We’re excited to announce the WINNER and runners-up in the 2025 Social Logistics Challenge!
After the top 5 teams gave live presentations, our distinguished panel of judges deliberated and chose Team Better Vietnam from BI Norwegian as the 2025 Social Logistics winner! This year’s virtual competition for undergraduate and graduate students across the globe was sponsored by A special thank you to our sponsors, DHL, Edinburgh Business School, Heriot-Watt University, LEARN Logistics | by Kühne Foundation, and The Resiliency Initiative for your support in making this competition a success.
The following teams were selected to advance to the final stage of the competition, where they presented their solutions live to our panel of international judges for the $5,000 USD scholarship prize!
Winner and Runner-ups:
1st Place
BI Norwegian Business School, Norway
Team: Better Vietnam
Team Members: Thao Bao Ngan Nguyen, Van Hau Le, Phuong Ngan Do, Hong Anh Thu Vu
- Categories: Healthcare and Medical Supply Chain; Transportation and Mobility
Better Vietnam proposes HemoMesh VN, a social-logistics platform for reliable, equitable blood supply in Vietnam. HemoMesh VN seeks to strengthen the resilience of Vietnam’s blood supply system, which is characterized by challenges including perishability, geographic dispersion, and fragmented and siloed systems. Better Vietnam’s solution leverages the country’s strong culture of voluntary blood donation with technology applications and supply chain best practices including end-to-end cold-chain audits and expiry control.
HemoMesh VN is the connective tissue that links existing capabilities into a unified, intelligent blood logistics network that ensures the right blood component reaches the right patient at the right time. It addresses supply generation, stock balancing, and transport quality, while keeping human factors central, coordinating donors with clinicians, couriers, and patients.
2nd Place
Universitas Gadjah Mada, Indonesia
Team: Kiki’s Logistics Service
Team Members: Kaori Refonsa, Radiansyah Aryawan, Rafi Lukmantoro, Ethan Nathanael
Kiki’s Logistics Service proposes LINTAS (Logistik Integrasi Transportasi Apari Sadar), a Transportation Management System (TMS) designed to optimize food distribution through coordinated efforts between government agencies, transport operators, and local communities. The solution addresses the persistent challenges of remote and geographically isolated regions of Indonesia in maintaining consistent food supply access.
LINTAS integrates multi-modal transport systems (river and air), community-based logistics networks, real-time supply data, and Continuous Replenishment (CRP) monitoring to reduce delivery delays and improve logistics accessibility. By leveraging digital logistics management, the framework demonstrates how technology can enhance food security and supply chain resilience in remote areas with limited infrastructure and connectivity.
3rd Place
Stellenbosch Business School, South Africa
Team: Mzansi Move
Team Members: Mogammad Nathier Abrahams, Bruce Nell
Mzansi Move proposes a solution to the first-mile logistics failure in South Africa’s recycling ecosystem in dense townships and peri-urban settlements. The team applies business concepts such as hub-and-spoke reverse logistics, inclusive market design, and cash-lite, no-phone compatible payouts to address challenges that include inefficient waste recovery for communities and income volatility and poor working conditions for informal waste pickers (reclaimers).
The solution—Msanzi Move—is a network of multi-material buy-back hubs sited at spazas, taxi ranks, and schools, paired with a micro-mobility fleet (professional, braked trolleys with optional trike-tow upgrades) and instant, cash-lite payouts recorded in a light digital system. The model shortens the first mile, standardizes prices and quality, and produces auditable data for EPR/munic
Thank you to our final judges, who judged our competitive live presentations for this year’s competition!
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Dr. Ramatu Abdulkadir
Public Health Supply Chain Strategist
Kühne Foundation
Nigeria
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Andrea Davis
President & CEO
The Resiliency Initiative
USA
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Pamela Steele
Supply Chain Transformation Director
Pamela Steele Associates
United Kingdom
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Dr. Shereen Nassar
Associate Professor in logistics and Supply Chain Management
Edinburgh Business School, Heriot-Watt University
United Kingdom