AICC Education Catalog

All of the following courses are available to all employees at all AICC member locations.

Take courses today at learning.AICCbox.org.

AICC Course 101

• Corrugated Basics 101: The History of Corrugated
• Corrugated Basics 102: Corrugated Board and Its Uses
• Corrugated Basics 103: Manufacturing and Converting

Customer Service

• How to Help an Upset Customer

Education Investor Courses

• Digital Transformation for Corrugated Printing
• Essential Principles of Water-Based Flexo Inks
• Innovations and Machinery Advancements in the Corrugated Industry
• Optimizing the Flexographic Printing Process
• Rightweighting
• Rotary Die Cutting Operation
• The Corrugator

Finance

• Keeping Score: Understanding Financial Statements
• Understanding Accounts Receivable and Cash

Human Resources

• Avoiding Antitrust Liability
• Corrective Counseling
• Designing Your Training Space
• How to Train Anyone to Do Anything
• Internal Staff Development Guide
• Maximize Training ROI
• Retain, Engage, and Grow Employees

Leadership

• Communication for Coaches
• Decision Trees: Knowledge Insurance
• Delegation DIY
• Emotional Intelligence for Career Development
• From Management to Leadership
• Giving Motivational Feedback
• Go Team: Make Your Team More Productive
• Increasing Margin Through Process Improvement
• Mentoring Best Practices
• Navigating Time: Time Management for the Job Shop
• Productive Meetings
• Situational Leadership

Maintenance

• Boiler Rooms, Boilers, and Steam Systems
• Corrugator Roll Alignment
• Corrugated Roll Audit
• Facility Assessment from a Maintenance Perspective
• How to Audit a Corrugator
• Implementing a Routine Scheduled Maintenance Process
• Maintenance Department 5S
• Maintenance Mapping
• Preventive Maintenance Optimization

Packaging Production

• Flexographic Print Fundamentals
• Adhering to Corrugator Standards
• Benefits of ERP Software Solutions for the Packaging Industry
• Data Management: Machines
• Fingerprinting the Flexographic Press
• Flexographic Print Plates
• Introduction to Rigid Box
• OEE for the Packaging Industry
• Packaging Production Math
• Setup Reduction
• The Manufacturing Environment
• Understanding Anilox Rolls
• Understanding Combined Board Combinations
• Unit Load Design and Analysis
• WARP and How to Control It

Process Improvement

• Build a Visual Workplace
• Faster, Better, Smarter with Value Stream Maps
• Introduction to Lean Packaging
• Key Performance Indicators
• Project Planning: MAPP the Project for Success
• Proposals, Problems, and Projects with A3
• Standardized Work

Resources

• Cross Training Resource
• Machine Primer
• Tracking Training Tool

Safety

• Safety Basics

Sales

• Accelerate Virtual Relationships to Create New Opportunities
• Five Top Sales Skills
• How to Spec a Corrugated Box
• Introduction to e-Commerce

Spanish Courses

• Cómo especificar una caja
• Como mejorar las ventas en esta nueva realidad
• Cómo optimizar la impresión flexográfica
• Cómo realizar una auditoría a la corrugadora
• Comprensión de las Combinaciones de Cartón Corrugado
• Conceptos básicos de corrugado 101, 102, 103
• Control de las operaciones en una empresa fabricante de empaques de cartón
• Creando un Lugar de trabajo visual usando las 5s o las 7S
• Factores que afectan la resistencia a la estiba en los empaques de cartón corrugado
• Fundamentos de la Impresión Flexográfica
• Fundamentos de seguridad
• Implementación de un Proceso de Rutina de Mantenimiento Programado
• Introducción al Diseño de Cargas Unitarias de Cajas a Nivel de Sistema
• La Eficiencia General del Equipo (OEE) en la Industria del Empaque
• La importancia de los empaques en el e-commerce, Modulo 1, 2
• Matemáticas para la producción de empaques
• Navegando el Tiempo: Gestión de Tiempo para el Taller
• Operación del Troqueladora Rotativa
• Optimización del Mantenimiento Preventivo
• Pandeo y cómo controlarlo
• Principios básicos de las
• tintas a base de agua para impresión flexográfica
• Reducción de configuración

Learn With Peers

CEO Advisory Groups

The CEO Advisory Groups were formed as a resource for box manufacturing plant CEOs. Members of each group focus on real-world experiences, best practices, and pitfalls to avoid. You are held accountable and helped by your peers. Connecting with other executives gives you the opportunity to see your company from an outside perspective and discuss changes that can positively impact your bottom line.

