MDCP partner AST&L Launches Training Program in China
For many American companies, China represents a huge opportunity for growth. In recent years, numerous companies launched aggressive growth plans in the country only to find themselves bogged down by an inefficient logistics supply chain. American companies discovered that there was a lack of knowledgeable logistics managers in China. Supply chains provide the means for American exports to be distributed and sold around the globe. Without the talent to efficiently manage these systems, many companies began scaling back their expansion plans in China.
AST&L recognized this problem and partnered with ITA and logistics providers in China to address the issue.
The resulting curriculum, dubbed the Global Logistics Management (GLM) program, was designed to train and certify Chinese students in globally recognized standards of logistics and transportation management. The program incorporates advanced management techniques and operation experiences of the American logistics industry, adapted for the Chinese logistics market characteristics and business requirements.
In December 2010, ITA and AST&L in welcomed the inaugural class of the GLM program at the Shanghai Nanhu Vocational School. For the next several months, the students learned the knowledge and skills necessary to become the next generation workforce for the logistics industry and developed a platform for future career advancement.
The hard work of these students paid off on April 11, 2011, when the first class of the GLM program received their certificates of training. Of the 28 GLM graduates, 18 already had placement in the logistics and transportation industry at the time of graduation.
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