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The University of Asia and the Pacific formalized an academe-industry partnership with OneStop Logistics Solutions, Inc., a subsidiary of Magsaysay Shipping and Logistics, deploying Industrial Engineering students on real supply chain problems
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Two fourth-year IE students will lead an initial scoping study to identify priority collaboration areas
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Potential project areas include less-than-container-load consolidation optimization, peak-season port congestion impacts, and warehouse space utilization and throughput efficiency
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The scoping study will feed into a second, more detailed agreement covering specific project implementation, timelines, and data-sharing arrangements
The University of Asia and the Pacific (UA&P) has formalized an academe-industry partnership with OneStop Logistics Solutions, Inc. (OLSI), a subsidiary of Magsaysay Shipping and Logistics, deploying Industrial Engineering (IE) students on real supply chain problems as the school pushes its research model closer to industry practice.
The two organizations signed a memorandum of agreement on June 30, 2026, under which UA&P students will work alongside OLSI, a full-service logistics integrator handling customized end-to-end cargo solutions, on projects drawn from live operational challenges rather than simulated case studies.
The collaboration, UA&P announced, opens with a scoping study led by fourth-year IE students Abby Capricho and Luise Paner, tasked with identifying where the two institutions can generate the most value together.
Areas under consideration include:
- optimizing less-than-container-load (LCL) consolidation strategies
- assessing the impact of peak-season port congestion on delivery timelines and service reliability
- improving warehouse operations to enhance space utilization and throughput efficiency.
UA&P IE program director Dr. Varsolo Sunio said the arrangement would give students exposure that academic instruction alone cannot replicate. “This partnership gives our students something no textbook can provide — direct exposure to the complexity of real logistics operations, where the data is messy, the problems are urgent, and the solutions have actual consequences. Working alongside OLSI’s teams will sharpen not just their technical skills, but their professional judgment,” he said.
The initial scoping study will inform a second, more detailed agreement governing the full implementation of collaborative projects, with defined goals, timelines, and data-sharing terms.
Sunio said the longer-term ambition is to build a sustained pipeline across student cohorts. “Over the long term, I hope this becomes a sustained pipeline, where each batch of IE students builds on the work of the previous one, deepening both our understanding of the logistics sector and our contribution to it. For the program, this is how engaged scholarship becomes a living practice, not just a principle,” he said.