Emerging Leader Program

The AICC Emerging Leader (EL) program is an exclusive series of training, networking, and leadership opportunities for ambitious young professionals (35 and younger) in the paper and packaging industry. With the opportunities and information available in the EL program, young professionals who are ready to commit to their professional development will have the chance to grow into proven, reliable future leaders in their company and industry.

Leadership Advisory Group

As a leader in an AICC member company, you face challenges that many others do not comprehend—the pressures to succeed, make the right decisions, and create a positive future for yourself and the company. When involved in AICC programs, many of you have opportunities to confide in others, share ideas, and receive honest feedback. This group will be even more intentional in meeting its members’ specific needs for connection, education, and discreet communication.

Production Leadership Advisory Groups

Production Leadership Advisory Groups are designed to include operations and production managers from AICC member companies. The group is open to all member companies regardless of location or market niche.

Continuous Improvement Leadership Group

The Continuous Improvement Leadership Group is designed to serve managers of all departments. The group is open to all member companies regardless of location or market niche. You will be part of a group marked by mutual trust; sharing of best practices and respectful disagreement; and the advancement of each member company’s success, productivity, and group members’ career development.

Sales Management Cohort

Sales management was tough enough pre-pandemic, but add in the pandemic and supply chain challenges, and it has never been harder to be a sales manager than in the market of today. So, AICC has teamed with renowned sales consultant and coach Mark Roberts and bestselling author and sales training facilitator Ed Wallace to deliver AICC’s first Sales Management Cohort professional development program.

Sales Advisory Group

AICC has teamed with Roberts and Wallace to deliver AICC’s first Sales Advisory Group professional development program. The group program is data-driven, using sales skills and relationship diagnostics that help you assess your selling strengths and skill gaps that could be costing you your commissions.

Coming Soon: Women’s Leadership Advisory Group

This year, AICC is bringing together a group specifically for women in manufacturing. We know that, for women, career paths are often different. This group will give you a platform to find better ways of communicating, marketing yourself, and sharing your experiences. You will showcase your abilities and add to the growth of this industry as employees, advocates, and leaders within your company.

To learn more about these groups visit AICCbox.org/Advisory.

Recorded and Upcoming Webinars

See all webinars at NOW.AICCbox.org with the All Access Pass.

Available Now

• The Influence Of Sustainable Package Design On Buyer Behavior
• Maintenance Facility Assessment
• Moving From CS Manager To Leader
• Why You Need To Re-Onboard Every Single Employee Now
• Data Management series
• Which Flexo Folder Gluer Is Right For The Job?
• The Top 5 Sales Skills That Deliver The Maximum ROI
• How To Reduce Risk In Major R&D Projects With Confidence
• How To Engage, Retain And Grow Employees And Why Free Beer Friday Does
• Not Work
• Marijuana In The Work Place
• Delivering Impactful Value Statements: Salespeople & Sales Managers
• Aligning Customer Service With Corporate Goals
• Increase Revenue: Identify & Target Your Ideal Customer Profile
• Corrugating Roll Alignment
• How To Get Your People Involved In Marketing Your Brand
• Maximizing Prospecting Effectiveness Leveraging LinkedIn & other Social Media
• Tools
• How To Facilitate Margin Improvement
• How To Maximize The Value Of Every Employee
• Creating Virtual Relational Capital To Drive Sales Results
• Maintenance Budget Metrics
• Boiler Room, Boilers & Steam System
• Anilox Selection/Maintenance & Ink Management/Control
• New Standards In Chamber Design & Development Of The Ink Circuit
• Infra-Red Dryers For Improved Productivity, Improved Press
• Efficiency & Better Graphics
• Anatomy Complete! — Tips On What Plates Work Best
• Rotary Die Cutting Operations
• Rightweighting vs Board Combinations
• Corrugator Roll AuditAvailable Now
• The Influence Of Sustainable Package Design On Buyer Behavior
• Maintenance Facility Assessment
• Moving From CS Manager To Leader
• Why You Need To Re-Onboard Every Single Employee Now
• Data Management series
• Which Flexo Folder Gluer Is Right For The Job?
• The Top 5 Sales Skills That Deliver The Maximum ROI
• How To Reduce Risk In Major R&D Projects With Confidence
• How To Engage, Retain And Grow Employees And Why Free Beer Friday Does
• Not Work
• Marijuana In The Work Place
• Delivering Impactful Value Statements: Salespeople & Sales Managers
• Aligning Customer Service With Corporate Goals
• Increase Revenue: Identify & Target Your Ideal Customer Profile
• Corrugating Roll Alignment
• How To Get Your People Involved In Marketing Your Brand
• Maximizing Prospecting Effectiveness Leveraging LinkedIn & other Social Media
• Tools
• How To Facilitate Margin Improvement
• How To Maximize The Value Of Every Employee
• Creating Virtual Relational Capital To Drive Sales Results
• Maintenance Budget Metrics
• Boiler Room, Boilers & Steam System
• Anilox Selection/Maintenance & Ink Management/Control
• New Standards In Chamber Design & Development Of The Ink Circuit
• Infra-Red Dryers For Improved Productivity, Improved Press
• Efficiency & Better Graphics
• Anatomy Complete! — Tips On What Plates Work Best
• Rotary Die Cutting Operations
• Rightweighting vs Board Combinations
• Corrugator Roll Audit
• Corrugating Roll Equipment
• Machine Safety System Circuits And Emergency Stops
• Dry End Control — Theory Of Operation
• Executive Strategies: Incorporation
• Of Hazmat Regulations For Box Fabricators
• Hazmat Awareness For Salespeople: Value Added Opportunities Without
• Regulatory Risk
• Hazmat General Awareness & Security (Part 1 — Hazmat Series)
• HazMat: Marking & Labelling (Part 2 — Hazmat Series)
• HazMat: Box Fabrication Functions (Part 3 — Hazmat Series)
• Maintenance Strategies & Tactics
• Driving Organic Growth
• Understanding Our Capabilities To Meet Customer Expectations: Leveling
• Customer Expectations
• Understanding Our Capabilities To Meet Customer Expectations: Understanding
• Print Registrations
• Understanding Our Capabilities To Meet Customer Expectations: Machine Plate
• Limitations
• Line Weights & Color Management
• Maximum Productivity
• Impactful Initial Sales Meetings To Drive Revenue
• How To Facilitate Margin Improvement
• FMLA Updates — What’s Old Is New Again
• ADA News You Can Use: Trends, Tips & Updates
• Simply Controlling Color

