The SCAN Health Virtual Business Case Competition is the first of four invitational business case competitions designed to build leadership capacity for excellence and innovation in supply chain and logistics strategies in global health systems. This international case competition will bring together the best business school teams in the world to mobilize knowledge and create solutions to advance supply chain capacity in global health systems.

Teams of four undergraduate students are invited to compete in this competition that will showcase students’ knowledge, skills, and innovative solutions to advance supply chain and logistics in a leading global health system. This first of a kind virtual business case competition offers student teams the opportunity to work with global leaders, as expert advisors, to support their learning and success in the competition. Through the online SCAN Health Virtual Business Case Competition platform, students can register a team, receive and submit all case information, and interact with expert advisors.

Registration Process
Registration opens February 5, 2018. Teams are asked to register on the online SCAN Health Virtual Business Case Competition at www.SCANHealth.ca/virtual-case-competition Upon registration, teams will be provided all case materials through the secure online platform.

Eligibility
The SCAN Health Virtual Business Case Competition is open to all university undergraduate students enrolled in the 2017/2018 academic school year, globally. There is a maximum of four university undergraduate students per team. All team members must be from the same school. Each team is encouraged to have a faculty lead from their home school and a health system leader or expert to support the team’s success. A student cannot participate on more than one team.

Key Dates
– Registration + First Round Start Date: February 5th at 7 AM ET
– Round 1 Deadline: February 18th, 2018 at 11:59 PM ET
– Semi-Finalists Announcement Date: March 5th, 2018
– Second Round Start Date: March 6th, 2018 at 7 AM ET
– Round 2 Deadline: March 20th, 2018 at 11:59 PM ET
– Winner Announcement: April 4th, 2018

Prizes
TECSYS Inc. has generously donated cash prizes for the top three winning teams. Prizes are awarded in Canadian dollars.
– 1st Place – $5,000
– 2nd Place – $3,000
– 3rd Place – $2,000
The top three winning teams will be widely profiled across the entire SCAN Health global network on the SCAN Health website, through social media, and at the network’s events. Winning teams will be provided free registration to attend the Annual SCAN Health Global Networking Event.