Storing incompatible chemicals together can inadvertently pose hazards, so it is important to always have your chemical storage records up to date. Not only can incorrectly stored chemicals cause a fire or explosion, but they can also result in significant health issues for your team and the wider community.
In this webinar, join Chemwatch Americas' Paul Benbow, Tom Hasse, and Augusta "Gusty" Brinley, as they discuss the following:
Thank you Chemsolv, an IPG Company, LBB Specialties and Univar Solutions for sponsoring this webinar.
This webinar will increase your understanding about how to harmonize your product Safety Data Sheet and labeling content to meet the requirements of global markets. Shipping globally has many challenges, especially in emerging markets where there is a large need for products, but evolving regulations with varying levels of harmonization with the Globally Harmonized System. Join Harry Favre, of Environmental Resource Center, for a discussion on the major requirements for GHS compliant labels and SDSs, ways to stay alert to the evolving nature of product compliance in each country, and how to work with regulatory officials around the world.
Thank you Harcros Chemicals for sponsoring this webinar.
A Near Miss: An unplanned event that did not result in injury, illness, or damage- but had the potential to do so. Join NACD's 2023 Responsible Distribution Excellence Award winners, CITCO Water, to hear how they have successfully implemented their near miss program "See something, say something". Learn how they were able to achieve staff buy-in at all levels and use the program to improve their overall operations.
Thank you Brenntag and Univar Solutions for sponsoring this webinar.
ACD is partnering with ACTvantage to offer an Inventory Manager Certification Program. The program provides a proven, practical approach to managing your inventory – equipping you with the tools and mindset necessary to assess your current inventory performance and processes, identify gaps, understand best practices, and ultimately implement them to align working capital with customer experience.
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The program will focus on FIVE competencies
For this 4-week certification program, we have partnered with ActVantage.
Instructors
Pradip Krishnadevarajan, Co-Founder, ActVantage
Pradip is passionate about using an approach that combines data and coaching to help companies drive profitable growth. He is recognized in the industry as a thought leader, with 15 plus years of experience assisting hundreds of companies directly.
Senthil Gunasekaran, Co-Founder, ActVantage
Senthil is passionate about driving profitable growth through analytics. An engineer at heart, he brings a quantitative approach to business challenges, leading to unbiased solutions to optimize value.
Member Price: $1,500
After your registration has been processed, prior to the first session, you will receive a Zoom meeting link from ACTvantage to join the training sessions.
Planning for and training employees for media inquiries is a critical component of Responsible Distribution Code VII: Emergency Response and Public Preparedness. Join Gerard Braud, Founder and CEO of SitatiuonHub, as he explores creating effective crisis communication plans in your organization by understanding what each member of your team needs to know, understand, and the type of training they should receive.
Date: Thursday, November 30, 2023
Location: Univar Solutions - Morrisville, PA
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Purchasing and Inventory Management has become much more challenging for organizations involved in chemical distribution post 2020. Organizations have learned to "expect the unexpected" when it comes to sourcing, lead times, product allocation and customer behavior. Join Michael Parolini of OverDrive Solutions, Inc. as he discusses how to be better prepared with a strong foundation of best practices and inventory data organization, amidst complex and changing environments.
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Join Noushin Shamsili, Shirin Swanson, and Farid Tahvildari of NUCO Logistics, Inc. for an informative webinar that provides valuable insights into the worldwide logistics sector and offers guidance on how to overcome its challenges while capitalizing on its opportunities. You will learn about the latest trends and issues affecting international trade, such as supply chain disruptions, trade regulations, sustainability, and digital transformation. You will also get practical tips and best practices for managing your logistics operations effectively and efficiently in a complex and dynamic environment. This session will feature insights and best practices from experts in the field, followed by a Q & A session.
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Thank you Barentz for sponsoring this webinar.
Amelia Island, FL
Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) and sustainability are becoming an expected part of strategic decision-making conversations for many companies and organizations. Accountability is key and as consumer expectations and reporting requirements have continued to evolve, environmental issues are increasingly requiring data to measure and evaluate progress. So, what does this mean for supply chains? And how can companies and organizations help ensure their sustainability strategy drives long-term value for their business and makes a positive impact on the planet?
