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Industrial Logistics Specialization under the apprenticeship program

To organize, modernize, and optimize operations, and to provide the right product, in the right place, at the right time, to those involved in industrial processes.
  • Training location: Sevenans and Exincourt
  • Limited number of seats

Training

An essential function, a major economic issue

Industrial logistics can be defined as the art of organizing and managing the flows (physical, financial, and informational) that make up the supply chain: the entire manufacturing and transportation system connecting the company to its upstream suppliers and its downstream customers.

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Objectives

  • The logistics specialist’s mission is to ensure that every stakeholder has the right product, at the right time, in the right place, at every stage of production. Like a conductor, they coordinate the various stages of the logistics process: sourcing components and raw materials, production, distribution of finished products, and recycling.
  • As a modeler, he designs and optimizes the supply chain. As an organizer, he manages production and drives continuous improvement. As an innovator, he tackles environmental challenges (reverse logistics, “green” logistics).

Breakdown of Course Content Over the Course of Your 3-Year Program

  • Scientific knowledge: mathematics, statistics, optimization, operations research, materials, manufacturing processes, systems engineering…
  • Techniques and methods: production management; implementation, inventory management, scheduling, quality, continuous improvement, lean manufacturing, transportation, use of an ERP or production management software package; programming fundamentals, project management…
  • Cross-functional skills and soft skills: labor law, business organization; economics, basic business management tools, management accounting, communication. Foreign languages, particularly English.

At your host company, you will carry out one project each year under the supervision and guidance of your apprenticeship mentor. Through this project, you will build upon the skills you have acquired at UTBM and the CFAI (Industrial Apprentice Training Center). The teaching team consists of faculty members, consultants, and industry professionals. It draws on the resources of the IMSI department (see opposite page), such as ERP systems and flow simulation software (SAP, Ortems, Quest), as well as the production lines at the pilot plant.

Some examples of projects: implementing a Kanban system, redesigning storage areas, redefining purchase contracts, designing a just-in-time workstation supply system, optimizing shipping routes…
Some host companies: PSA, Alstom Transport, Alstom Power Services, Faurecia, Lisi Automotive, CK Components, Veolia, Nexter, EDF, GEODIS, General Electric, Morin, Ratier…

Automated Robotic Platform

  • Industrial Robots
  • Automated line
  • Control and Servo Systems

Metallurgy Platform

  • UGV 5-Axis High-Speed Machining Center
  • Large-scale prototyping machine
  • Wire-cut EDM machine
  • Instrumented machine tools (stress, vibration, thermal engineering)
  • Plastic Deformation Machines
  • Welding, cutting, plasma
  • 5-Axis Waterjet Machining

Metrology Laboratory

  • Three-Dimensional Measuring Machine (CMM)
  • 3D Laser Scanner
  • Profile projector, profilometer

Composite Platform

  • Composites Workshop
  • Plastic injection molding machine
  • Thermoforming press
  • Characterization Laboratory (viscosity meter, etc.)

Materials Laboratory

  •  Metallurgy
  • Heat Treatments

Software

  •  CAD/CAM: Catia V5
  • Digital Factory: DelmiaV5, Delmia Automation V5, Delmia Process Engineer
  • Flow Simulation: Quest, Impact
  • ERP: SAP
  • Scheduling: Prelude
  • Robotics: Fanuc, Roboguide, Kawasaki, PC-Roset, Staübli Robotics Suite
  • Automation: Siemens Step7, LabVIEW
  • Tools for Engineers: MS Project XL, VBA, MATLAB

Student Track and Apprentice Track

Industrial Diagram
  • Production, methods, maintenance, logistics – 82%
  • Research, Studies, and Development – 5.5%
  • Food, retail – 4.5%
  • Advice – 4%
  • Other – 3%
  • Information Technology – 1.5%

New RNCP number 38866

Valid from September 1, 2023, through August 31, 2028

testimonials

The Faurecia Siedoubs plant assembles seats for the nearby PSA Sochaux factory. I completed my apprenticeship in the Methods/Logistics department. What motivated me during my interview was the prospect of working on the launch of the seats for the new Peugeot 308. Being part of a new project was truly an opportunity I couldn’t pass up! My assignments led me to redesign a warehouse layout several times to better adapt to fluctuations in production rates, to optimize workstations (for example, to reduce movement by 60%), and even to reorganize the factory’s material flow following the discontinuation of a product… These three years of apprenticeship taught me a great deal—technically, of course, but also on a personal level. I discovered the corporate world while working both independently and with strong support. My work must have been successful, since I was hired on a permanent contract as a pre-production planner!

Constance PENILLA

Graduated in 2014

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