The National Center for Supply Chain Automation unites industry and education to work together to increase the number of highly skilled supply chain technicians to meet the growing national need for automation workers. We build industry connections with experts to inform educators about the latest trends and technologies transforming supply chains, and we provide materials-handling companies opportunities to shape the future workforce.
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Download NCSCA’s Introduction to the Automated Warehouse e-textbook, a foundational text for the 21st-century supply chain technician.
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Learn MoreThe National Center for Supply Chain Automation works to increase the workforce of qualified, highly-skilled supply chain technicians to meet the growing national need for automation workers.
In this podcast, David Ayala, Western Region Buildings and Systems Engineering Training Manager at UPS, discusses how he has seen the company go from humans manually sorting packages by zip code to today’s increasingly automated processes.
Listen NowThe National Center for Supply Chain Automation started a collaborative journey years ago with a vision to create an industry validated certification program preparing skilled technicians to work in today’s highly automated supply chain. The certification development vision was finally realized in March of 2020 when the Certified Technician-Supply Chain Automation Program was rolled out. During this journey, something innovative occurred—the invention of a hands-on skills verification device that teaches and assesses 100 hands-on required skills...
Read the Full StoryThis paper outlines recommendations for the integration of knowledge and skills in three key areas across the STEM disciplines. These critical skill areas include Advanced Digital Literacy, Data Knowledge and Analysis, and Business Knowledge and Processes.
Download PaperWe provide resources for educators, industry and students. Our educator resources support high school and college educators in developing programs that prepare students for careers in the growing field of supply chain automation. Our industry resources include labor-market data, reports and white papers, and for students, we offer in-depth career information to help you understand the supply chain automation field and find a college near you that offers a related program of study.
Paul Perkins of Amatrol overviews e-learning and hardware solutions to support MSSC CT-SCA certification training.
Neil Reddy of MSSC speaks about the Supply Chain Automation Certified Technician certification, based on work by the National Center for Supply Chain Automation.
Steve Harrington of the National Center for Supply Chain Automation overviews the NSF-funded centers’ efforts to establish competencies to define the job of a Supply Chain Automation Technician, as well as the resources the center offers and ways viewers can participate.
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