The Workforce Pipeline Model:  The purpose of the Workforce Pipeline Master Plan is to explain the integrated and synchronized partnership which transforms the traditional career and technical education (CTE) paradigm by redefining the customer, supplier, product relationship.  In the traditional model, the CTE student is the customer, and the product “sold” to employers is CTE graduates with training and certificates seeking employment. In this new Talent Acquisition and Retention Pipeline Solution model, the customers are the employers. The product is an energized local economy in which employers are enabled to operate a more profitable and productive business by hiring and retaining better employees.  The suppliers are the Career & Technical Education (CTE) programs who enroll students and produce skilled candidates primarily for entry-level positions.