In this session, Rachel Schwalbach and Becker Meylor of C.H. Robinson cover ESG and sustainability trends and best practices and discuss challenges and areas of opportunity for companies and organizations who are working to build more efficient and resilient supply chains.
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Thank you Barentz, Gulf Coast Chemical LLC and Harcros Chemicals for sponsoring this webinar.
Training Schedule
Session 1: General Awareness and Function Specific Training
Session 2: Function Specific and Security Awareness Training
Description: All Shippers of hazardous materials are required to train all of their hazmat employees (as defined at 49 CFR 172.8). In this interactive training on the rules governing the transportation of hazardous materials, participants will receive general awareness, function-specific, and general security awareness training for shippers, as required in 49 CFR 172.700. Coupled with a facility's safety training, this program will meet the requirements for a 3-year certification of training.
Course Instructor: Peter F. Downing, CHMM, President, Environment and Safety Solutions, Inc.
Course Materials: All participants who attend and participate in both sessions of this training will receive a Certificate of Training along with all course materials. Participants are strongly encouraged to have access to a paper copy of 49 CFR Parts 171 through 180.
NACD is partnering with Strategic Partner, Environment & Safety Solutions, Inc. to offer this training.
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Chemical plants and distributors are increasingly investing in tank telemetry to drive efficiency, profit, and increased safety. However, understanding the ROI, getting off the ground, or even optimizing an existing telemetry program can require sometimes unfamiliar expertise. In this session, Adam Meek of Anova will examine how to avoid the pitfalls, increase the safety of your operation, and maximize returns from your tank telemetry program.
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Thank you Chemisphere, an IPG Company and Riteks, Inc. for sponsoring this webinar.
This webinar focuses on segregation of chemical substances and products in warehouses and storage areas. Peter F. Downing of Environment and Safety Solutions, Inc. looks at the various regulations and standards governing segregation practices, including the Clean Air Act General Duty Clause. Having identified the regulations governing segregation, how to determine what can be stored together and what must be separated is also be examined.
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NACD is partnering with Strategic Partner, Environment & Safety Solutions, Inc. to offer this session.
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Since the turn of this century, there have been some rapid advances in computing and information technology that are starting to reshape the chemical distribution industry. These advances range from artificial intelligence to connected devices and from blockchain to robotics. Do these offer any opportunities for innovation and growth in our industry? Absolutely! In this webinar, Tinium's Nishant Dass covers some of the most fundamental and transformative technologies that are going to impact every single sector of the economy. After an overview, Nishant leads a discussion on the specific applications that can benefit the chemical distribution industry.
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Thank you CellMark USA, LLC and Barentz North America for sponsoring this webinar.
You know what Excel does, you even know basic formulas and can create a worksheet from scratch but you are frustrated with formatting and display issues. Welcome to the world of Excel!
NACD is excited to partner with Arena Computer Software and Management Training for introductory Microsoft Office Excel trainings. Trainer, Stephanie Hutcheson, a Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT), Microsoft Office Expert (MOS) and holds the Modern Classroom Certified Trainer (MCCT) certification will present these offering for NACD Members and Affiliates.
In this workshop explore basic and custom formatting, cell styles, themes and conditional formatting. You will use Excel to manage multiple worksheets and larger workbooks. Excel logical, date and time and text functions are also a focus in this short 3-hour session.
Upon successful completion of this course, you will have used advanced formatting, formulas and functions and have worked with larger workbooks in an efficient manner.
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Member Price: $119
Non-member Price: $139
Providence, RI
Join us for the fourth session of our Retirement Planning webinar series led by Capstone Partners’ Philip Roberts. During this session, you will learn the key risks faced during retirement and the expert will guide you on how to plan for them.
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Thank you CellMark USA, LLC for sponsoring this webinar.
Interested in learning how supporting Chemical Educational Foundation (CEF) can help you conform to Responsible Distribution Code VI: Sustainability? This webinar will tell you all you need to know, including more about CEF’s work to build your future workforce and how to become a member of CEF’s Presidents Club.
