Fourth Edition of Makeitalia’s Supply Chain Challenge Concludes

Gold Medal for the University of Padua

On September 16, the fourth edition of the Supply Chain Challenge officially concluded at the Modena Golf & Country Club. During the Finals, Makeitalia elected the 2025 Supply Chain Champions of Italy.
The closing event was sponsored by the Emilia-Romagna Region, the Province of Modena, the Municipality of Modena, and Confindustria Emilia Area Centro. Also present were the initiative’s partner companies: Dallara, DSV – Global Transport and Logistics, and Oltre Solutions.

Supply Chain Challenge: What Is It?

It is a National Supply Chain Championship, involving approximately 1,200 Master’s students in Management Engineering every year. A tournament among Italian universities, whose mission is to identify future supply chain professionals through collaborative and strategic work. A challenge created by Makeitalia, which bears the name Supply Chain Challenge.

The final match was held on September 16, 2025, at the Modena Golf & Country Club – once again – the playing field for the 77 finalist players from the 21 Italian universities where the competitions were held throughout the year: Parma, Florence, Padua, Naples (Parthenope), Bergamo, Cosenza, Cassino, Rome (La Sapienza), Rome (Tor Vergata), Trento, Milan, Brescia, Udine, Turin, Siena, Palermo, Pisa, Naples (Federico II), Bari, Bologna, Modena, and Reggio Emilia.
A heated challenge among the 1,200 students, which lasted from November 2024 until June 2025.

The 77 finalist students engaged with the management of a supply chain through the Supply Chain Game, a training tool designed by Makeitalia, which allows them to experience in practice the entire process that a supply chain professional must be able to handle.
In this context, in order to reach the final goal, the players implemented the best strategies through efficient teamwork and optimal management of critical issues.

At the end of the competition, Makeitalia management and Maria Costi, President of the V Assembly Commission of the Emilia-Romagna Region, declared the victory of the three winning teams of the fourth edition of the Supply Chain Challenge, who were able to maneuver with mastery during the challenges, obtaining excellent results. The following universities were on the podium: gold medal for players Alberto Cazzoli, Emanuele Renucci, and Giovanni Sinigaglia from the University of Padua; silver medal for players Federico Dominici, Elena Grazzini, and Pietro Palagi from the University of Siena; and finally, bronze medal for players Youssef Hadir, Mattia Torresi, and Giuseppe Tortora from the University of Parma.

The Finals on September 16 also saw the active participation of the partner companies of the fourth edition: Dallara, DSV – Global Transport and Logistics, and Oltre Solutions. Leading companies in the automotive, logistics, and technology sectors, they promoted and shared the core values of the Supply Chain Challenge – innovation, team spirit, meritocracy, and excellence – as well as offered the finalist students the opportunity to interface with leading Supply Chain figures through interactive and practical workshops. An important opportunity for engagement with the professional world, capable of enriching their professional background.

The fourth edition of the Supply Chain Challenge comes to an end, making way for a brand new chapter, the fifth, which will open in October 2025.