Being a logistician is a profession of the XXI century

The word logistics has appeared in modern usage recently; it originates from the Greek logistike, which means "skilled in calculating; endowed with reason". In Kyrgyzstan, private business owners have been engaged in logistics on their own since 2000. They realized that competition in the market was severe and the introduction of logistics could ensure their sustainable business development. Government agencies, the academic sector, and the public started to study logistics by attending short-term training courses supported by foreign countries and donor organizations. Global recognition of the importance and relevance of logistics in the economy has determined its promotion as a new scientific direction. The Department of Logistics, which professionally studies and teaches all the subtleties of this young profession, was established in 2011 at the Kyrgyz-German Technical Institute of the Kyrgyz State Technical University. The State educational standards of higher professional education 580 600 – direction "logistics"; prepare bachelor’s- and master’s-level qualification. The profession of logistician has become popular – the number of students, practitioners, and logistics centers and associations is growing rapidly. The national strategy for sustainable development of the Kyrgyz Republic until 2040 (NSD - 2040) includes financing for the development of logistics and the construction of trade and logistics centers.

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The state educational standards of higher professional education of the bachelor’s taught program of the Kyrgyz Republic
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Types and tasks of the professional activity of undergraduates
The duties of a coordinator, contractor or manager at junior and secondary level involve the following types of professional activities of undergraduates
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Procurement logistic and supply chain management of goods, works and services
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Production logistics and distribution logistics of goods and services
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Inventory management
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Urban and international transport logistics
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Logistics information systems
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Food logistics
These are the specific types of professional activities that a graduate is mainly preparing for. Consequently, they should determine the content of their educational program, which is developed by the university based on the relevant professional standards (if available) or in conjunction with interested employers..
Tasks:
The above-mentioned professional activities of undergraduates involve the following tasks:
Procurement logistic and supply chain management of goods, works and services
1. Procurement logistics and supply chain management of goods, works and services.
2. Coordination of the development of the company's production program, its plan for the distribution or sale of goods, works and services for a certain period.
3. Determining the material resource requirements and the characteristics and quantity of goods, works and services.
4. Carrying out market research of suppliers and contractors, analyzing and identifying possible sources of supply.
5. Drawing up a supply and procurement plan, defining the structure and delegating authority in the supply and procurement service.
6. Selecting suppliers and contractors, determining the price and terms of purchases.
7. Drawing up a contract for supply and procurement, and administering it.
8. Preparing and placing a purchase order, monitoring the order execution and/or its forwarding.
1. Ensuring the timely and efficient movement of material resources between the stages and workplaces of the main production in accordance with production plans and sales of finished products or customer orders.
2. Administering production management of finished products based on forecasts and the orders of consumers.
3. Developing production task schedules for departments and other components that have been approved by the supply and sales services department.
4. Monitoring and setting standards for work-in-process.
5. Participating in the development and implementation of product innovations.
6. Organizing production tasks and operational management of production.
7. Administering quality and quantity control, as well as cost reduction, of finished products.
8. Carrying out marketing research to predict the capacity of a production enterprise.
9. Developing advertising and information activities to promote sales.
10. Identifying potential customers using rapid response to meet demand.
11. Negotiating with potential customers and prepare necessary shipping documents.
12. Organizing the movement of internal commodity flows, including transportation and warehousing.
13. Financing the movement of products, including consideration of possible financial risks.
1. Organizing insurance of failures in deliveries and protection against an increase in purchase prices.
2. Saving on wholesale discounts and on transportation.
3. Increasing production efficiency and customer service.
4. Geographical specialization: the inventory provides geographical specialization of economic units, and the plant needs to take into account the location of material resources and consumers.
5. Resource consolidation allows the production and delivery of each type of product in cost-effective batches that exceeds the current market demand for the product range.
6. Balancing supply and demand: the inventory can ensure production cost-effectiveness if demand changes (for example, seasonal stocks).
7. Protection against uncertainty, this function is performed by an insurance or buffer reserves.
8. Transformation of the production range in accordance with demand - creating the necessary range to fulfill customer orders.
9. Warehousing and storage allows you to equalize the time difference between the volume of output and consumption, and makes it possible to carry out continuous production and supply based on the created inventory.
10. Storage of goods is also necessary in connection with seasonal consumption of some goods.
11. Consolidation and transportation of goods as a means to reduce travel-related costs. The warehouse can perform the function of combining small shipments of several customers until the vehicle is fully loaded.
1. Creation of transport systems, including multimodal systems, transport corridors and transport chains.
2. Joint planning of transport processes on different modes of transport in the case of multimodal transport.
3. Ensuring the technological unity of the transport and warehouse process.
4. Select the type of vehicle (car, sea, railway, etc.).
5. Choice of transport method (unimodal, intermodal, combined, multimodal).
6. Selection of carriers and logistics providers.
7. Optimization of the transport process.
8. Determining rational delivery routes.
1. Collection, processing and analysis of information about factors of the external and internal environment of the organization for making managerial decisions.
2. Building an internal information system of the organization for collecting information for decision-making, activity planning and control.
3. Creation and maintenance of database based on various criteria of organization functioning.
4. Synchronization of key business processes and planning frameworks, and management based on a unified information channel with suppliers and customers throughout the supply chain.
5. Creating and using effective information systems to support digital logistics.
6. Application of virtual reality (VR) technologies for managing material flows using unmanned vehicles (transport, drones, warehouse conveyor system and technological equipment).
7. Study the prospects of using drones in cargo transportation, warehousing and cargo processing.
8. Study 3D printing (3D logistics) to increase production speed, reduce logistics costs, improve customer focus, reduce contractors in supply chains, and reduce the harmful impact on the environment.
9. Development of logistics information systems (SCE, SCMo, SCEM, SCP, logistics controlling system, business performance management system (BPM)); contractor (transactional) and local logistics systems: ERP, WMS, TMS classes; logistics business process modeling systems (BPMS).
10. Development of solutions for e-business in supply chains: e-Procurement, e-Fulfillment. Study the prospects of creating flexible and dynamic supply chains in the digital economy; increasing transparency and traceability of commodity and information flows in supply chains (SCEM, HVSC), providing digital monitoring of supply chains.
The state educational standards of higher professional education of the master’s taught program of the Kyrgyz Republic
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Types and tasks of professional activities of graduates:
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Public procurement logistics of goods, works and services.
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Urban and international logistics.
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Resource efficient production logistics.
These are the specific types of professional activities that a graduate is mainly preparing for. Consequently, they should determine the content of their educational program, which is developed by the university based on the relevant professional standards (if available) or in conjunction with interested employers.