Programme digest

 Preamble

Logistics has substantially changed its role and significance in business for the last two decades. In connection with intensification of competition, globalization and sales market individualization and growing customer requirements to  the quality of logistic service, competence in  the area of logistics is becoming strategic resource, expecting from the staff deeper and various knowledge. Nowadays logistics in has become usual functional block of management in majority of domestic companies. Merely in Moscow at the beginning of 2006 according to recruiting and consulting agencies` data eight thousand companies  were registered to have divisional structure of logistics management: office, section, managerial board or department. In these organizational departments work tens of thousands managers of different levels: from operational logisticians to vice-presidents and directors of logistics department. In Russian business new concept of management: Supply Chain Management(SCM)  is growing in popularity, presenting integrated approach in logistics. In organizational structures of leading edge companies, operation on Russian market, appear new SCM departments as well as posts for employees like manager of delivery chain planning, integrated SCM manager, supervisor of delivery chain control and monitoring.

Educated personnel as well as properly constructed base of logistic knowledge are necessary for efficient use of leading edge concepts, methods and technologies of logistics and SCM. But here it is where not everything is all right. The majority of people, working in logistics departments in Russian companies and being on the payroll logisticians of different levels do not possess system preparation and specific education in logistics, not to mention SCM. Besides the largest deficiency in knowledge is demonstrated in top and middle management of logistics, which may entail serious consequences for development of business.

Gap overcoming between the quality of personnel of logistics departments and the quality of their preparation (apart from obvious solution to increase the number of colleges in Russia, where speciality «Logistics» will be introduced and development of structures of complementary education) should be based on diversified system of professional education in this field. High requirements to logisticians, to level of professional knowledge in the sphere of logistics and SCM, the ability to coordinate work of adjoining departments, to integrate logistic activity within the whole delivery chain determine the necessity to create multistage structure of preparing and retraining staff, considering branch and functional specialization of logisticians. Unfortunately, but only five Russian colleges are conducting training courses in logistics. In 2005 the experiment to approve state educational standard of new branch «logistics» ended successfully and one can hope that approximately ten colleges will join the process of preparation of logisticians in 2006-2007.However for large Russian market it is a drop in the ocean. For the time being  a few commercial teaching structures are not able to cope with the task of training professional logisticians, which in majority fulfill short programmes of improving skills and short-term seminars.

Standard base

ICTL`s programmes are worked out in line with:

• requirements of state educational standard of high professional education worked out by Ministry of education and science of on new branch 080506 «Logistics and SCM», put into force since February 2006
• recommendations of European logistics association(ELA) and European Certification  Board for Logistics  (ECBL) – («Standards of competence  in logistics and SCM – 2005»)
• international educational practice and retraining of logisticians in largest American and European universities, educational centres and business schools.

The list of implemented by ICTL educational programs:

№ in succession	Title	Timescale	Granted document	Note
1	High education in specialty 080606 «Logistics and SCM» - intramural form of education	3 years	State HSE diploma of high education in speciality  080506 «Logistics and SCM» with assigning qualification «logist»	Classes in workdays  from 19.00 till 22.00 2-3 times a week
2	High education in specialty 080506 «Logistics and SCM» - extramural form of studying	3 years	State HSE diploma of high education in profession 080506 «Logistics and SCM» with conferment qualification «logistician»	Two week sessions twice a year
3	Master of business administration in profession «Logistics and SCM» - intramural (extramural) form of studying	2 years	Diploma of state standard with conferment of qualification Master of Business Administration (MBA) in speciality«Logistics and SCM»	Classes in workdays from 18.30 till 22.00 2-3 times a week
4	MBA in specialization «Logistics and SCM» -extramural form of studying	2 years	Diploma of state standard with conferment of qualification Master of Business Administration (MBA) in speciality «Logistics and SCM»	Week sessions 6 times  year
5	Programme of professional retraining in logistics and SCM with further European certification at level «ElogSE» - senior logist	1,5 years (504 hours)	State HSE diploma of professional retraining in logistics and SCM. International ELA certificate at level ElogSE – senior logist	Classes in workdays from 19.00 to 22.00 2-3 times a week
6	Programme of professional retraining in logistics and SCM	1,5 years (504 hours)	State HSE diploma of professional retraining in logistics and SCM.	Week sessions 6 times per educational year
7	Programme of professional retraining in logistics	1,5 years (532 hours)	State HSE diploma of professional retraining in logistics and SCM	Programme is implemented in ICTL subsidiaries
8	International programme «Executive Logistics Manager»	14 months (240 hours)	International dimpoma «Executive Logistics Manager». International certificates of foreign trainings. ICTL certificates in separate modules of the programme	Classes are conducted  twice a month (Friday, Saturday from 10.00 to 17.00) + 4 weekly foreign trainings
9	Upgrading  in programme «Managing company infrastructure»	3 months	Certificate of state standard about upgrading in logistics	Classes are conducted on Saturdays from 10.00 till 18.00
10	Programme of increasing qualification in logistics and SCM with further European certification at level Elog So – operational logistician	3 months	Certificate of HSE state standard of increasing qualification in logistics. International ELA certificate at level Elog SO – operational logistician	Classes are conducted on Saturdays from 10.00 till 18.00
11	Programme of increasing qualification in logistics	2 months(90 hours)	Validation of state standard in area of logistics and SCM	Programme is implemented by ICTL subsidiaries
12	Programme of increasing qualification in logistics – intensive form	10 days (72 hours)	Validation of state standard in area of logistics and SCM	Programme is implemented by ICTL subsidiaries
13	Distance learning in logistics	2 months (90 hours)	Validation of state standard in area of logistics and SCM	Conducted individually with support of ICTL tutor
14	Programme of increasing qualification “Master-class”	2 months (with pause)	Certificate of HSE state standard of increasing qualification in logistics.	1 session: 2 weeks X 6 days per week from 10 to 18   2 session: 1 week X 2 days from 10 to 18

1)      Programme of professional retraining and upgrading  in logistics and SCM (points 6,9,10) , which is implemented nowadays by ICTL subsidiaries, may be conducted in central office in Moscow either when sufficient number of listeners have enrolled wishing to enter these educational programmes  as well as when enough space and human resources are available. Decision about the beginning of  running each of these programmes is settled after analysis  of questionnaires and available resources.  Questionnaires on indicated programmes may be sent out by potential listeners independently from announced  on ICTL website time.

2)      ICTL possesses experience in implementing corporate programmes of staff training in logistics. In particular corporate programmes in logistics, considering branch  specificity, were prepared and fulfilled over a period from 2001 to 2005 for such companies as Gazprom. Yukos , NK Rosneft, Russian Aluminium Management, Kamaz, Sony, Efes Pilsner, Alcatel, Protek, Rostselmash, Arhangelsky CBK , Lebedyansky EKZ, Magnitogorsky metallurgic combine, Zavoljsky Motor Plant , Schneider Elektric, national logistics company, Svyaz Inform, Rossipharmacy, Sibkongress, Ursa Eurasia, Parkethall, etc.