DATE AND PLACE
STAGE 3: IMPROVING KNOWLEDGE OF LSCM
26-30 November 2018
Recreation center “Raduga West”, Issyk-Kul, Kyrgyz Republic
WORKING LANGUAGE: ENGLISH
MAIN INSTRUCTORS:
Dr. Denny J. Cho, President, GTS, Kyrgyzstan; Professor at KTU named after Razzakov, AUCA, Kyrgyzstan (UPENN Wharton/SEAS, USA)
Dr. André Krije, Vice Dean, German Academy for International Trade and Logistics, Germany; Program Manager, Kuehne Foundation, Switzerland
Christine Rutherford, PhD (Logistics), MSc (Chemistry), Heriot-Watt University, England.
PARTICIPANTS:
University professors currently teaching logistics and/or related fields of study
GENERAL INFORMATION
The world is changing at a rapid pace and markets that were previously inaccessible are now opening up and offering huge opportunities for expansion and development. This increase in global business has also increased the pressure on global logistics channels and infrastructure. In addition, we have seen a radical shift in power from sellers to buyers in business relationships as customers now have easy access to product information, pricing, quality, manufacturing and even shipping costs. As a result, customers now have greater access to products and service choices than ever before in the global marketplace. In this global business environment, creating customer value is a key driver of competitive advantage. At the enterprise level, supply chain design is closely linked to supply chain management and logistics operations. That is, logistics and supply chain management is a single cross-functional process where goods and services are produced for customers and delivered to end consumers. As a result, logistics and supply chain management is becoming a core component of corporate strategy and profitability.
There are several reasons for the poor performance of the economy, business and global trade in Central Asia. In addition, being a landlocked country, the distance between Central Asia and the main world market represents high transportation costs, limiting or even preventing trade in any goods or services.
Inefficient logistics and underdeveloped transport infrastructure in the mountainous region are becoming the main reason for limiting the activity of the regional economy as a whole and business development. As a result, we currently have high costs and long delays in moving goods and services over long distances in Central Asia, and these are huge barriers to trade that limit the most important path for development, expansion of companies from developing countries, whose experience and scale could compete both in Central Asia and beyond.
In addition to the above reasons, one can also add the lack of qualified and experienced logistics professionals for the current regional economic and business growth and the failure to fully exploit the country’s future opportunities in global trade.
Improved transport links and efficient practices of moving goods across borders mean fast and cheap transportation, which facilitates and expands trade within the region and beyond. Efficient transport and logistics services managed by qualified and experienced professionals contribute to increased competitiveness and high trade in every sector of the economy. Highly qualified service provided by the transport logistics industry improves all sectors of economic activity in the production and delivery of goods across multiple borders. Considering the global logistics trends and contemporary challenges of our region, the main objective of this ToT program is to prepare and equip local logistics professionals and trainers with the knowledge and skills for further training in the global logistics and economic activity in general. We believe that this ToT program will serve as a catalyst for rapidly growing local logistics capacity and significant manpower that is urgently needed to support and enhance regional economic and business activities.
