The teams of three enterprises became winners of the League of Young Professionals CASE-IN

Young specialists from Gazpromneft-Bitumen Materials, Gazpromneft-Zapolyarye and JSC United Energy System System Operator became winners and prize-winners of the XII season of the International Engineering CASE-IN Championship, which is supported by the presidential platform "Russia – the land of opportunities". The winners have developed promising solutions using the principles of lean manufacturing and have received great opportunities for personal and career development.

In 2024, the main theme of the League of Young Professionals, as well as the entire championship, was the topic of "Lean manufacturing". During the qualifying stages, 86 youth teams developed solutions on topics relevant to the Russian industry related to the implementation of the principles of careful and efficient production.

"Young workers presented ideas for the development of their companies and leading industries in Russia. I am sure that after detailed refinement, most of them can be implemented in practice., - Artem Korolev, founder and co-chairman of the CASE-IN organizing committee, shared his opinion. – NOh, all the participants win, because in the championship CASE-They have gained experience and important professional skills and knowledge that will help them climb the career ladder and reach a new level of their development."

On the instructions of the organizers, the teams solved a case study on the specifics of competitive production systems of the 21st century. It reflects the criteria for selecting production sites and equipment during the period of modernization and technical re-equipment as a guideline for the subsequent introduction of lean manufacturing technologies and tools. The participants of the League of Young Professionals demonstrated analytical decision-making tools for the selection and subsequent reorganization of a production facility.

A competent jury selected 17 finalist teams: they were young specialists from Sibur-Neftekhim JSC, Sibur-Khimprom JSC, Sibur-Kstovo LLC, Unified Energy System System Operator JSC, Gazpromneft-Razvitie LLC, Gazpromneft-Zapolyarye LLC, Gazpromneft-Bitumen Materials", Gazpromneft NTC LLC, Gazprom Pererabotka LLC, ALROSA (PJSC), Zarubezhneft JSC, MESSOYAKHANEFTEGAZ JSC, SlavnefteGasnoyarskneftegaz LLC, Taas-Yuryakh Neftegazodobycha LLC and Yuzhny Kuzbass PJSC.

At the final of the CASE-IN championship in Moscow, the authors of the best ideas presented finalized solutions to an expert commission consisting of representatives of companies, specialized organizations and universities. The finalists also exchanged knowledge with colleagues and received valuable advice from the industry community.

The winner was the team of Gazpromneft–Bitumen Materials, which included Ekaterina Gaidukova (captain), Evgenia Artyukh, Ivan Lysenko and Dmitry Shangareev.

The second place was taken by the PRO_NeFt team (Gazpromneft-Zapolyarye LLC): Konstantin Ryumkin (captain), Nikita Firsov, Igor Shakhmetov and Vitaly Zhironkin.

The team "KIUM100" (JSC "System Operator of the Unified Energy System") rounded out the top three. Veronika Bershatskaya (captain), Dmitry Chub, John Burlak and Mikhail Avakian, young specialists of the operational area of the UDE of the South, believe that winning the Corporate Case Championship of the System Operator helped them to succeed in the CASE-IN championship.

"The Corporate Championship gave us the opportunity to pick up the pace ahead of the upcoming League of Young Professionals. Thanks to the corporate stage of the championship, our KIUM100 team understood the principles and approaches in solving cases in the League of Young Professionals, which is strikingly different from the Student League. I would like to note that the League of Young Specialists allows teams from the mineral resource complex and the fuel and energy complex to check the level of their competencies and test their skills when solving the same case. The KIUM100 team had to single-handedly defend the honor of the electric power industry.", – the captain of the team, the deputy leader of the youth council of the ODU of the South Veronika Bershatskaya told.

"We managed to win a prize thanks to our extensive experience in participating in the championship and solving cases – some team members have been involved in CASE-IN since they were students – a creative approach and a radically redesigned information presentation strategy. Since the expert commission consisted of representatives from two industries, the KIUM100 team made a strategically correct decision by choosing an information submission option that was understandable to all expert judges and allowed them to fairly evaluate our decision.", – added by team member Dmitry Chub.

The award for the winners and prize-winners of the League of Young Professionals was new opportunities for career and professional growth, as well as inclusion in the managerial personnel reserve of companies. In addition, the best participants will receive invitations to attend industry youth educational forums and travel around Russia as part of the "More than a Trip" program.

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

The championship is 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".