Coming Soon

• How To Create A Machine Spares List
• Design For Success (Structure & Graphics)
• What The Customer Wants & Will Pay For
• How Saving A Few Dollars Up-Front Can Cost Thousands Of Dollars Down The Road
• Accelerate Hybrid Relationships
• Target Conversations With Ideal Buyers
• Deliver Impactful Value Propositions
• Grow Account Spend Through Lateral & Vertical Relationship Strategies
• Social Presence & Follow-Up Cadence
• Deliver A Price Increase That Sticks
• How To Recession Proof Your Sales
• Net Profit By Customer & How To Fix Profit Leakage
• Profile The Elite Sales Person Today
• Key Skills Of An Effective Sales Manager
• Maximizing Your Packaging & Point Of Purchase
• Thwarting The Counterfeiters: Protecting Your Brand’s Revenue, Reputation & Customers
• Secrets Behind Standout Packaging Design
• Recruiting & Retaining Top Talent
• (Shop Floor & Front Office)
• Paper Sourcing For 2023 & Beyond
• Major CPG Initiatives That Will Have A Meaningful Impact On Us in 2023 & Beyond
• Building Systems For Business Development
• Being A Culture Champion
• Behaviors Of Inclusion
• (Bridging The Generational Divide)
• Scaling Your Business (Startups)
• Press Set Up & Operation
• Print Process Control & Troubleshooting
• Components Overview: Fundamentals Approach
• Prepress: Halftone Screening & Color Builds

Webinars can be watched with the All Access Pass.

All Access Pass

This pass gives your entire company access to 100 webinars now, 50-plus new webinars coming this year, and 10 One Point Lessons.

You get all of this as an AICC All Access Pass participant for a one-time fee of $1,895. This year, no codes are needed. AICC NOW simply unlocks all that you and your employees have access to.

The pass gives the following to AICC members:

• Flexibility in choosing educational offerings and which team members take them.
• Simplicity and accuracy in budgeting for professional development.
• Best available price for AICC webinars.
• 24/7 access to all AICC webinars and One Point Lessons.
• Access to some of AICC’s best and new speakers, trainers, and content.
• Ability to watch webinars critical to their development, knowing that you and your company purchased a pass, giving them full access.
• No codes, no billing for individual webinars—you and your employees have unlocked access.

The All Access Pass is available only to AICC members in good standing. Learn more at www.AICCbox.org/pass.