In the final, Magnitogorsk schoolchildren will present the ideas of lean manufacturing in metallurgy.

A team of high school students from Magnitogorsk reached the final of the School League The International Engineering Championship "CASE-IN", implemented with the support of the presidential platform "Russia – the land of opportunities". The finalists have developed a strong solution to the Lean Technologies for Sustainable Development case and will present their solution in Moscow.

The project is included in the "Science to Win" initiative and the plan for the Decade of Science and Technology, which takes place in Russia in 2022-2031. It is being implemented within the framework of the federal project "Social Elevators for Everyone" of the national project "Education". The project is being implemented using a grant from the President of the Russian Federation for the development of civil society.

"During the School League competitions, participants from 40 regions completed tasks on the topic of "Lean Manufacturing," said Artyom Korolev, founder and co–chairman of the organizing committee of the CASE-IN International Engineering Championship. – 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."

More than 350 high school students of grades 9-11 participated in the qualifying stage of the Case Solving course.

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.

13 of the 94 competing teams will travel to Moscow for the final of the CASE-IN championship. Among the finalists are the Landau national team, high school students from Magnitogorsk schools in the Chelyabinsk region.: Polina Rebrentseva (team captain, Design School of Magnitogorsk State Technical University named after G. I. Nosov), Andrey Kovtun (school No. 62), Vladimir Pyshkin (School No. 47), Yaroslav Afanasyev (school No. 67).

The representatives of the Southern Urals logically focused their decision on the study of metallurgy.

"Our team visited Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works as part of an excursion and personally got acquainted with the organization of production. Having examined the production chain from coking coal to the production of hardware, we identified the "bottlenecks" in the production process and compiled a flow map," the finalists from Magnitogorsk say in the abstract.

The high school students' solution is based on the introduction of lean manufacturing tools with an emphasis on the organizational, technological and digital potential of the enterprise.

"Our team estimated the cost of developing and implementing the proposed solutions at 195.1 million rubles," the authors of the development explain, "Thus, PJSC MMK, with its production potential and the availability of labor resources, is able to increase its own efficiency by further improving the production process and increase profits by 54506.046 million rubles."

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 invitations to industry youth educational forums at the VDC "Eaglet" or VDC "Smena".

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

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