CINEC conducts professional development program for MAS Group

With a vision to make logistics an integral part of the business model  of the MAS Group of Companies, CINEC launched their first batch for the introductory training program in Logistics and Supply Chain Management (ILSCM)for this November at their campus in Malabe. 

The program consisted of three professional courses which focused on facilitating operational level staff members to gain professional knowledge through structural learning methods, encouraging them to explore their inherent capacities, realising that their synergetic impact could be brought forth by combining their existing work-based knowledge with theoretical learning, developing a strategic path for career advancement capturing conceptual learning outcomes, creating an academic friendly culture and bridging existing gaps with respect to knowledge and skills that sharpens the competitive edges of the company. 

The eight key modules in the program consisted of Logistics, Transportation, Shipping, Business Organisations, Supply Chain Management, Business Communication, Freight Forwarding and Leadership.

This program will be followed by the participants studying for the Certificate in Logistics and Supply Chain Management (CLSCM) and the Executive Diploma in Logistics and Supply Chain Management (EDLSCM) respectively.

The training program was highly customised and innovative with new training and coaching methodologies being used to mould non-executive staff to systematically develop into high-caliber managers in 18 months. A 90% attendance record was made compulsory for the learners backed by well trained demonstrators and a team of highly qualified lecturers from the industry that assisted the participants to complete assignments.  

With the completion of the program, those who have work experience in the logistics industry will be selected to follow an Executive Master’s degree in supply chain management. 

Speaking about the program, CINEC Maritime Campus Head of Logistics and Transport Lalith Edrisinghe stated: “Logistics improvement is the key to lowering total manufacturing costs and manufacturers in our country need to focus on this aspect very strongly in order to be efficient in their operations. They need to sustain themselves and survive in the long term by investing in technology and improved operations. Key corporate decision-makers in these organisations need to be tasked with the measurement and management of all line item expenses and understand the impact of and cost reduction opportunities represented by logistics efficiency and logistics-related expenses.”

“Being the leading maritime campus in the country and having an experienced team of lecturers who are industry experts, we wanted to lend a hand to one of the leading manufacturing companies in the country for them to gain even further efficiencies in addition to what they already possess and to make them a leader in their field amongst the top industry giants in the global arena,” he added.