LUBBOCK CHAMBER OF COMMERCE FOUNDATION

Total pipeline management - the lubbock talent pipeline management (tpm) initiative is a partnership with the lubbock economic development alliance (leda). Tpm was started in 2014 by the u.s. Chamber of commerce as an effort to mobilize the business community to close the skills gap by applying lessons learned from supply chain management to education and workforce partnerships. Employer collaborations play an expanded role as "end-customers" of a talent supply chain, thus they become more effective at determining their most critical working needs, communicating those needs to trusted partners, and managing and improving performance. The second important initiative involves the community workforce partnership of which the lubbock chamber, leda and workforce solutions south plains are members. Since 2015, these partners have collaborated to provide area school districts with career and technical education equipment for training in targeted in-demand jobs. This initiative has leveraged o