SriLankan Airlines and Institute of Supply and Materials Management in knowledge-sharing venture
View(s):SriLankan Airlines and the Institute of Supply and Materials Management (ISMM) recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding to exchange knowledge and facilities for the enhancement of travel and tourism education in the country.
SriLankan Airlines’, Chief Marketing Officer, G.T. Jeyaseelan and Institute of Supply and Materials Management, President, Anil Ponweera signed the MoU at SriLankan Airlines Office in Colombo in the presence of the officials of both the institutions.
Under the new agreement, there will be an array of knowledge-exchanging programmes ranging from aviation, travel and tourism industry, Procurement, Logistics and Supply Chain; for the benefit of the students of both institutions who are aspiring to pursue careers in travel and tourism and the industry personnel who are seeking higher educational opportunities, the airline said in a media release.
These programmes are aimed at synergizing core competencies to develop the skills of supply chain professionals to meet the requirements of the aviation industry while setting up a mechanism to generate supply chain professions to be abreast with the high employee turnover due to prevailing high demand in the
industry.