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Thank you Allied Universal Corporation and E21 ERP for sponsoring this webinar.
You have dabbled in Excel. You have entered data in a worksheet, but do you really understand what is happening with the data? If you are struggling with the formatting of your worksheets and wondering how to create your own formulas and functions, you will benefit from the short 3-hour introduction to Excel.
NACD is excited to partner with Arena Computer Software and Management Training for introductory Microsoft Office Excel trainings. Trainer, Stephanie Hutcheson, a Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT), Microsoft Office Expert (MOS) and holds the Modern Classroom Certified Trainer (MCCT) certification will present these offering for NACD Members and Affiliates.
Participants that have taken this workshop appreciate knowing HOW Excel works so they can better utilize the features. This workshop offers Excel concepts necessary for data setup that allows efficient reporting.
Upon successful completion of this course, you will be able to create and develop Excel worksheets, use and understand formula and function syntax and format and print an Excel report.
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Member Price: $119
Non-member Price: $139
The Woodlands, TX
ChemEdge is back! Join us in The Woodlands, Texas for training and education on the critical issues facing our industry. No other event can give you the tools to address the diverse, everyday needs of the chemical distribution supply chain. Learn more about our 2023 ChemEdge Conference and Trade Show at https://bit.ly/3Xrkm7e.
Join us for the second session of our Retirement Planning webinar series led by Capstone Partners’ Philip Roberts. During this session, you will learn the role of investments within the Retirement Income Style Framework. You will also learn the strategies for using investments in retirement.
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Thank you ChemCeed for sponsoring this webinar.
Do you work with masses of data? Do you need to manipulate it and create clear and concise reports?
NACD is excited to partner with Arena Computer Software and Management Training for introductory Microsoft Office Excel trainings. Trainer, Stephanie Hutcheson, a Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT), Microsoft Office Expert (MOS) and holds the Modern Classroom Certified Trainer (MCCT) certification will present these offering for NACD Members and Affiliates.
Using the Excel PivotTable feature will help you to gain a competitive edge by harnessing the power of big data. You can summarize, organize and report in a way that is meaningful by using the PivotTable features.
Upon successful completion of this course, you will be able to create and perform advanced database analysis using Excel PivotTable features. As a prerequisite, attendees should be familiar with MS Excel basics, such as creating formulas and using Excel Sum and Average functions.
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Member Price: $119
Non-member Price: $139
Do you want to become more efficient with formulas and functions in MS Excel? Have you inherited workbooks and need to understand the functions that run the reports? This may be the class for you.
NACD is excited to partner with Arena Computer Software and Management Training for introductory Microsoft Office Excel trainings. Trainer, Stephanie Hutcheson, a Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT), Microsoft Office Expert (MOS) and holds the Modern Classroom Certified Trainer (MCCT) certification will present these offering for NACD Members and Affiliates.
We explore advanced functions, work with named ranges, use database functions and resolve errors. This class is a terrific lead-in to the more advanced Data Analysis classes as well.
Upon successful completion of this course, you will gain practice using functions and formulas, creating range names and perform advanced database analysis taking advantage of Excel functionality. As a prerequisite, attendees should be familiar with MS Excel basics, such as creating formulas and using Excel Sum and Average functions.
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Member Price: $119
Non-member Price: $139
In 2022, Congress passed the CHIPS and Science Act, which provides roughly $280 billion in new funding to boost domestic manufacturing of semiconductors in the United States. Part of this funding is meant for suppliers of the raw materials necessary to produce advanced semiconductors, including chemical distributors. On this webinar, the government procurement experts at McAllister and Quinn present about the opportunities for securing funding available to NACD members, along with considerations and requirements to apply for the funding.
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Join Alex Smith, Vice President, E21 ERP as he presents a case study on using Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS) numbers from a Safety Data Sheet (SDS) to drive operations and how it all relates to the Responsible Distribution Codes. This webinar pulls two product example CAS numbers with different risk levels and demonstrate how you can use the power of the CAS number to complete risk assessments, understand PPE requirements, regulations, transportation and how it will affect your companies Responsible Distribution program.
