Our final full day in Cyprus was a great one! We spent the afternoon revisiting the beach in Larnaca. Another day in the sun was much appreciated, as I will never get enough of the blue Mediterranean Sea. We got ice cream, courtesy of the Bursics, before leaving Larnaca. For dinner, back in Nicosia, we…

Today we rounded out the last of our business meetings by visiting PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), one of the Big Four accounting firms in the world. The main focus, as with all of our meetings was the optimization of the supply chain. One of the most prominent points emphasized was making steps of the supply chain digital/autonomous….

We approached the green line and crossed into the Turkish North today, specifically the city of Famagusta. We previously learned that in the invasion of 1974, the Turks forced all of the Greek Cypriots into the southern region, leaving where they lived before the invasion vacant and torn apart with evidence of war and looting….

Today we spent our day back at the University of Nicosia listening to guest speakers. The first speaker was from a ship management company called Fleet Management Limited. As another part of the small scale supply chain that makes up the transportation element of the larger, global supply chain, Fleet is in charge of staffing…

We could not keep ourselves from the beach for long! After breakfast at the hotel, checked out and went straight to the coast. Today we went to a different, much busier, beach, partially because that is also where almost all of the Pitt students from both groups were as well. The experience today was much…

Today was full of visiting and learning about important historical sites. We started at the archeological site of Kourion, where the Greeks built baths and an amphitheater. The engineering of these ancient people really stood out to me as impressive. There were different areas in the baths that were for cool, warm, and hot water,…

After sleeping in an extra hour today, we had the chance to have a two-in-one company visit with VTT Vassiliko (VTTV), which handles the storage of oil products for its customers, and Vassiliko Cement Works, which produces cement from limestone and other raw materials. VTTV discussed their specific role in the supply chain, as a…

Today we learned a lot about the port of Limassol, which being the largest port in Cyprus makes it a crucial part of the country’s industry. We heard from three companies that operate the government-owned land and port: Dubai Ports World (DP World), Eurogate, and P&O Maritime. Each was responsible for different functions: DP World…

Today’s activities were the most open ended that we have had so far. We started the day with a visit to a training facility for Bernhard Schulte Shipmanagement (BSM). I found BSM’s role in the supply chain to be the easiest to understand of all the companies we have visited thus far, as they are…

With a more business casual focus today, our day started with a visit to Medochemie, a Cyprian company that is responsible for research and development, as well as packaging drugs and medical products. Here I learned that the rigorous quality assurances and regulations set by the Good Manufacturing Practices (GPM, parallel of the FDA in…