APICS Wichita Chapter 71 March 2008 Newsletter page 4

APICS Wichita chapter announces newly CSCP certified members:

Donald Amundsen (CPIM, CSCP)

Michael Heinrichs (C.P.M., CPIM, CSCP)

Brent Edmisten (CSCP)

Prashant Lodhia (CSCP)

John Schepis (CSCP)

John Mavec (CSCP)

Last month the APICS Student Chapter @WSU continued to strive towards giving its members a valuable experience.

 Who wants to be an IME?

The month kicked off hosting the (Industrial and Manufacturing engineering ImfgE department of Wichita State University Event of the Year along with other student organizations like IIE, SWE and ASQ. APICS members and industrial engineers tried their luck at the hot seat to become this year’s most valuable IE. Relatively tough questions from the field of Operations Management made the game an interesting contest. At the end of the day this was an excellent “icebreaker” for the students to interact with the industrial engineering professionals. We thank Airtechnics, Cessna and Spirit AeroSystems for their support.

Student Case Competition 2008:

The student case competition held by the Great Lakes District of APICS in Chicago has become a tradition for the WSU APICS members to attend every year. Since this was the 13^th annual student case competition, 22 Schools competed for the grand prize of a free ticket to the International APICS conference at Kansas City. This case study was to come up with a solution to increase the productivity and the decrease the inventory accuracy errors at the picking area of a distribution center .The WSU Chapter took a respectable 3^rd place in which was thought to be the most competitive year. We thank the Wichita Parent chapter for their support and strong belief in the student chapter. For more info please refer http://www.apicsgreatlakes.org

 WSU Mind storms Challenge 2008:

This is an event that APICS student chapter is proud to be associated with . This event provides young students with the opportunity for practical application and exhibition of math, science, programming, and engineering skills, as well as promoting teamwork, dedication, and sportsmanship. The Seventh Annual WSU LEGO MINDSTORMS Robotics Challenge was held on February 16^th .The APICS student chapter created a  challenge circuit “Earthquake”  for the students to compete on .More info checkout  http://webs.wichita.edu/?u=mindstorms&p=/challenge/2008/2008challenge

Business of Courtesy Seminar:

The Business of Courtesy Seminar is be conducted by Executive Social Presentation, ESP, which is a 50-year old company that has instructed more than 250,000 participants in the art of social etiquette education throughout the United States. The ESP Program, which was designed originally for the United States Air Force Academy, has become a required course for the entire cadet wing. Held on February 18^th and 19^th APICS members took a turn to polish their social skills.

We take this opportunity to thank the Wichita APICS Parent chapter for their continuous support and the APICS student members for the valuable contribution .The student chapter supports the Parent chapter in its endeavors and help create a congenial environment to learn and interact.

WSU APICS Student Chapter S232

Visit us @ http://webs.wichita.edu/?u=APICS&p=/index