Janick Kern

Janick Kern (23) from Wartberg ob der Aist, District Freistadt, was honored this year with the "Chimney Award" from the FH Upper Austria Faculty of Business and Management at the Steyr Campus. As a graduate of the Smart Production and Management (SPMT) program at the FH Upper Austria Faculty of Business and Management in Steyr, he was one of only six students in the entire graduating class to receive the award for outstanding performance and an exceptional thesis.

Janick Kern on his bachelor's studies in "Smart Production and Management": "I really liked the concept of the university of applied sciences. I was particularly enthusiastic about the versatility and the content of the program because, after technical college, I didn't want to delve deeper into technology but rather combine technology and business."

Bachelor's Thesis: Impact of Project Management on the Supply Chain in Plant Engineering

"My bachelor's thesis revolves around how project management can be designed in terms of approach and methodologies to improve the supply chain. Specifically, the focus was on key performance indicators such as delivery reliability, lead time, and supply security. The special aspect is certainly the concluding and final part. I had to independently develop a model to evaluate the different methodologies and ultimately verify the robustness of the results."