Aku Rantala
Thesis Worker at Vaisala
- Location
- Finland
- Industry
- Logistics and Supply Chain
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Aku Rantala's Overview
- Current
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- Thesis Worker at Vaisala
- Student at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) / University of Karlsruhe (TH)
- Past
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- Giant Leap Intern at Vaisala Oyj
- Student Advisor at Lappeenranta University of Technology
- Academic Affairs Coordinator at Kaplaaki ry
- Engineer Trainee at Liikennevirasto / Trafikverket / Finnish Transport Agency
- Education
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- Lappeenranta University of Technology
- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
- Kuopion klassillinen lukio
- Connections
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Aku Rantala's Summary
M.Sc. Student in Lappeenranta University of Technology (LUT)
Aiming to graduate M.Sc. (Tech.) by 2014. Specialized in supply chain optimization and service engineering in international industrial business environment, with main interest in high tech industry. Willing to accept great challenges to both gain personal professional experience and get the company benefit from the work as much as possible.
Analytical Developer
Gained a lot of practical experience from the topics in summer internships, e.g. by planning a major practical renewal in a company's inventory management policy and the whole inventory structure. Also worked on procurement process modeling in a strategic procurement developing project in Finnish Transport Agency, where got introduced to the most important functions of the agency. Took part in several development oriented projects in LUT while working for the Faculty of Industrial Engineering and student guild Kaplaaki.
From Industrial Marketing to Supply Chain Management
In B.Sc. program majored in Industrial Marketing and International Business with focus in customer perceived value measurement, but later in M.Sc. program shifted to Supply Chain Management. The reason behind the decision was the need of analytical problem solving challenges combined to interesting theoretical studies, which supply chain program offers. Despite this marketing still plays an important role in studies in the form of service business studies.
Specialities
Supply chain management
Inventory management and planning
Service engineering and planning
B2B
Contact:
aku.rantala@lut.fi
Aku Rantala's Experience
Thesis Worker
Vaisala
Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; VAIAS; Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing industry
May 2013 – Present (2 months) Vantaa
Freight cost calculation, assignment, and optimization
Giant Leap Intern
Vaisala Oyj
Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; VAIAS; Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing industry
June 2012 – September 2012 (4 months) Vantaa
Designing and implementing inventory management tools for service part inventory management. Reorganizing the inventory and planning of stock policies for the reconstructed system. I built a demand and stock level simulator in Excel which can be used in evaluating different stocking policies.
Student Advisor
Lappeenranta University of Technology
Educational Institution; 501-1000 employees; Research industry
August 2009 – May 2012 (2 years 10 months) Lappeenranta
Organising tutor selection and trainings in Department of Industrial Management, advising students in study issues, making the study and exam schedules, taking part in working groups concerning studies
Academic Affairs Coordinator
Kaplaaki ry
Nonprofit; 11-50 employees; Nonprofit Organization Management industry
January 2011 – December 2011 (1 year) Lappeenranta
Student representative in university's study concerning working groups, lobbying Industrial Management students and keeping up their benefits
Engineer Trainee
Liikennevirasto / Trafikverket / Finnish Transport Agency
Government Agency; 501-1000 employees; Transportation/Trucking/Railroad industry
May 2011 – August 2011 (4 months) Helsinki
Strategic project concerning procurement policies of the Agency, procurement process modeling, generating a map of acquisition categories, working in steering committee and project team,
Aku Rantala's Education
Lappeenranta University of Technology
Master of Science (M.Sc.), Supply Chain and Operations Management
2008 – 2014 (expected)
Member of board in Kaplaaki ry
Activities and Societies: Kaplaaki ry, ESTIEM
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Master of Science (M.Sc.), Exchange student, Industrial Engineering
2012 – 2013
Studied in Karlsruhe, Germany for the wintersemester 2012-2013 as an Erasmus exchange student.
Activities and Societies: VWI-ESTIEM Hochschulgruppe Karlsruhe e.V.
Kuopion klassillinen lukio
2004 – 2007
Aku Rantala's Languages
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English
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German
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Swedish
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Finnish
(Native or bilingual proficiency)
Aku Rantala's Skills & Expertise
Aku Rantala's Additional Information
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International travelling, ice hockey, cycling, consumer electronics
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