"This is the initiative from entrepreneurs based on experience, etc. It turned out there is an important gap in education at master's or S2 level in logistics. We totally support it," said Secretary General of the Ministry of Industry Syarif Hidayat in Jakarta, Tuesday.
With education adopted from the Netherlands, Syarif hopes that many industrialists will send their employees to further explore logistics science, which will most definitely impact the logistics costs in that industry.
"I believe that if businesspeople have an adequate knowledge about it, they will be able to do the arrangements much better," said Syarif.
Syarif believes that the necessity for HR in the logistics sector in the future will be increasing, considering the growth of the number of ports and infrastructures that are being built.
Meanwhile, the Chairperson of Yayasan Sejuta Sahabat Indonesia Eka Sari Lorena Soerbakti, who collaborated with the Maastricht School of Management (MSM) and Universitas Udayana, said that the school will be built in Bali and will start operating in November 2016.
"As of now there are 10 people who registered. Our target is 12 to 15 people. It will indeed be a small class," she said.
According to the owner of Eka Sari Lorena (ESL) Logistics, the logistics costs in Indonesia take up 20 to 30 percent of the entire industrial operational costs. The percentage itself is considered one of the highest in the world because in other countries, it is only around 9 to 12 percent.
She believes that with well-educated experts, it will impact the logistics costs up to 5 percent and simultaneously make Indonesia more competitive.
"If our calculation with logistics companies is correct, then they will be able to do their activities more efficiently and save up to 3 to 5 percent of their operational costs," said Lorena.Â
Editor: Ade Marboen
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