{"id":1877,"date":"2017-07-26T15:55:25","date_gmt":"2017-07-26T15:55:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.tstc.edu\/?p=1877"},"modified":"2017-07-26T20:33:22","modified_gmt":"2017-07-26T20:33:22","slug":"tstc-in-north-texas-receives-new-logistics-training-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.tstc.edu\/?p=1877","title":{"rendered":"TSTC in North Texas Receives New Logistics Training System"},"content":{"rendered":"

(RED OAK) \u2013 Texas State Technical College\u2019s Logistics Technology program recently received a manufacturing operations training system through a Texas Workforce Commission grant.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt walks you through the manufacturing process, from raw materials to the final products being shipped,\u201d said William Scott, a TSTC Logistics Technology instructor. \u201cOur students can get trained on logistics in a manufacturing environment.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The $235,000 equipment will be used by students taking Introduction to Materials Handling, Materials Requirement Planning and Warehouse and Distribution Center Management for the Associate of Applied Science degree in Logistics Technology. Students will learn how to turn the machinery on, troubleshoot and operate the system. Scott described the machinery as a new experience for students.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve always wanted this since the inception of the program,\u201d Scott said. \u201cManufacturing logistics is an added arm of the program.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

TSTC is poised to meet increased logistics demands in Ellis County. Some of the jobs that Logistics Technology graduates can pursue include purchasing, warehouse dock management, dispatching and inventory control.<\/span><\/p>\n

Logistics and distribution is one of the city of Red Oak\u2019s target industries. National Freight Industries has at least 70 employees working in logistics and warehousing at a 60,000-square-foot facility on Bowie Drive, according to the city\u2019s economic development office. Lee McCleary, Red Oak\u2019s economic development director, said the company has plans to build a new 117,000-square-foot structure next to the current building.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cNFI conducts business with multiple locations nationwide,\u201d McCleary said. \u201cNFI is the logistics and warehousing provider for Triumph Aerostructures \u2013 Red Oak.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

And in Waxahachie, Walgreens has a distribution center with less than 1,000 employees, according to the city\u2019s economic development office.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe Logistics Technology program was specifically chosen and developed for TSTC in North Texas given the local workforce needs,\u201d said Provost Marcus Balch. \u201cWe\u2019re training using the latest technology, including drones and radio-frequency identification technology.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

TSTC graduated its first group of Logistics Technology majors in December 2015.<\/span><\/p>\n

TSTC in North Texas will host a Registration Rally for the fall semester from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 8. For more information, go to tstc.edu\/rally.<\/span><\/p>\n

For more information on Texas State Technical College, go to tstc.edu.<\/span><\/p>\n

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(RED OAK) \u2013 Texas State Technical College\u2019s Logistics Technology program recently received a manufacturing operations training system through a Texas Workforce Commission grant. \u201cIt walks you through the manufacturing process, from raw materials to the final products being shipped,\u201d said William Scott, a TSTC Logistics Technology instructor. \u201cOur students can get trained on logistics in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1877","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-northtexas"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.tstc.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1877","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.tstc.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.tstc.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.tstc.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.tstc.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1877"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news.tstc.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1877\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1879,"href":"https:\/\/news.tstc.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1877\/revisions\/1879"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.tstc.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1877"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.tstc.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1877"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.tstc.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1877"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}