On Monday, September 26th, students from the 2021 and 2022 cohorts had the opportunity to attend a case study presented by Pepsico in the Haslam Business Building and were provided with pizza and other Pepsico snacks and drinks. Attendees heard from Pepsico employees, who were also University of Tennessee alumni. They were split into different teams, and both cohorts had the opportunity to interact with one another for the given problem.
The case study was based off a real-world project that some of the employees were given back in the spring of 2019. After receiving shipments from a large Pepsico distribution center in Iowa, distribution centers noticed that large amounts of Quaker Oats were being destroyed in the shipment containers.
The company did a wonderful job of engaging with the students and allowing them the opportunity to present solutions to real world problems. The small groups worked one on one with a Pepsico representative and then were able to present to the class their solutions.
Pepsico then explained the solution their team
implemented and the process they used to reach it. Overall, it was a very successful evening with IBEP students receiving wonderful insights on corporate problem solving and strategy.
