Your Global Partner for University-Industry Collaboration
About This Alliance
The Supply Chain and Logistics Industry Alliance is Studium Alliance's most established industry collaboration. Through two rounds of structured engagement workshops hosted in Dubai by DP World, we have built a comprehensive, employer-validated skills intelligence resource that any higher education institution in the world can use to assess and strengthen its SC&L programmes.
The 2026 Essential Skills Report documents what Supply Chain and Logistics employers are looking for in graduates right now, at the level of specific tools, technologies, applied practices and professional competencies. It goes far beyond what standard accreditation processes capture, because it comes directly from the people doing the hiring and managing graduates in their early careers.
Who Contributed?
We would also like to thank the following individual industry specialists for their generous contributions in time and wisdom to help us better prepare the talent pipeline for the industry:
2025/26:
Anvar Sathath - TIIB
Aisha AlKindi - Novartis
Aleksandra Zivaljevic - HCT
Aysha Thasneem - Logistics Executive Group
Bethany Holder - DP World
Brent Melvin - RSA Global
Edward O Regan - Blackwater Partners
Geoff Oswald - AVGO Express
Julian Barona - HCT
Karsten Ambak
Kim Winter - Logistics Executive Group
Lance Petersen - DP World
Liz Morgan - Solitair Holding
Lori Figueiredo - syzygy
Lucy Kamau, Logistics Executive Group
Mark Lutton, Logistics Executive Group
Tarek Nouh
Rishaad Abdul Gaffar - DP World
Robin Vermaat - RV Consultancy
Shereen Nassar - Heriot-Watt University
Sagar Sethi - Anchanto
Vijay Rangachari Maersk Training
2024/25:
Kim Winter - Logistics Executive Group
Dina Yassin - Aramex
Julian Barona - HCT
Michael Skyum - Consultant
Moataz Mostafa - Novartis
Aleksandra Zivaljevic - HCT
Nadeem Qureshi - Consultant
Nissrine Elqobai - ENY Consulting
Piero Ngadiuba - ENY Consulting
Rishaad Abdul Gaffar - DP World
Rob Peregoodoff - Consultant
andeep Ponnappa - Trukker
Shyam Parmar - Messe Frankfurt
Dishan Isaac - Messe Frankfurt
Robin Vermaat - RV Consulting
Shaimaa Ibrahim - Consultant
Niyas Khader - DASA
Umer Saleem - Falcon Autotech
Lance Petersen - DP World
Caroline Goodricke - Oceanwide Logistics
Bethanie Holder - DP World
Nicholas Jones - Consultant
"To help Higher Education Institutions better understand
the current and future skills requirements
in the Supply Chain and Logistics Industry"
What Is Available To Higher Education Institutions?
1 — The 2026 Essential Skills Report — Free
A comprehensive skills intelligence report documenting what Supply Chain and Logistics employers require from graduates. The report includes a review of major industry trends, shifts in job titles and skills for graduate-level jobs, required technical skills, transferrable skills and the most valued attributes.
2 — Curriculum Certification — Open
The Studium Alliance Industry-Aligned Curriculum Certification is the only credential independently evaluated against real employer requirements and blockchain-verified for permanent transparency. It is the most meaningful signal your institution can send to students, parents and hiring managers about the quality of your graduate outcomes.
Upon signing up for the annual certification subscription, your program will be assessed and receive one of the following 4 recognition levels:
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Level 1 – Industry-Referenced Curriculum (Bronze Medal)
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Level 2 – Industry-Aligned Curriculum (Silver Medal)
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Level 3 – Industry-Endorsed Curriculum(Gold Medal)
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Level 4 - Industry Benchmark Curriculum (Platinum Medal)
