As part of the ongoing enhancement of BCIT’s programs to prepare our graduates for successful careers in International Business and Supply Chain Management, we are conducting a survey to gain insight into the needs of employers in British Columbia.

A critical part of the curriculum review process is collecting the perspective of the industries and sectors that the program serves. We need to understand what we do well, and where we can improve, in providing quality, relevant, and current career preparation for students. Your responses will be used to develop content that will generate graduates with the relevant skills and abilities that you value in your business.

Please help make this process a success by taking 10 minutes to complete this survey. We encourage you to add your comments in the spaces provided. Your responses to the survey are anonymous.

Thank you in advance for your time. It is greatly appreciated.

CLICK HERE FOR International Business Program - Industry Survey

International Trade & Transportation Program
School of Business, BCIT
tel: 604 451 6938

Almost 24 hours since announcing the VANOC Distribution Centre tour and more than 85% of the tour spaces have been sold. If you are planning on attending we suggest you sign up ASAP as this tour is limited to 60 people and we have more than 50 registrations as of now.

Welcome back members to the 2009-2010 season of the CMHDS. We are kicking off this season in a great way with a tour of the Olympic Distribution Facility.

What better way to start the year than to experience and hear of the logistical challenges that go behind one of the biggest events to ever occur in our city, province and country.

Located in Delta this 521,000 sq.ft. facility holds all the accoutrements to making the Games a successful venture from hockey pucks to podiums, this facility has it all!

Come and hear of the challenges our hosts have in collecting all the materials from around the world cataloging them and ensuring they are ready and in place in time for all the events.

Our hosts have an fascinating and inspiring story to tell, as well as a facility that rivals any in Vancouver for sheer size and organization.

We look forward to seeing you at this great event.

CLICK HERE FOR MORE DETAILS AND TO REGISTER

CMHDS Board of Directors
“Supply Chain Leadership - Knowledge Through Networking”

Canadian Material Handling and Distribution Society (CMHDS)
3080-11666 Steveston Hwy, Box #96013, Richmond, B.C. V7A 5J4 www.cmhds.org info@cmhds.org

Tour of VANOC MAIN DISTRIBUTION CENTRE

Location: 7530 Hopcott Road, Delta, BC (Click here for a map)
Date: Thursday September 24th, 2009
Time: 4:00pm to 6:00pm (End Time Approximate)
Cost: $15.00 - members / $25.00 Non-Members
(Visa/MasterCard/Amex only via online payment)

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VANOC MAIN DISTRIBUTION CENTRE TOUR

Welcome back members to the 2009-2010 season of the CMHDS. We’re kicking off this season in a great way with a tour of the Olympic Distribution Facility.

What better way to start the year than to experience and hear of the logistical challenges that go behind one of the biggest events to ever occur in our city, province & country.

Located in Delta this 521,000 sq.ft. facility holds all the accoutrements to making the Games a successful venture…from hockey pucks to podiums, this facility has it all!

Come and hear of the challenges our hosts have in collecting all the materials from around the world…cataloging them and ensuring they are ready and in place in time for all the events.

Our hosts have an fascinating and inspiring story to tell, as well as a facility that rivals any in Vancouver for sheer size and organization.

We look forward to seeing you at this great event!

The BCIT International Trade and Transportation Program has some seats available for this coming September intake of student for the Full Time Diploma of Technology Day School Program.

If you know of anyone that may be interested in applying for entry into this program, Please let them know there is still time to apply!! It is not too Late!!

Inform them to apply on-line ASAP and there is a good opportunity for them to be admitted if they have satisfied the entrance requirements of English 12 (C+) and Math 11 (C+).

We have more applicants than available seats at the moment, but many of them are incomplete, so now is the time for your friends, family members, or work acquaintances to step to the front of the line if they meet the requirements. Please feel free to forward this message to others that may be considering a diploma from BCIT, especially if they have already applied to a School of Business program, and told the program they have applied into is already full.

Sylvia Corning, Program Head
International Trade & Transportation Program
School of Business, BCIT
tel: 604 451 6938

Nanaimo: September 16th - 18th, 2009

Theme: Triple Bottom Line - People, Planet, Profit/Savings

The theme of this year’s workshop is “Triple Bottom Line – People, Planet, Profit” being held at the new Vancouver Island Conference Centre in beautiful Nanaimo, BC September 16th – 18th, 2009.
Workshop Chair Alan McDougall, the workshop committee and BC Institute staff have been busy at work putting together what promises to be an excellent program for this year’s event offering outstanding value and great opportunities for networking and professional development for our members and the supply chain management community.
Whether a C.P.P. or not, this is your opportunity to take advantage of the educational and networking opportunities provided with this workshop and perhaps a bit of down time away from the day to day office environment at this beautiful location. We trust your experience will be a great one as the culmination of efforts of the Volunteer Committee, BC Institute Staff, participation of presenters, and of course you the delegates!

View the full event pdf description

Saturday, July 11, 2009 9:00 AM - 3:30 PM

Spend One Day @ UBC with UBC Continuing Studies. This course moves from a broad theoretical overview of sustainability to a detailed exploration of the philosophical, political, economic, social and ecological drivers of the current sustainability challenge, and critical analysis of proposed pathways to a sustainable future. Class discussions are organized around a UBC Continuing Studies audio podcast series featuring five of Canada’s top thinkers on sustainability, as well as recommended readings, lectures and simulations. Please see the event page for more details.

