President's Corner
March 2010
We had a great turnout for our February PDM at the Southside Education Center. This meeting was a joint one with the Institute of Management Accountants (IMA) and the Institute for Supply Management (NAPM). It is good to get together with other professional associations and learn what common interests that we have. Over 60 attendees heard our speaker, Jim Correll, explain how Lean initiatives can help ERP systems function more efficiently and help companies improve their lead times and lower their inventory levels.
The Wichita Chapter will be partnering with the Wichita Area Technical College to conduct a Certified Supply Chain Professional (CSCP) workshop that begins March 24th and runs through May 12th. If you have been thinking about getting this certification, this 8-week workshop will present you with the information needed to pass the exam. An added bonus is that this course should be eligible for the tuition reimbursement program at most employers. Further information about this class is available elsewhere in this month’s newsletter and on our website.
Our next PDM topic will be “Managing the Extended Supply Chain” on March 9th. Our speaker will be Ron Ireland who was a very popular speaker at the APICS International Conference last October. Ron has spoken at 5 of the last 6 conferences, and his audience was standing-room only at this latest conference. I encourage each of you to bring a co-worker.
Please also mark your calendars for our spring seminar on April 14th. The topic this year will be “Everything You Wanted to Know About LEAN… But Were Afraid to Ask.” This full-day event will be conducted by Tom Schulte, who is one of our most-requested speakers. Further information on the seminar can be found elsewhere in this newsletter or by contacting Brian Ferris (president-elect@apics-wichita.com).
Brian Hickman, CPIM, PMP
President, 2009-2010
Wichita Chapter of APICS
president@apics-wichita.com
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At our October meeting, we recognized a number of award winners (click for the story). Please join me in congratulating each winner. At the meeting, we enjoyed a presentation by Roger Brooks on how an organization should correctly implement Cascade Education (click for a pdf of the presentation).
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