First and second place at the Auchan Case Challenge
On the 16th of October 2020 the Auchan Case Challenge business case study competition was organized by Auchan Hungary and Janos Pannonius College for Advanced Economic Studies. Two teams representing the GTK Business Consulting Club and Babeș-Bolyai University have advanced to the finals.
There were two different types of competitions – HR training and development or strengthening online sales – and the participants got to choose which case they wanted to solve. In the HR category team Polaris (Kluzsán Kriszta – Business management MA, 1. year, Kucharszki Ingrid-Éva – Business management MA, 1. year, Nagy Miriám – Business management MA, 1. year and Ravasz Attila – Business management MA, 1. year) had to recommend a fair, efficient, and equitable training system for Auchan Hungary. In the case of the development of the online retail of Auchan team Synergy Consulting (Borsos András – Corporate financial management, MA, I. year, Hölgyes Orsolya Dorottya – Business Information Systems BA, 2. year, Jakó Zsolt – Corporate financial management, MA, I. year and Kelemen Kincső – Business management MA, 2. year) had to create a strategy for Auchan Hungary to increase the turnover rate of online e-commerce.
Out of the 125 teams who have applied 5 teams in each category have advanced to the finals based on their solutions. The two teams representing Babeș-Bolyai University and the GTK Business Consulting Club made it to the finals that were organized online. Team Polaris finished 2nd in the HR category, while Synergy Consulting has won 1st prize in the online e-commerce category.
Congratulations to all the participating teams and our coordinators for the excellent work!