FORECASTER
FEBRUARY 2015
FEBRUARY PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT MEETING
Date:
Thursday, January 12, 2015
Program:
Careers in Supply Chain Management
Speaker:
Sophia Montesclaros
Location:
Time:
Cost:
RSVP:
Catawba Country Club
1154 Country Club Road, Newton NC 28658
5:30 pm to 7:30 pm
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$20 for the general public, $10 for APICS members, $5 for
student members and $10 for faculty/student guests.
Contact Bill Phillips, VP Arrangements at 828.403.6254
or email explore2@bellsouth.net
President
Mike Carpenter, CPSM,
CPIM
Prysmian Group
828.459.8466
mike2842@embarqmail.com
VP Education
Chuck Benfield, CFPIM
Technibilt
828.464.7388 x4302
navy19831990@yahoo.com
Treasurer
Mike Gahagan
Acoustek Nonwovens
704.871.8500 x24
mdgahagan@acoustek.net
VP Programs
Mike Carpenter, CPSM,
CPIM
Prysmian Group
828.459.8466
mike2842@embarqmail.com
Secretary
Brenda Erich
Total Insight, LLC
828.485.5032
berich@t-insight.com
VP Membership
Debbie Boyle, CSCP
Corning
828.901.6410
debbie.boyle@corning.co
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APICS Forecaster
IN THIS ISSUE…
President’s Message
February Program
February Speaker
Mission Statements
Website
Upcoming Programs
VP Publicity/Newsletter
Rick Johnston, CPIM
Continental Automotive
828.584.5662
rick.johnston@continentalcorporation.com
Community Relations
Kathy Robb-Williams, CPIM
Prysmian Group
828.459.8456
kathy.robbwilliams@prysmiangroup.com
Directors-at-Large
Dr. Richard E. Crandall,
CFPIM, CIRM, CSCP
Appalachian State University
828.262.4093
crandllre@appstate.edu
Web Page Coordinator
Kathy Robb-Williams, CPIM
Prysmian Group
828.459.8456
kathy.robbwilliams@prysmiangroup.com
Dr. Sam Formby
Appalachian State University
828.262.7673
formbysk@appstate.edu
Company Coordinator
Ken Donham, CPIM
828.729.1874
kdonham@charter.net
VP Arrangements
Bill Phillips, CFPIM
Appalachian State University
828.403.6254
explore2@bellsouth.net
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Dr. Dinesh Dave
Appalachian State University
daveds@appstate.edu
Student Liason
Stacey Hall
hallsl@appstate.edu
February 2015
February Speaker
President’s Message
Sophie Montesclaros is a senior at
Appalachian State University; studying
International Business with minors in German
and Supply Chain Management. She is a first
generation Filipino American originally from
New Jersey. Her family currently lives in
Charlotte. She has lived in Germany on two
occasions; as a part of a scholarship through
the Department of State and for an internship
with Hirschvogel. In her free time, she enjoys
spending time with friends and family, cycling,
and hiking.
Do you want to learn more about Supply Chain
management? Then make plans to join the
Basics of Supply Chain Management review
class. The class will meet in Claremont on
Thursday nights, starting 19-February. The cost
is $490 per student, which includes the
participant workbook.
The BSCM is the first module of the CPIM
certification. Key principles covered in the
BSCM review will include:
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Membership News
Introduction to Manufacturing
From MRP to ERP
Demand Management Processes
Purpose and Scope of Master Planning
S&OP and Production Planning
Master Scheduling and Master
Production Schedule
Material Requirements
Planning (MRP)Environment
Capacity Management and Production
Activity Control
Aggregate Inventory Management
Item Inventory Management
Purchasing and Physical Distribution
Lean and Quality Systems
Theory of Constraints
Greetings everyone! It was good to see those in
attendance at the joint IMA Professional
Development Meeting in January. We had
several guests, many of whom expressed an
interest in joining our chapter. Having an APICS
membership and being active in your local
chapter is most certainly a way to boost your
career growth. Please reach out to me for more
information if you have such an interest.
We’re midway through the winter season now,
and have many more exciting speakers in store
for you, including this month’s presentation by
Sophie Montesclaros, a senior with ASU. Hope
to see you then.
I am excited to report two service milestones in
February that we will be celebrating. Gary
Wood, CPIM and Demand Manager at Timken
has been with the APICS organization for 10
years. Gary Harris, CPIM and Academic
Professional has been with APICS for 25 years!
Gary Harris also served on our Board of
Directors for many years. What impressive
accomplishments by both members. We are
pleased to be able to recognize them for their
Contact Mike Carpenter to register for the class
or for more information
(mike.carpenter@prysmiangroup.com – 828459-8466).
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longevity with APICS and will do so formally at
our upcoming meeting. Please be sure to offer
your congratulations to these two members.
openings or suggestions for improvement that
you would like to have posted please contact
Kathy Robb-Williams via e-mail at kathy.robbwilliams@prysmiangroup.com
Sincerely,
Upcoming Programs
Debbie Boyle, CSCP
March 12th – Andrew Veal – “The Butterfly
Effect” - Nominate new officers
VP of Membership, Foothills Chapter
Mission Statements
April 9th – Clark Ponthier, Ingersoll Rand – Vote
on new officers
Foothills Chapter mission statement: “The
Foothills Chapter of APICS is committed to
serving its membership, geographic area, and
business
community
with
educational
programs, services, and career assistance to
meet the challenge of professional growth. The
chapter
promotes
networking,
social
interaction, leadership, and management skills
through
involvement
in
professional
development
meetings,
classroom
participation, seminars and other related
activities.”
May 14th – Install new officers
National APICS mission statement “APICS
builds and validates knowledge in supply chain
and operations management. We enable our
community of members, affiliates and
customers to lead in the global marketplace.”
Website
Do you need information about the next
Chapter meeting? About our next CPIM review
course? Then take a moment to visit our
Foothills Chapter website at:
www.apics254-foothills.org.
The site is updated frequently and has
interesting and useful information for you about
our chapter and its happenings. We have had
over 3,500 visits to the site.
Additionally, if you have information
pertaining to chapter activities or local job
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