The future petrochemists of the Voronezh region offered their vision of lean manufacturing of the future

The qualifying stage has ended at VSUIT The XII season of the International Engineering Championship "CASE-IN" in the field of Petrochemistry, implemented with the support of the presidential platform "Russia is a land of opportunity".

The event was opened by Pavel Veremyanin, Head of the Department for the Provision of Vocational Education at the Ministry of Education of the Voronezh Region, who read out greetings for participants, experts and guests on behalf of Natalia Salogubova, Minister of Education of the Voronezh Region.

Nikolay Repnikov, Acting Rector of VGUIT, delivered a parting message to the teams: "I am glad to welcome the participants and experts of the championship, which occupies a leading position in our country in selecting the best, worthy, proactive, and able to solve production problems. This is, in fact, the path to the largest and most modern companies in our country. And this path begins here and now."

The strategic partner of the "Petrochemistry" direction was the company SIBUR - a global player in the global petrochemical market. Representative Voronezhsintezkauchuk Evgeny Kiselyov (HR Director's Office) noted the close partnership with our university.

A team of experts led by Sergey Yemelyanov, SIBUR's chief Technology Officer, evaluated the work of 12 teams according to a range of criteria. Special attention was paid to technical solutions and economic calculations.

This year, the students faced a difficult task – in 10 days it was necessary to provide an assessment of the possibilities of using lean manufacturing tools to improve the efficiency of business processes in the petrochemical industry, using the example of SIBUR.

After the presentation of lean solutions developed by the teams, the experts began to summarize the results.

The Technetium team led by Associate Professor Larisa Molokanova became the first in the qualifying stage at VSUIT. The second place went to the representatives of the Ferrum team (mentor is graduate student Alexander Golyakevich). The honorable third place was taken by the team "Thoughts aloud" (mentor Professor Valery Sedykh).

The guys received memorable prizes from the organizers and gifts from the partners of the championship from the hands of Alexey Rachinsky, SIBUR's production improvement adviser.

There are semi-final competitions ahead, where teams will compete for tickets to the championship finals. It will be held in Moscow at the end of May 2024. The strongest engineering teams from Russia, Kazakhstan and Belarus will compete for the main prizes of the season.

The organizers of the "CASE-IN" championship are Reliable Change Foundation, Non-profit Partnership "Youth Forum of Mining Leaders" and Astralogica LLC. The CASE-IN Championship is included in the Science to Win initiative and the plan for the Decade of Science and Technology in Russia.

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