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APICS Launches Lean Enterprise Workshop
Dayton APICS is offering a new workshop in Lean Manufacturing. This comprehensive, 28 hour course covers the following topics; Introduction to Lean, Lean Culture, Value Stream Mapping, Process Stability and Improvement, Just-In-Time, Measuring, and Sustaining the Lean Environment.
Start Date: Two sessions starting Thursday September 18 and Saturday September 20.
Start Time: 6:00 PM for the Thursday sessions and 8:00 AM for the Saturday sessions.
Location: Eugene W. Kettering Center, 140 E. Monument Ave. in downtown Dayton.
Cost: $1150 for members and $1350 for nonmembers.
Click on the education link for more information.
Expanded Member Benefits through AMA, Aberdeen Research, and IBF APICS expanded the professional tools available to members through several key relationships that were announced at the 2007 APICS International Conference & Expo in Denver, Colorado, in October.
In conjunction with American Management Association, Aberdeen Research, and the Institute of Business Forecasting, APICS members will have access to business and management training and research that will enhance their operations management knowledge.
“The new member benefits reflect our ongoing commitment to provide APICS members with current and relevant education to equip them for success in the global workplace,” said Executive Director Abe Eshkenazi, CSCP, CPA, CAE.
Aberdeen Research Aberdeen Group, the leading provider of fact-based research focused on the global technology-driven value chain, will give the APICS members unrestricted access to the entire Aberdeen Research Archive of more than 5,000 documents in research channels such as supply chain, retail, manufacturing, information technology, finance, human resources, and product research and development.
AMA Business and Management Training The American Management Association (AMA), a world leader in professional development and performance-based learning solutions, has entered into an agreement with APICS to provide business and management education to APICS members.
Please check your e-mail and Leadership Central Announcement list for more information in the coming weeks on how to promote and access the Aberdeen and AMA benefits.
APICS and IBF Sales and Operations Planning Conference In an agreement with the Institute of Business Forecasting (IBF), APICS and IBF will copresent a comprehensive sales and operations planning conference on June 19-20, 2008, at the Renaissance Chicago O’Hare Suites Hotel in Chicago, Illinois.
The conference, “Best of the Best,” will offer ten different sessions for professionals to attend on forecasting topics. To learn more about the conference and to register for the event, visit http://www.ibf.org/conferences.cfm?fuseaction=upcoming.
New Format for APICS 2007 Conference Proceedings APICS is pleased to announce the 2007 APICS International Conference Proceedings will be available through a new Web site, the APICS Live Learning Center. APICS members and APICS 2007 conference attendees will have unlimited and complimentary access to valuable conference content on-demand, increasing the usefulness and availability of the proceedings. In addition to the presenter manuscripts included in the proceedings in past years, the site will include PowerPoint presentations from the educational sessions. There will also be a n audio file compilation of APICS 2007 educational sessions available for purchase. A mid-November Web site launch is planned. Please check your e-mail and Leadership Central Announcement list for more information later this week. Although the proceedings will be available online soon, you may have a CD-ROM mailed to you upon request. Please call an APICS Customer Support associate at (800) 444-2742 or (703) 354-8851 or e-mail service@apics.org to request a CD-ROM. |
Dayton Chapter Survey
Congratulations to Diane Rudolph--she won the iPod shuffle awarded in a drawing of those who took our member survey this spring.
Thanks to all the members who took the member survey; the Board of Directors will use the input from the survey in developing future plans.
Dayton Chapter Membership Statistics
July 2008 Current Membership Total: 356 Professional Members: 216 Student Associate Members: 44 Academic Professional Members: 4 Corporate Associates: 92
Corporate Voting: 45 (not included in total)
Total Members with their CPIM/CFPIM: 84
Total Members with their CIRM: 8
Total Members with their CSCP: 20
Congratulations New Members and New Certifications 2008
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Amanda Ashworth
Cathy Black
Jaco Calitz
Susan Cavedo
Grant Darlington
Jeffery Davidson
Corey Dix
Joseph Ehrenreich
Debbie Frieszell
Michelle Hamblin
Kimberly Harn
Diane Hoderen
Bernard Janco
Warna Jewett
Samuel Little |
Gary Melchor
Laura Modesto
Lean Naber
Radha Ratnaparkhi
Mark Riffel
Raymond Ritzler
Brad Rose
Michael Sander
Gary Strawsburg
Michele Takacs
Jeff Tressler
Scott Turner
Adam Wiggerhaus
Charles Winarchick |
New Certifications - CSCP
George Borza
Troy Carpenter
Jim Franzer
Diane Holdren
Laura Modesto
Will Neudecker
James Newlin
Carrie Taylor
Scott Turner
New Certifications - CPIM
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Greg Arrowood
Doug Baker
Michelle Hamblin
Sandra Lee
Anthony Lingo
Clyde Parsons
New Certifications - CIRM
Greg Arrowood
APICS E&R Foundation and Michigan State Publish SCM 2010 Study The APICS E&R Foundation and Michigan State are pleased to present the SCM2010 study, a two-part initiative that identifies gaps between current operations and supply chain activities and what is required in the new economy. The study assesses the differences between today’s supply chain and that of the future supply chain, which we can expect to see in place within the next five years. Use the report to show the value of APICS education to executive-level decision makers. Download the report.
APICS Webinars The convenience and flexibility of APICS Webinars enable organizations to educate a large number of employees at once, reduce travel expenses, and maintain consistent levels of productivity by eliminating time out of the office. As an added benefit, registrants of each APICS Webinar receive a CD-ROM of the presentation after the event.
APICS Webinar Series: Innovative and Creative Techniques for Solving Global Demand Management Issues October 7, 9, 28, 30, November 4, 6, 2008, at 1:00 p.m. CDT (GMT -06:00, Chicago)
APICS Conferences:
2008 APICS International Conference & Expo September 14-16, 2008 Kansas City, Missouri
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