Three Facilities that Practice Leading-edge Supply Chain Technologies

This 7-page white paper, provided by the National Center for Supply Chain Automation, highlights the importance of learning supply chain technologies in the current manufacturing warehouse environment. "This paper discusses current distribution center uses of supply chain technology in three California facilities. In meeting our goal of increasing the number of Supply Chain Technologists the SCTE team is evaluating the emerging occupation of Supply Chain Technicians, and existing education and training models." The overall goal is to increase the number and competency of employees in this sector to meet the growing need for skilled laborers in manufacturing.

This paper includes the following sections: Abstract, Warehouse Technologies and Employee Skills, Sketchers, UPS, Cardinal Healthcare, Summary, and References.