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Thank you TRInternational, Inc. and SMC Global, for sponsoring this webinar.
OSHA's Hazard Communication Standard (HAZCOM) is based on the concept that employees have both a need and a right to know the hazards and identities of the chemicals they are exposed to while working. This HAZCOM Standard, also known as the 'Worker Right to Know Standard (and Understand),' is designed to provide you with the information you need to work safely.
This HAZCOM training will take place in two parts:
In Part I (2 hours), we will discuss basic OSHA requirements for the storage and use of hazardous chemicals in the workplace and the modification of OSHA's HAZCOM Standard to conform with the United Nations (UN) Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labeling of Chemicals (GHS) requirements. We will also review the elements of a Hazard Communication Standard. And finally, this Part will discuss additional regulatory labeling, including the US Hazardous Materials Identification System (HMIS), the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) 704 Labeling System, and the Department of Transportation (DOT) Labeling System.
In Part II (2 hours), we will discuss the 16 Sections of a Safety Data Sheet (SDS), basic chemical and toxicological terms and concepts required for employees, and the most effective training on HAZCOM for ensuring compliance with the standard.
NACD is partnering with Strategic Partner, National Association of Safety Professionals (NASP), to offer this training. This course satisfies the general training requirements of OSHA's Hazard Communication standard 29 CFR 1910.1200 and all participants will be issued 0.4 CEUs upon completion.
Member Price: $199
Non-member Price: $299
St. Louis, MO
Back by popular demand, we combined our Central and Southern Region events! On June 14-16, 2023, attendees will gather in St. Louis to advance their professional growth, network, and nurture their business interests. Attendees have the unique opportunity to not only meet face-to-face with their local peers but expand their network to a new region. We cannot wait to see you there!
Have you thought about your succession plan? Capstone Partners' Philip Roberts invites you to join him for a four-part series on retirement planning. Throughout the series, Philip will walk you through your income style, investments, annuities, and risk management.
Are you looking for ways to reduce waste? In this webinar, Chrystal Beasley, Environmental Engineer with BeAspire Enviro Consulting, discusses methods to prevent, reduce, reuse, recycle, or recover waste. Develop an understanding of how to operate a recycling program, which provides opportunities for cost reduction, risk mitigation, and emission reduction, while ensuring all applicable federal, state, and local waste regulations are followed. Join us to understand a new way to minimize waste!
Thank you Houghton Chemical Corporation for sponsoring this webinar.
Emergencies can create a variety of hazards for workers in the impacted area. Preparing before an emergency incident plays a vital role in ensuring that employers and workers have the necessary equipment, know where to go, and know how to keep themselves safe when an emergency occurs.
In this course, we will provide information on preparing and training for emergencies and the hazards to be aware of when an emergency occurs. Additionally, this course will cover, in brief, NFPA Life Safety Code 101 and safe fire extinguisher use.
We explore advanced functions, work with named ranges, use database functions and resolve errors. This class is a terrific lead-in to the more advanced Data Analysis classes as well.
NACD is partnering with Strategic Partner, National Association of Safety Professionals (NASP), to offer this training. This course provides awareness-level training under OSHA's 29 CFR 1910.38 Emergency Actions Plans, 29 CFR 1910.39, Fire Prevention Plans, and the 1910 Subpart E Appendix; all participants will be issued 0.2 CEUs upon completion.
Member Price: $149
Non-member Price: $229
Let's face it—we would all like to save a little time! Is the way you search for chemical products and ingredients wasting precious time? In this webinar, Chemformation's Holly Myers and Paul Broome will share the secrets of how to expertly search for chemicals online. They will present strategies on how to find accurate data on chemical products and ingredients efficiently and effectively. Bring your questions and watch the experts troubleshoot your most pressing challenges when searching for products.
The NACD Government Affairs team will be leading a prep session discussing what to expect at our May Fly-In and how to make the most out of your visit.
