Programming for logistics
120 pupils and students at the Knapp Coding Contest 2018
The coding community met for the 7th time for the programming competition at the Knapp headquarters in Hart bei Graz. With around 120 pupils and students from five federal states - Styria, Vienna, Upper Austria, Carinthia and Burgenland - and for the first time also from Germany, the number of participants increased by a third compared to the previous year. Separate application criteria for pupils and students ensured optimum equality of opportunity and six beaming winners.
In the programming competition, IT talents can show off their coding skills, gain experience and test their knowledge on a tricky programming task from logistics practice. "The Knapp Coding Contest has become the challenge to beat within the community," says Knapp HR Manager Ingo Spörk, who is delighted with the high level of interest in the programming competition. The intralogistics expert Knapp employs 3,700 people worldwide. With over 2,500 employees - more than 1,000 of whom work in IT and software - the company is one of the largest IT employers in Styria. "Logistics is an industry of the future with interesting career prospects. With the Coding Contest, we want to get pupils and students who are completing an IT apprenticeship interested in the exciting tasks and excellent career opportunities in our company at an early stage, but also help to improve the image of logistics," says Spörk.
The best possible solution
2.5 hours to develop a software module - in either Java or C#: the IT talents were enthusiastic and creative in solving a programming task from everyday logistics. "The young people had the task of controlling the movements of a shuttle in an automated warehouse so that the work orders could be completed with as little effort as possible," says Knapp logistics and software expert Mario Löfler, describing the challenging but solvable task.
The winners and Chillout
After more than two hours of intensive programming work and the subsequent chill-out, the winners in the two categories were chosen. Daniel Fangl from TU Vienna and Alexander Dietrich from HTL Kaindorf won the competition and the prize money of 1,000 euros each. Robert Tieber from Graz University of Technology and Michael Krickl from HTL Kaindorf were awarded 2nd place and 800 euros each. Benjamin Potzmann, TU Vienna, and Thomas Neumann, HTL Kaindorf, secured 3rd place and won 500 euros each. Fabian Rossmann from HTL Pinkafeld took home an iPad mini 4. The best participating institutions were HTL Rennweg Vienna, TU Graz and HTL Kaindorf.
In addition to attractive prizes, the coding contest also offers the opportunity to make contacts within the company. Many participants took the opportunity to discuss the task with the software experts and find out about career paths at Knapp. kp
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