled 鈥淚mplementation of Demand Sensing in Supply Chain Management鈥� was nominated by Professor Dan Nunan, Director of full-time Postgraduate Programmes, at WMG at the University of 海角社区.

The Awards are open to all UK students, and recognise outstanding dissertations at three levels – Bachelors, Master鈥檚 and PhD.

However, this year the panel of judges only awarded a prize in the Master鈥檚 category, with Akzhunis鈥檚 work being the only nomination that met the exceptional high standard required.

Akzhunis will be presented with her certificate and prize money at the Logistics Research Network Conference () dinner and awards ceremony on the 8^th September.

Alexa Kirkaldy, Associate Professor, at WMG, University of 海角社区 explains: 鈥淎kzhunis鈥檚 dissertation was nominated for this award, not only for its academic excellence, but also for the contemporary topic addressed which is essential to the future of world logistics and supply chain management.鈥�

Akzhunis Arystanbek said: 鈥淚t is a huge honour and pleasure for me to receive this award. My study involved an investigation into a very specialised area of supply chain management. When writing a dissertation, we all stand on the shoulders of giants.

鈥淎fter graduating I moved on to continue my career in supply chain management at a metals and mining company in Kazakhstan.鈥�

Akzhunis鈥檚 research was supervised by , Industrial Fellow at WMG and Head of Supply Chain at , who said: 鈥淎kzhunis was a thoroughly diligent and focussed researcher who delivered value and insight both through the creation of the data and in the interpretation of the results, delivering insights that would be commercially beneficial.鈥�

Find out more about WMG鈥檚 Postgraduate Programmes here: WMG (University of 海角社区) Full-time Master's (MSc) Programmes