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Source: Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University –
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A professional retraining program for employees of the Procurement Directorate of JSC Power Machines was successfully completed at SPbPU. The program was implemented by the Institute of Industrial Management, Economics, and Trade and the Institute of Mechanical Engineering, Materials, and Transport. The Graduate School of Industrial Management acted as the project manager.
The program has started Last March, 25 students—purchasing managers from the Leningrad Metal Plant and Elektrosila plants—studied the fundamentals of production organization and economics in metallurgy for purchasing management at mechanical engineering enterprises.
The training included lectures and practical classes both at the Polytechnic University and at the Leningrad Metal Plant and Electrosila enterprises.
The Higher School of Materials Physics and Technology at IMMiT provides training in the technological processes of producing ferrous and non-ferrous metals and metallurgical products, the fundamentals of materials science, modern technologies and metalworking, and managing the metallurgical quality of finished products.
Conducting such programs requires adapting the material presented to address applied problems in mechanical engineering, metallurgy, and related technologies, which immerses students in the challenges of these fields. The dialogue established with Power Machines employees during the classes is important and promising for future collaboration, says Sergei Ganin, Director of the Higher School of Materials Physics and Engineering.
The IPMEIT Higher School of Industrial Management offered modules on economics and management at a mechanical engineering company. During the classes, students explored the economics of metal product procurement, identifying problems and finding levers to improve procurement efficiency, and managing metal product deliveries to a mechanical engineering company.
A key feature of the retraining program, created at the request of the qualified client "Power Machines," is the integration of economic, managerial, and engineering knowledge. Students not only master economics and management issues as they relate to mechanical engineering but also study the production technology of ferrous and non-ferrous metals. "The result is a specialist capable of competently solving complex organizational, economic, and technological problems in procurement for a mechanical engineering company," says Olga Kalinina, Director of the Higher School of Industrial Management.
In addition to the main educational process, the students were given a tour of the Polytechnic University's Museum of Mineralogy and Geology.
A key element of the program included excursions organized by the Polytechnic University to St. Petersburg machine-building plants with similar production processes. Participants visited the Spetsstal plant, the St. Petersburg Tractor Plant, and the Obukhov Plant, where they learned about the specifics of metallurgical production management.
The final certification for the program took place on the IPMEiT campus. The university's faculty members who deliver the program represented the committee.
The presentation of professional retraining diplomas took place at the annual meeting of the Procurement Directorate of Power Machines' subordinate divisions in the assembly hall of the Electrosila plant. Dmitry Tikhonov, Vice-Rector for Continuing and Pre-University Education at SPbPU, opened the ceremony: "The creation of such educational products is part of the university's development program. Firstly, it demonstrates the relevance of the knowledge imparted through work with the real sector of the economy, and secondly, through the interaction of higher education institutions from various institutes, it demonstrates our key competitive advantage—our polytechnical approach."
Evgeniya Khmel, Chairperson of the final certification committee on behalf of the qualified customer and Director of Development of General Industrial Suppliers at Power Machines, summed up the results of the training: Our cooperation with the Polytechnic University fromworking with students This has evolved into the creation of new specialized programs for the company's employees. Initial results have been achieved, including successful completion of the program and the receipt of professional retraining diplomas. Many challenges lie ahead, which will lead to even more ambitious results. The knowledge gained during training by Power Machines employees will be applied in practice and yield real economic benefits.
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