Now that there are proposed regulations for the superfund chemical excise tax, tax attorney Douglas Charnas of McGlinchey Stafford and chemist Dr. Richard Engler of Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. will provide an update on the tax, share their thoughts on the proposed rule, and highlight any outstanding questions.
For well over a year, NACD has been seeking more clarity from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) on implementation of the Superfund Chemical Excise Tax, which took effect July 1, 2022. NACD has met with the IRS twice, sent four detailed letters to the Agency, and initiated numerous contacts from Capitol Hill requesting additional guidance and penalty relief.
In late March, IRS issued long-awaited proposed Superfund tax regulations. The proposed rule addresses many of the questions NACD has raised. These included new and/or expanded definitions, with examples, for “sale”, “use”, “importer”, and “manufacturer”. The IRS has also requested input on the most appropriate ways to assign Chemical Abstract Service Registry Numbers or Harmonized Tariff Schedule Codes to products subject to the tax. Comments on the proposed rule are due May 30. NACD will be submitting comments.
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Thank you G.J. Chemical Co., Inc. for sponsoring this webinar.
Wailea Beach Resort - Marriott, Maui
3700 Wailea Alanui Dr.
Wailea, Maui, HI 96753
We're sure you've heard the industry buzz: you need to go digital. Have you heard this and wondered what 'going digital' means? Or are you worried it will be expensive? Building organized, automated and digitized processes now will position you to hit the ground running with systems that will streamline and optimize daily work for decades. The more of your processes you can digitize, the more adaptable you’ll be to changing market conditions.
Manual methods, such as hand-writing orders and physically walking them to a lab, are tedious and time-consuming, wasting valuable labor hours. Automating everyday tasks allows you to maximize productivity while keeping operations lean.
Join us for a webinar, presented by Sean Doran and Eric Dompkowski, Datacor’s Customer Success Team. This session will discuss the many options for moving data collection and review from paper or a desktop computer to a mobile device such as a barcode scanner tablet, or mobile phone. Whether you want to simply count your inventory or have a customer sign for an order on your driver’s tablet, we’ll show you how to get started.
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Chemical hazards and toxic substances pose a wide range of health hazards (such as irritation, sensitization, and carcinogenicity) and physical hazards (such as flammability, corrosion, and explosibility). National Association of Safety Professional's Eric Gislason provides a cursory overview of the primary hazards associated with chemical hazards, and also discusses where to find additional information about hazards and methods to control exposure in the workplace. While not all hazards associated with every chemical and toxic substance are addressed, the webinar discusses where to find additional information about hazards and methods to control exposure in the workplace.
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Sustainability is more than an aspiration – it’s core to how we conduct business. Join a panel of experts from Univar Solutions to learn how to bring together ambitious goals, operational excellence, technology and collaboration to minimize environmental impact and improve sustainability. By leveraging a strong portfolio of sustainable products, services, practices and technologies to aid customers and consumers in meeting their sustainability goals, distributors demonstrate their commitment to sustainability and vision for a better world. Sustainability makes good business sense and aligns with core values of being serious about safety, a place where people matter, a company that’s valuable to others and does what they say.
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Jay Bhatia, CEO & Founder of Agilis Commerce, bring expertise on major trends digitalization of commerce in the chemical industry. Specifically,
Are you interested in getting your organization in front of NACD’s vast membership? Not sure where to start, or looking for a low-level investment to begin that journey? Join NACD’s Director of Communications, Aileen Smith, to gain an understanding of the many ways, free and paid, to increase your company’s brand awareness among NACD members and Affiliates. During this short webinar, Aileen will go over digital and print advertising and the vast opportunities available to represent your company as a thought leader through NACD content.
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A new era of Responsible Distribution is officially here! Join Caroline Brooks, NACD’s Director Responsible Distribution as she reviews the program and specification level changes, updated resources (including the enhance Verification Dashboard) and how to navigate planning your next verification.
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Thank you Azelis Americas and Chemisphere Corporation for sponsoring this webinar.
