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NPA in Supply Chain Operations: External Verification Update and Feedback March 2013

NPA in Supply Chain Operations: External Verification Update and Feedback March 2013. Dougie Pond Senior EV Transport Logistics. NPA in Supply Chain Operations: Origins. Industry survey Secondary school interest Increase in distribution hubs Development of Modern Apprenticeships (MAs).

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NPA in Supply Chain Operations: External Verification Update and Feedback March 2013

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  1. NPA in Supply Chain Operations:External Verification Update and FeedbackMarch 2013 Dougie Pond Senior EV Transport Logistics

  2. NPA in Supply Chain Operations:Origins • Industry survey • Secondary school interest • Increase in distribution hubs • Development of Modern Apprenticeships (MAs)

  3. NPA in Supply Chain Operations:Purpose • Introduction for MA • Broaden career option knowledge • Improve perception of industry • Increase interest in industry as a career

  4. NPA in Supply Chain Operations:Initial Take Up • Rather a slow start • Variety of centres • Variety of learners • Primarily central belt of Scotland • No FE colleges

  5. Supply Chain Operations:Possible Reasons for Initial Take Up • MA ‘get out of jail’ • Major FE College re-organisation • Curriculum for Excellence (CfE) developments • General economic situation/downturn

  6. NPA in Supply Chain Operations:Development Visit Feedback • Some centres had not recruited • ‘Teaching’ – ‘Assessment’ • Who are the clients? • How should the NPA be delivered?

  7. NPA in Supply Chain Operations:1st year feedback - Positives • Centres are moving forward • Learning materials are being developed • Delivery is being tailored to the needs of clients • 1st cohort are nearing completion • Centres are recruiting • In general, quality of delivery is good

  8. NPA in Supply Chain Operations:1st year feedback - Negatives • Learner quality? • Traditional delivery methods? • Difficulty for ‘group’ work • What is the follow on? • Is the e-assessment option being used? • Issue with the ‘driving’ Unit

  9. NPA in Supply Chain Operations:Highlighting Good Practice • Excellent simulation project • Links with industry are growing • Interest is being maintained • Quality materials being developed • ‘Client’ interest is growing • Centres better at matching client to this NPA

  10. NPA in Supply Chain Operations:The Future • First centres are to be congratulated on progress to date • Need to develop delivery in more secondary schools • There are more centres now becoming interested in this NPA

  11. NPA in Supply Chain Operations:The Future (cont) • A good base is being built • Centre delivery processes are developing • Centres developing good experience with clients and this NPA

  12. NPA in Supply Chain Operations:Conclusion • Positive • There’s be no ‘failures’ to date • Now building up a good store of quality materials and experience

  13. NPA in Supply Chain Operations:Conclusion A big THANK YOU to the pioneer centres.

  14. Supply Chain NPA Bathgate Academy Andrew Millar Johnathan Tate

  15. Tesco's Sir Terry Leahy • "Sadly, despite all the money that has been spent, standards are still woefully low in too many schools. Employers like us are often left to pick up the pieces." • More than four-fifths of school leavers applying for apprenticeships are “unemployable” and some college courses are so bad they amount to “state-sponsored babysitting”, one of Scotland’s largest companies has said.

  16. Made in China

  17. What the pupils Study • How a supply chain works (F4SX 11) • Customers and suppliers in the supply chain (F4SY11) • Distribution and storage of goods (F4T111) • Personal development: self and work unit • Added value qualifications (First aid training, British safety council work place hazard awareness, mental toughness assessment MTQ48)

  18. Class visits • AG Barr • Tesco Supply Chain operations • Paterson Arran biscuits • Lees foods

  19. Pupil Supply chain Project • Supply chain in partnership with Paterson Arran • Pupils set up their own company and supply chain • Designed and manufactured Cookies from raw ingredients to finished product • Marketed products • Sold products • Produced a balance sheet/made a profit

  20. Paterson Arran Project

  21. Tesco Partnership • Tesco site visit • Mock interviews and feedback • Classroom visit by Alan Daly • Manufactured a model of the Tesco facility

  22. Weblinks • http://www.skillsforlogistics.org/ • http://www.bathgateacademy.org.uk/ • www.paterson-arran.com/ • http://www.sqa.org.uk/sqa/58484.html • http://www.madeinchinaresources.co.uk/enterprise_activity.html • http://www.sqa.org.uk/sqa/38793.html

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