Supply Chain Logistics (non-credit program)

Rowan College at Burlington County created a Memorandum of Understanding between Broward College Center for Supply Chain Education and NJ’s 18 Community Colleges for all the colleges to offer the curriculum for the 8 SCPro Fundamentals Certifications (the supply chain industry’s preeminent credentials). Broward College Center for Supply Chain Education serves as the single representative for the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals, the accreditation organization for these industry credentials. This will allow Community College students access to registration, curriculum, study materials, and exam proctoring through the online learning management system.

UCNJ Union College of Union County, NJ finalized Prior Learning Assessment (PLA) approval for their non-credit students to receive college credit once they complete the Essentials of Supply Chain Management Program which includes four of the eight SCPro Fundamentals Certifications.

The 8 SCPro Fundamentals Certifications are as follows: (1) Supply Chain Management Principles, (2) Customer Service Operations, (3) Transportation Operations, (4) Warehousing Operations, (5) Demand Planning, (6) Inventory Management, (7) Supply Management & Procurement, and (8) Manufacturing & Service Operations.  Students who earn these industry credentials are equipped with the skills to enter  the supply chain industry.

Prior Learning Assessment (Other)

Hudson County Community College developed a prior learning assessment (PLA) process and template to articulate credit for non-credit courses and industry-recognized credentials for students. This PLA model provides a seamless process that does not require each student to individually obtain approval for articulation or require administrator approval for each student. This new process only requires that students provide documentation of completion of the course(s) or the industry recognized credential to the Registrar.

Using the PLA model, three SCPro Fundaments credentials have been determined to articulate to 3 college credits/each for a total of 9 college credits for all three credentials. The credentials are (1) Supply Chain Management Principles, (2) Transportation Operations, and (3) Warehouse Operations.

These college credits for industry credentials provide a pathway to the Transportation, Logistics, and Distribution Certificate into the Associate of Applied Science in Supply Chain Management degree.

Adult Literacy

UCNJ Union College of Union County, NJ created an Essentials of Supply Chain Management Integrated Education and Training (IET) program for English language learners. An IET program is an education model that combines occupational skills training and basic academic skills instruction to increase and expedite the educational and career advancement of adult learners. IET programs combine education and job skills training necessary to transition adult learners beyond adult basic education and through a career pathway that affords them job training and gainful employment. Specifically, UCNJ integrated contextualized  English language instruction with its Essentials of Supply Chain Management training program which includes instruction for 4 SCPro Fundamentals industry credentials and job development/placement services.

Rowan College at Burlington County (RCBC) also created an Integrated Education and Training (IET) program. Specifically, RCBC combined it Adult Basic Education course with its existing high school dual enrollment Quick Step Program (focused on Supply Chain Management) and re-branded it as an IET program for adult learners. Adult learners who complete this course earn college credit. This IET program was piloted in Fall 2022.

Professional Development

Rowan College at Burlington County created a toolkit which explains the Quick Step Program focused on Supply Chain Logistics to assist other education institutions to implement and market the program. The toolkit also guides education institutions in the implementation of non-credit to credit articulation and/or portfolio review options for prior learning assessments (PLA) for the SCPro Fundamentals Certifications.

The toolkit is formatted on the “phases of implementing a project“ including planning, developing, implementing and launching. In each stage, there is a brief description of the process, important questions for considerations, and sample documents when