Deadline Date: March 23, 2026
The VivaTech is now accepting applications to support the reinvention of operations in product development, supply chains, and customer experience.
The challenge focuses on product development, industrialization and manufacturing, procurement and supply chain, operational efficiency, digitalization and data exploitation, and the improvement and measurement of customer satisfaction and experience. The objective is to resolve concrete operational irritants by reducing costs and variability, streamlining processes across the front line and supply chain, and improving quality, resource utilization, and team engagement. Candidate solutions may leverage AI, automation, digital twins, smart factories, decarbonization, circularity, new materials, resilient and connected supply chains, and innovations aimed at enhancing customer experience.
Organizations today face increasing pressure to transform operations due to rapid technological advancements, sustainability demands, and complex value chains. Existing solutions are often fragmented, lack interoperability, or are difficult to scale, limiting their impact. The PwC Student Challenge seeks to foster innovative and promising solutions that generate measurable results in performance, agility, resilience, and value creation, while strengthening sustainability through future-ready operations.
Student-led solutions must demonstrate innovation and differentiation, offering fresh, creative, and unique approaches. They should clearly meet real business needs by addressing specific pain points and delivering tangible benefits. Furthermore, projects must be structured, credible, and feasible, showing a strong likelihood of successful implementation.
For more information, visit VivaTech.
