FORECASTER
APRIL 2015
APRIL PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT MEETING
Date:
Thursday, April 9, 2015
Program:
Student Support Services at ASU
Speaker:
Christine S. Dave’, MA, LPC- with Carolann Pruitt, Itzel
Zavala & Boris Salvador Maldonado
Location:
Time:
Cost:
RSVP:
Catawba Country Club
1154 Country Club Road, Newton NC 28658
5:30 pm to 7:30 pm
$20 for the general public, $10 for APICS members, $5 for
student members and $10 for faculty/student guests.
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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
Treasurer
Mike Gahagan
Acoustek Nonwovens
704.871.8500 x24
mdgahagan@acoustek.net
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.com
APICS Forecaster
IN THIS ISSUE…
President’s Message
April Program
Membership News
BoD Nominations
Book Release
Mission Statements
Website
Upcoming Programs
828.403.6254
explore2@bellsouth.net
VP Education
Chuck Benfield, CFPIM
Technibilt
828.464.7388 x4302
navy19831990@yahoo.com
Community Relations
Kathy Robb-Williams, CPIM
Prysmian Group
828.459.8456
kathy.robbwilliams@prysmiangroup.com
VP Programs
Mike Carpenter, CPSM, CPIM
Prysmian Group
828.459.8466
mike2842@embarqmail.com
Web Page Coordinator
Kathy Robb-Williams, CPIM
Prysmian Group
828.459.8456
kathy.robbwilliams@prysmiangroup.com
VP Publicity/Newsletter
Rick Johnston, CPIM
Continental Automotive
828.584.5662
rick.johnston@continentalcorporation.com
Company Coordinator
Ken Donham, CPIM
828.729.1874
kdonham@charter.net
VP Arrangements
Bill Phillips, CFPIM
Appalachian State University
Stacey Hall
hallsl@appstate.edu
Directors-at-Large
Dr. Richard E. Crandall, CFPIM,
CIRM, CSCP
Appalachian State University
828.262.4093
crandllre@appstate.edu
Dr. Sam Formby
Appalachian State University
828.262.7673
formbysk@appstate.edu
Dr. Dinesh Dave
Appalachian State University
daveds@appstate.edu
Student Liason
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 Carolann Pruitt, a Business Management
major from Kings Mountain, NC.
 Itzel Zavala, an International Business
major with a double minor in Spanish
and Supply Chain Management from
Thomasville, NC.
 Boris Salvador Maldonado, originally
from Guayaquil, Ecuador, is a junior
pursing two degrees (Finance & Banking
and Risk Management & Insurance).
President’s Message
If you have not completed one of the APICS
certifications (CPIM or CSCM) then you are
missing a critical tool.
What is in it for your employer?
 Studying for the certification tests will
introduce you to new ways of doing your
job (best practices) and help you to be
more efficient and accurate
 You can speak a common language with
others in your organization
 You will learn the function behind fields
in your ERP system so you can make it
work the best way for your company
In addition to the above, what is in it for you?
 Recognition by your peers that you are a
“resident expert”
 More opportunity for advancement
inside and outside your organization
Consider mentoring one of the many bright,
motivated students in this program to help
them achieve their goals despite the challenges
they face.
Membership News
Spring has sprung! It's so nice to have some
warmth back in our days, and daylight too! We
have an exciting program for you in April that
engages our student membership from
Appalachian State University. We also will be
holding board elections for the 2015-16
program year, so don't miss this very important
PDM.
If you want to learn more about certification, go
to APICS.org; also, talk to me and to other
Board members about their experiences. Get
started today!
Our membership continues to be strong, with a
total of 137. I am pleased to announce that
Foothills has 9 new members. Six ASU students
have joined since last month. They are Darrian
Austin, Colby Cooper, Jake Cosgrove, Lorenzo
Hernandez, Filip Maj, & Jack Sales. Also joining
are Steve Buchanan, VP of Supply Chain
Management with Schletter, Inc. in Shelby; Luke
Walker from Morganton; & James Dupree, an
Enterprise member from Curtiss Wright Sensors
and Controls.
We look forward to seeing everyone on the 9th.
April Program
You are invited to attend a very special APRIL
PDM to learn about Student Support Services
(SSS), a federal grant program that serves firstgeneration and low income students to be the
first in their families to earn a college degree.
Christine S. Dave’, MA, LPC, the Director of SSS
and a licensed professional counselor, along
with three ASU students will talk about the
benefits of being in this program and share new
initiatives to support the many challenges these
students face in college.
APICS Forecaster
Regards,
Debbie Boyle, CSCP
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must also change. The question is what to change
and how. This book will describe in some detail a
number of management programs, many of which
are known by their three-letter acronyms, such as
Just-in-Time (JIT) or Service-Oriented Architecture
(SOA). A management program is designed to
improve an organization’s effectiveness and
efficiency. However, there are so many
management programs it is often difficult for
managers to decide which one would be most
appropriate for their operation. This book will
describe an array of management programs and
group them to indicate their primary purpose. The
book will also outline a process that will enable
managers to select the most appropriate
management program to meet their immediate and
long-term needs.
VP of Membership
BoD Nominations
Officer Title
President
President Elect
Treasurer
Secretary
VP Membership
VP Education
VP Programs
VP
Publicity/Newsletter
VP Arrangements
Community Relations
Web Page
Coordinator
Company
Coordinator
Student Liaison
Director-at-Large
Director-at-Large
Director-at-Large
Nominee
Debbie Boyle
Kathy Robb-Williams
Mike Gahagan
OPEN
Lori Bishop
Mike Carpenter
Dr. Sam Formby/ASU
Student Chapter
Rick Johnston
Bill Phillips
Kathy Robb-Williams
Implementing a management program is no small
task. It can be expensive, time-consuming, and
disruptive of normal operations; therefore, the
choice of the management program requires careful
selection and implementation. Care must be taken
to increase the likelihood of successfully
implementing new ventures in all types of
organizations – business, nonprofit and
governmental agencies. Many ventures fail, or
achieve limited success, not because the idea isn’t
good but because the organization has not
adequately prepared its internal capabilities to
meet the environmental conditions in which it
operates. An important feature of this book is that it
can be updated periodically to add new programs
and phase out programs no longer relevant.
Ken Donham
Ken Donham
Dr. Dinesh Dave
Dr. Dinesh Dave
Dr. Dick Crandall
Chuck Benfield
Book Release
Our very own Dr. Richard Crandall, longstanding APICS member and Professor at
Appalachian State University, recently released
his latest book, co-written with his son, William
Crandall.
The book will provide readers with a comprehensive
description of the most popular management
improvement programs and their primary
applications to their organizations. We will discuss
the philosophy and principles of these programs
and include a discussion on how to use each
program to achieve optimum success. A central
theme of this book is to not just adopt an
improvement program for the sake of adopting it,
but to match the improvement program with the
specific needs in an organization. In the chapters
that follow, we will illustrate how this matching
The book, entitled “How Management
Programs can Improve Organization
Performance – Selecting and Implementing the
Best Program for your Organization”, tackles
the daunting task of evaluating and selecting
from the myriad choices of management
programs available. See press release below.
All organizations operate in an environment that is
rapidly changing. To be successful, the organization
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process can be conducted. Above all, we plan the
book to be a concise and useful resource to both
practitioners and academics.
Kathy Robb-Williams via e-mail at kathy.robbwilliams@prysmiangroup.com
Upcoming Programs
The book is available online from
infoagepub.com.
May 14th – Install new officers
Mission Statements
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.”
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
openings or suggestions for improvement that
you would like to have posted please contact
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