Kuzbass schoolchildren will present ideas of lean manufacturing in the final of the CASE-IN championship

The national team of Kuzbass schoolchildren reached the final of the School League The International Engineering Championship "CASE-IN" with the support of the presidential platform "Russia – the land of opportunities". The Integration team includes Svyatoslav Sharygin (captain, pupil of the Central Technical Technical University at KuzSTU "Unique"), Fedor Shiman (Gymnasium No. 42), Daria Begunova and Egor Chesnokov (City Classical Lyceum).

"During the School League competitions, participants from 40 regions completed tasks on the topic of Lean Manufacturing, – the founder and co-chairman of the organizing committee of the International Engineering Championship "CASE-IN" Artem Korolev told. – Teams of high school students, on behalf of SIBUR's strategic partner, solved the case "Lean technologies for Sustainable Development", and students in grades 3-11 were engaged in engineering and technical creativity with the support of Evraz LLC and the Alabuga SEZ. In total, the contestants presented 150 projects and solutions."

In the qualifying stage of the "Case solving" direction More than 350 high school students of grades 9-11 participated. On the instructions of SIBUR, the teams of schoolchildren selected one of the priority industries in Russia and analyzed its condition. Then the contestants developed solutions based on lean manufacturing tools that will allow this industry to develop more efficiently.

The participants presented their projects to experts from companies and specialized organizations. Following the results, 13 of the 94 competing teams will travel to Moscow for the final of the CASE-IN championship.

"Our solution is called the Innovative Machine-building Complex, and it includes measures to introduce lean manufacturing into machine-building complexes and measures to create qualified personnel.", – the Integration team explained it.

The finalists focused on the training of qualified employees and the involvement of students who will have to implement smart equipment and organize autonomous production: create a digital warehouse twin, collect data, implement artificial intelligence, devices for controlling defects and capacity. All these measures should lead to an increase in production efficiency by an average of 40-50%.

In the final of the School League, which will be held on May 29 in Moscow, the teams will have to prove to the expert community the effectiveness of their decisions. In addition, they will receive valuable advice from specialists from industrial companies and will be able to master important professional skills. 

The champions and prize–winners of the School League will receive diplomas, valuable gifts and a certificate for additional USE points upon admission to bachelor's degree programs at one of the partner universities of the championship. In addition, they will receive an invitation to industry youth educational forums at the VDC "Eaglet" or VDC "Smena".

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