Join Mary Draves, former Chief Sustainability Officer and Vice President of Environmental Health and Safety for Dow, Inc in a candid and pragmatic discussion on practical application of sustainability programs, goals and concepts to benefit your business and how these will enhance opportunities for possible future growth. Draves will share her perspective on the current Environmental, Social and Governance landscape, what could we expect next, how you might approach topics from climate to culture, and the benefit to your business and customer needs. This session will provide the opportunity for a robust dialogue with members in an open question and answer portion.
Thank you NAGASE Specialty Materials NA LLC for sponsoring this webinar.
In this webinar, CEO of Intel Engine’s Sam Richter will discuss the convergence (or confusion) of “marketing suspects” and “sales prospects” and how the NACD Intel Engine bridges the gap between the two. The webinar will include best practices for email and LinkedIn outreach, plus a live demonstration of the NACD Chemical Industry Intel Engine and how to use it to find new sales opportunities, decision makers, and a whole lot more.
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NACD welcomes you to our 2023 kick-off town hall meeting. Led by President and CEO, Eric Byer, this meeting will include topics such as:
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Thank you Brainerd Chemical Company, Inc. and Superior Industrial Solutions, Inc. for sponsoring this webinar.
NACD is partnering with ActVantage to offer a Pricing Manager Certification Program. The program provides a proven, practical approach to managing your pricing – equipping you with the tools and mindset necessary to assess your current margin performance and processes, identify gaps, understand best practices, and ultimately implement them to align value creation (customer experience) with value capture (profitable growth).
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The program will focus on FIVE competencies
For this new certification program, we have partnered with ActVantage.
Instructors
Pradip Krishnadevarajan, Co-Founder, ActVantage
Pradip is passionate about using an approach that combines data and coaching to help companies drive profitable growth. He is recognized in the industry as a thought leader, with 15 plus years of experience assisting hundreds of companies directly.
Senthil Gunasekaran, Co-Founder, ActVantage
Senthil is passionate about driving profitable growth through analytics. An engineer at heart, he brings a quantitative approach to business challenges, leading to unbiased solutions to optimize value.
Member Price: $1,500
Non-member Price: $2,100
You know what Excel does, you even know basic formulas and can create a worksheet from scratch but you are frustrated with formatting and display issues. Welcome to the world of Excel!
Join Stephanie Hutcheson, a Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT), Microsoft Office Expert (MOS), and holds the Modern Classroom Certified Trainer (MCCT) certification, as she explores basic and custom formatting, cell styles, themes, and conditional formatting. You will use Excel to manage multiple worksheets and larger workbooks. Excel logical, date and time, and text functions are also focused on this short 3-hour session.
Upon successful completion of this course, you will have used advanced formatting, formulas and functions and have worked with larger workbooks in an efficient manner.
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NACD member price: $119
Non-member price: $139
Join the NACD policy team for our annual beginning-of-the year Legislative and Regulatory Outlook webinar. With the Biden Administration going into its third year and a brand-new Congress that has Republicans now in control of the House, 2023 promises to bring more regulatory activity from the agencies and more oversight from Capitol Hill. Jennifer Gibson, Analisa Puzzanghero, and Nick Breslin of the NACD Regulatory Team will discuss the latest developments on the Superfund Tax, EPA regulations, the long-awaited OSHA Hazard Communication Standard updates, predictions for trade policy, regulations, and more. Doug Leigh and Brian Callahan of the Legislative Team will discuss what to expect from Congress on these and other issues, including the Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards, which are set to expire in July. Be prepared for what 2023 has in store on the policy front by participating in this timely webinar.
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Thank you to Brenntag, Harcros, Inc., LBB Specialties, and Univar Solutions for sponsoring this webinar!
When you have an incident, public attention from the media and social media can come fast and furious. Splitting your attention between incident response and Code VII Responsible Distribution communications can be a huge challenge. It gets exponentially easier when you plan ahead, acquire the right tools, and train your team. n this webinar, Founder and CEO of SituationHub, Gerard Braud, shares five secrets to making your worse day far less painful.
In this program we will discuss:
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Thank you to E21 ERP for sponsoring this webinar!