{"id":1016,"date":"2016-08-29T09:49:05","date_gmt":"2016-08-29T14:49:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mtwc.org\/?p=819"},"modified":"2016-08-29T09:49:05","modified_gmt":"2016-08-29T14:49:05","slug":"national-career-pathways-network-annual-conference-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mtwc.cee.wisc.edu\/index.php\/2016\/08\/29\/national-career-pathways-network-annual-conference-2\/","title":{"rendered":"WORKSHOP \u2013 Supply Chain Management and Logistics: How to Develop and Sustain a Successful Program"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Indianapolis, Indiana\u00a0| 9:00 a.m. &#8211; 4:30 p.m. |\u00a0October 5<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncpn.info\/preconference-workshops.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Register<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Presenter: Dr. Fran Beauman<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Supply Chain Management and Logistics is an important career field both in the U.S. and around the world. Attend this pre-conference workshop at the National Career Pathways Network annual conference to learn how to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>find data needed to justify a program<\/li>\n<li>identify and approach industry partners<\/li>\n<li>market the program to students, parents and the community<\/li>\n<li>develop a program that includes dual enrollment classes with the potential of continuing on to a BA program<\/li>\n<li>find the resources that you need to start and sustain your program<\/li>\n<li>determine which certifications are best for your students<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Participate in two\u00a0industry tours. First, tour the new 1.2 million square foot state of the art Walmart e-commerce fulfillment center in Plainfield, Indiana now serving consumers throughout the U.S. Walmart built the new e-commerce fulfillment center to handle its rapidly growing online business. The massive building is dedicated to fulfilling e-commerce orders, and is able to house millions of items and ship them to customers or stores for free pickup. The Plainfield facility is the latest addition to Walmart\u2019s next-generation fulfillment network that consists of additional e-commerce fulfillment centers, then tour the Vincennes University&#8217;s Logistics Training and Education Center (VU LTEC) which features a one-of-a-kind experience, combining classroom instruction with hands-on learning in the 40,000 square foot warehouse. Students put into action what they have learned using the latest equipment and technology. VU LTEC offers both short-term training (Fork-Lift, CDL Class A, GLA, Team Lead) and credit-bearing academic programs (Supply Chain Logistics Management AS).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Supply Chain Management and Logistics is an important career field both in the U.S. and around the world. Participate in two industry tours. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1016","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-events","category-resources"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mtwc.cee.wisc.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1016","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mtwc.cee.wisc.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mtwc.cee.wisc.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mtwc.cee.wisc.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mtwc.cee.wisc.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1016"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mtwc.cee.wisc.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1016\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mtwc.cee.wisc.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1016"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mtwc.cee.wisc.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1016"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mtwc.cee.wisc.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1016"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}