Gazpromneft-Zapolyarye and Yuzhny Kuzbass specialists are CASE-IN finalists

Young specialists of companies Gazpromneft-Zapolyarye LLC and Yuzhny Kuzbass PJSC made it to the finals The XII season of the International Engineering Championship "CASE-IN", which takes place with the support of the presidential platform "Russia – the land of opportunities".

The League of Young Professionals is aimed at assessing and developing professional knowledge and leadership skills, as well as personal competencies of young specialists of companies, identifying leaders among industry workers, involving them in solving urgent production tasks facing companies and the entire industry, and helping to transfer the experience gained by management to young employees.

At the next qualifying stage, 9 youth teams decided tasks related to the main theme of the Lean Manufacturing season with the introduction of principles of careful and efficient production.

The current young specialists of Gazpromneft-Zapolyarye LLC, Yuzhny Kuzbass PJSC, POLYEF JSC, ZapSibNeftekhim LLC, Unipro PJSC, Kirov branch of Apatit JSC, Sakhalin Energy LLC, Gazpromneft-MNPZ JSC and PhosAgro Engineering Center LLC solved the case, dedicated to the specifics of competitive production systems of the 21st century. The assignment for the participants reflected the criteria for selecting production sites and equipment during the modernization and technical re-equipment period as a guideline for the subsequent introduction of lean manufacturing technologies and tools. The young specialists needed to select and subsequently reorganize the production facility.

The contestants presented their ideas remotely to an expert commission consisting of representatives of the National Research University "MEI", the Vladimir Training Center "Energetik", LLC "RN-Service", JSC "Alrosa" (PJSC), "ROSBIOTECH", JSC "Mosoblgaz", JSC "Zarubezhneft", a branch of the company "FGC UES" - Main electric networks of the Urals, Gubkin Russian State University of Oil and Gas (National Research University).

The "PRO_NeFt" team from Gazpromneft-Zapolyarye LLC coped with the task best of all. Konstantin Ryumkin (captain), Nikita Firsov, Igor Shakhmetov and Vitaly Zhironkin are the winners of the qualifying competition.

The silver medal was awarded to young employees of PJSC Yuzhny Kuzbass, Sergey Bashlykov (captain), Ekaterina Sharapova, Roman Khalin and Evgeny Balakhnin, united in the Southerners team.

"During the solution of the case, we relied on the production processes at our home enterprise, - the captain of the team told about the creation of the project Sergey Bashlykov. – First of all, the technological downtime of vehicles, which affects the lost profits in mining, was considered. As a result, it was found that outsourcing the repair of an internal combustion engine with a long logistical arm not only does not reduce, but also contributes to an increase in the loss of financial and time resources. Our solution is to transfer the above functions to the company's area of responsibility, and it can change the approach to risk management at the enterprise as a whole."

To implement the project, the guys had to fully immerse themselves in the problems of the case, forgetting about their hobbies and personal affairs. "We put all our efforts into the case, carefully thinking through the logical chains of the presentation, graphic and text elements on the slides, and perfecting the speech for the presentation to the last. No sloppy work, just full commitment! The final result justified the time and energy spent – our project was highly appreciated by the expert commission.", - Sergey Bashlykov noted.

From the final, the specialists of PJSC Yuzhny Kuzbass are waiting for the opportunity to compete with stronger rivals and successfully defend the project to improve last year's result. «At the 2023 Autumn Cup, the YUZHANE team reached the 6th place in the final table, so this time we set ourselves the goal of getting into the top three winners., - Sergey Bashlykov shares his expectations. – We plan not only to perform well, but also to gain another experience of participation, objectively assess the current level of our competencies, demonstrate strengths and "pump up" weaknesses. There is no limit to perfection here."

The three strongest were rounded out by the Descendants of Mendeleev team (POLYEF JSC). Participants: Denis Khuzin (captain), Kristina Koneva, Elina Gabdullina and Dmitry Sharov.

Thus, the PRO_NeFt and Yuzhane teams will go to the final of the CASE-IN championship, which will be held in Moscow at the end of May 2024. Young specialists will present their final solutions to leading industry experts and will be able to master valuable professional skills.

The winners and prize-winners of the League of Young Professionals will receive new opportunities for career and professional growth, will join the managerial personnel reserve of companies, and will also be able to attend industry youth educational forums and travel around Russia as part of the "More than a Journey" program.

The organizers of the "CASE-IN" Championship are Reliable Change Foundation, Non-profit Partnership "Youth Forum of Mining Leaders" and AstraLogica LLC.

Championship included in the Science to Win initiative and the plan The Decade of Science and Technology, which takes place in Russia in 2022-2031.

The project is being implemented within the framework of the federal project "Social Elevators for everyone" of the national project "Education".