September 19-23, 2009
Westin Bayshore Hotel
Vancouver, B.C.

MNP is pleased to sponsor the EDABC 2009 Conference. This conference will bring together community leaders, economic development professionals and entrepreneurs from all across Canada to hear about innovative solutions to local challenges.

For more information, please contact Chris Pollock, Regional Marketing Coordinator at 604.574.7211.

Jul 9, 2009 8:30-4:30 pm Vancouver, BC

For Material Handler Skills Upgrading Project

If you are a user, trainer or manufacturer of material-handling equipment, we’d like you to share your first-hand knowledge and experience as the Council, with the assistance of the Canadian Standards Association (CSA), develops occupational standards for material handlers within the Canadian supply chain sector.

The initial focus of project activities will be on the development of occupational standards for operators of electric trucks (Industrial Truck Association (ITA) Class 1 through 3), internal-combustion-engine trucks (ITA Class 4 and 5), and aerial work platforms, booms and cranes used in connection with material-handling-equipment maintenance.

If you or anyone in your company has experience with material-handling equipment, we welcome, and need, your involvement in this project. Focus-group sessions will be held as shown below. Sessions will run from 8:30 am to 4:30 pm.
Note that teleconferencing options are available should you wish to attend a particular session but are unable to travel.

Location & Contact Info
Express Metrotown
No cost

Host/Organizer CSCSC
Contact Dale Ross
Telephone 905-897-6700
FAX 905-897-1100
Email dross@supplychaincanada.org
Website www.supplychaincanada.org/en/material-handler

Jul 23, 2009 12:00-12:00 am Richmond, BC

Country Meadows Golf Course (Executive Course)- Texas Scramble Format.

First tee time is 3:04 with dinner afterwards.

If you are not a golfer and would just like to attend the dinner to network, please also RSVP and dinner time and cost will be confirmed.
RSVP by July 17, 2009. Prize donations are welcome. Payment can be made out to “CITT Vancouver” and a cheque mailed to Melissa Mulcahy c/o address listed below.

Location & Contact Info
Country Meadows Golf Course
8482 No 6 Rd

Richmond, BC

COST: $70 for golf and dinner

Host/Organizer Vancouver Area Council
Contact Melissa Mulcahy
Telephone 604-790-0280
Email CITT.BC@shaw.ca

This project is just getting underway. If you are interested in participating in the project’s Working Group, please contact Dale Ross, at dross@supplychaincanada.org.

Focus Groups

The primary purpose of this project is to provide the tools necessary for sector stakeholders to clearly enunciate the occupational, training and certification standards associated with material handling in the supply chain sector.

There is a critical need to standardize the certification requirements for forklift/reach-truck operators on a national basis throughout the sector. In addition, there is significant demand for qualified workers, and this occupation lends itself well to facilitating entry to the sector.

The apprenticeship model is ideally suited for this occupation and is supported widely by industry and governments. There are many people, particularly among under-represented groups, interested in apprenticeship opportunities.

The expected benefits of this project are:

For workers: greater knowledge and information regarding entry-level career opportunities in the sector and, consequently, increased access, particularly by under-represented groups.
For employers: the ability to more effectively recruit and retain workers by offering entry-level apprenticeship opportunities that are nationally recognized.
Through this project, the CSCSC will:

Complete a review of apprenticeship frameworks for occupations consistent with material handlers from other sectors;
Develop essential-skills requirements for material-handling occupations;
Identify existing training providers and match training curricula to skill requirements;
Establish an accreditation framework for training providers; and
Promote the accreditation program within the sector.
The results of this project will include the development of a process that will ensure that material handlers, specifically forklift and reach-truck operators, have the requisite skills and competencies to operate their equipment safely and efficiently in workplaces throughout the sector and that the acquisition of such skills can be clearly demonstrated so as to be accepted and recognized nationally by the sector.

Focus Groups

If you are a user, trainer or manufacturer of material-handling equipment, we’d like you to share your first-hand knowledge and experience as the Council, with the assistance of the Canadian Standards Association (CSA), develops occupational standards for material handlers within the Canadian supply chain sector.

The initial focus of project activities will be on the development of occupational standards for operators of electric trucks (Industrial Truck Association (ITA) Class 1 through 3), internal-combustion-engine trucks (ITA Class 4 and 5), and aerial work platforms, booms and cranes used in connection with material-handling-equipment maintenance.

If you or anyone in your company has experience with material-handling equipment, we welcome, and need, your involvement in this project. Focus-group sessions will be held as shown below. Sessions will run from 8:30 am to 4:30 pm.

Note that teleconferencing options are available should you wish to attend a particular session but are unable to travel.

Vancouver – Thursday, July 9
Holiday Inn Express Metrotown, 4405 Central Boulevard, Burnaby

Calgary – Tuesday, July 14
Sheraton Cavalier Calgary Hotel, 2620 32nd Avenue NE

Toronto – Tuesday, July 21
Canadian Standards Association, 5060 Spectrum Way, Suite 100, Mississauga

Montreal – Friday, July 24
Marriott Fairfield Inn & Suites Montreal Airport, 700 Avenue Michel Jasmin

Halifax – Thursday, July 30
Future Inns Halifax Hotel & Conference Centre, 30 Fairfax Drive

Contact Dale Ross, at dross@supplychaincanada.org, to register for one or more of the focus-group sessions or to find out more about how you can participate.