1. Ned D. Young, Ph.D., Professor of Management and MIS
Supplying Workforce Needs: The Creation of a National Center for Supply Chain Technology Education
an Advanced Technological Education Center of the National Science Foundation
Robert Sheehan, Tech Prep Program Manager
Ned D. Young, Ph.D., Professor of Management and MIS

2. Outline of Today’s Presentation
Overview of supply chain technologies
Emerging employment opportunities
Members of the center
Objectives of the Center
Getting involved with the Center
Questions

3. What Are Supply Chain Technologies?
Technologies that support business practices and improve the competitiveness of corporations and the effectiveness of government operations as they transport a product or service from supplier to customer.

4. Categories of Supply Chain Technology
Technology Category
Description
Software systems
Forecasting, transportation, warehousing, inventory management
e-business technologies
Automated shipping notices, e-data interchange, web portals, e-invoicing
Visibility & productivity
Advanced bar codes, RFID, voice and light picking systems, event management
Process advances
Entire chain process advances (Lean, Six Sigma), collaborative planning, forecasting, replenishment

5. A 21st Century Warehouse Automated & Green
Robotic order fulfillment
Mobile robotic automation
Unmanned robotic forklifts
Hydrogen fuel cell forklifts
Moveable, programmable shelving units
Skechers Moreno Valley California (near L.A.) Warehouse is 1.82 million square feet and requires almost no handling staff (all automated). This warehouse is so big that it takes half a minute to drive from one end to the other at 60 miles per hour. The setup is so advanced that human hands will hardly touch the cargo as it is unpacked, categorized, stacked and prepared for delivery. The building is so green that it uses prevailing winds for ventilation instead of air conditioning.
Skechers Warehouse
Skechers Conveyers
Skechers Robot Pickers

6. A 21st Century Warehouse Information Technology
Wireless infrastructure
Bluetooth connectivity
Cloud-based IT
Web-based Warehouse Management Systems with graphical display dashboards
Geospatial systems (RFID and GPS, satellite uplink/downlink)
IBM Food Tracking IBM Prescription Tracking

7. Technologies Supporting Production, Distribution & Retail
Digital imaging
LAN/Bluetooth
Portable printing
Speech recognition
2D bar coding/RFID
Remote management
Real time location system
Wireless and device security
Voice/GPS communication integrated into rugged computers
Retail Example

8. Our Partners
Norco College Norco, California Jefferson Community & Technical College Louisville, Kentucky Oakton Community College Des Plaines, Illinois Sinclair Community College Dayton, Ohio Tacoma Community College Tacoma, Washington

9. National Visiting Committee Industry Advisory Council
Industry Partners
National Visiting Committee
Industry Advisory Council
Schneider Logistics
Fed Ex Ground
Michigan State University
Southern California Logistics Technology Collaborative
Ohio Department of Education
Manufacturing Skills Standards Council
California Business, Transportation & Housing Agency
Advanced Technical Intelligence Center
League for Innovation
Distribution Management Association
Defense Acquisition University
Dole Fresh Vegetables
Stratum Global
Mid-Pacific Information Technologies Center
IUE-CWA
Alien Technologies
Supply Chain Digest
GeoTech Center
Kroger
Collective Brands
Port of Long Beach
APICS

10. Employment Opportunities
11.3 million supply chain technician workforce
projected growth in supply chain technology jobs US CA TX FL NY IL
5.0%
9.9%
9.3%
5.6%
5.4%
Norco Video

11. Increase the Number of supply chain technicians by 20,000 over four years

12. NCSCTE Objective 1
Implement a model career pathway through high school/community college/university partnerships to meet the industry’s needs for educated technicians.
Programs of study will be based on:
Supply-Chain Operations Reference model (Supply-Chain Council, 2008)
Transportation, Distribution, and Logistics Competency Model (U.S. Department of Labor, 2008)
Human Capital Strategy and Core Logistics Competencies and Proficiencies (U.S. Department of Defense, 2008).

13. “Pipeline” Student-Centered Partnerships & Relationship Management
Advisory Boards & Councils
Align curriculum (Articulations)
Mentorships/Internships/Co-ops
Capstones
Scholarships
Faculty development
Organizational Assessment

14. Curriculum Development Process Based on the TCP process
Research Future Career fields
Convene Futuring Panel
Draft Document
Convene Business/Industry/Labor Review Panel
Conduct Technical Educator Review
Conduct Stakeholder Review
Conduct Academic Alignment Review
Disseminate Career Field Standards
Document

17. NCSCTE Objective 2
Increase the number of high school & college faculty participating in supply chain technology professional development.
Workshops
Webinars
Faculty training
Development & distribution of curriculum

18. NCSCTE Objective 3 Disseminate best practices in training
Project Website:
Best practice documents
White papers
Newsletters
Curricula
Sustainability through consulting

19. 16 Career Clusters

20. Educating the Customer: Strategies for Enhancing the Demand
Acquisitions/SCM brand-name recognition lower than Accounting, Marketing, Finance, MIS, Engineering.
Need to enhance the SCM field to employers as the core value-add in shaping, setting up and improving infrastructure of all activities
Promotion needed at all levels: individual programs, institutions, the “field” level

21. What’s in a Name? Everything!!!
There is a tremendous perception gap about the concept/content of the “SCM field” between academics and practitioners.
Case in point: GE hires engineers and trains them in concepts that we teach to our SCM graduates in business schools.
25 executives from various industries, almost unanimous concern that recruiters don’t know exactly what SCM graduates can do. When they know, they hire SCM graduates over engineers in many careers.
9/17/2018

22. Challenge for Acquisitions & SCM
Make Acquisitions & SCM a household name with “employers”
Champion the cause of Acquisitions & SCM within B-Schools and across campus: not “just as a research/academic” but “as a practical discipline with ultimate value-add to the economy and society”
Make Acquisitions & SCM a household name in “community colleges”
Make Acquisitions & SCM a household name in “K-12”: Why should high-school students and counselors equate business education with “just” accounting, marketing, and finance?
9/17/2018

23. TRADITIONAL TODAY’S NEEDS
SCM
WORK FORCE
SUPPLY
SCM
WORK FORCE
SUPPLY
EXECUTIVE
EDUCATION
CAREER
CHANGE
ADVANCED
EDUCATION
BOTTOM-UP
(ENTRY LEVEL)
BOTTOM-UP
(ENTRY LEVEL)
TRADITIONAL
TODAY’S NEEDS

24. <<< QUOTE, UNQUOTE>>>
SUPPLY CHAIN INTEGRATION
“Our job is less about moving paperwork and more about moving knowledge. It is less about bending metal and more about integrating systems. It is about joint and integrated endeavors.”
-Department of Defense Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics Kenneth J. Krieg, speaking at the September National Defense Industrial Association luncheon about his plans to adopt new business practices to improve supply chain management.

25. Questions? Contact us at:
Bob Sheehan (937)
Ned D. Young (937)