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Logistics group, OZ’s RMIT University join hands to enhance Indonesian manpower
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In a busy assembly hangar of PT Dirgantara Indonesia (DI) stands a new light transport airplane. The Indonesian Logistics Association (ALI) will team up with Australia’s Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) University in the areas of research and training to help enhance Indonesian logistics manpower. (JP/Marguerite Afra Sapiie)
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he Indonesian Logistics Association (ALI) is set to collaborate with Australia’s Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) University in the areas of research and training to help enhance Indonesian logistics manpower.
A memorandum of understanding (MoU) was signed on Friday by ALI chairman Zaldy Masita and RMIT head of school of business IT and logistics Caroline Chan.
As the initial step of the cooperation, both parties, along with the University of Indonesia (UI) and Technology Institute of Surabaya (ITS), will carry out a survey to 500 companies to identify human resources’ needs, according to Chan.
"We will work with a number of ALI members and businesses to see what are the issues and find out what are the gaps in skills in particular occupation in logistics and supply chains management. Through that identification of gaps, we can then to be able to design a better solution in terms of training and skill development of the human resources in Indonesia," she said after the MoU signing.
Chan further said the survey was expected to produce policy recommendations, which could affect policy making in Indonesia.
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Zaldy of ALI expressed hope that the research would help ALI and the Indonesian government seek solutions necessary to improve the quality of human resources in order to comply with logistics competency standards.
"And I hope there will be more educational institutions that open the department or training on logistics," he said, adding that as of present, Indonesia had no higher education program providing a bachelor degree in logistics. (dra/lnd)
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