Presidents Message

Mike Walsh, President  

November 2008

Howdy,

At this time of year, many of us are looking to the Holidays and toward the end of the year. We are planning - with friends and family - to spend time with friends and family. On behalf of the New Bedford Chapter Board of Directors, we wish you all the very best for Thanksgiving and all the Holidays and events celebrated during December. Please save me a piece of pie; meanwhile please read on....

If I were to suggest to readers of this note, that I would like YOU to assist in the recruitment of new APICS chapter members, most of YOU would presume that I was reaching out to the other YOU. However, you would be wrong. I am actually trying to reach out to every current and past member of the New Bedford Chapter - YOU. The NEWB chapter needs new members to sustain energy and viability; to generate new ideas and program needs; to expose education and information needs for the future; to provide a base for new Board of Director or new Instructors; and of course, to continue the population of a forum that brings professionals together for discussion of current problems and their resolution – just like our founding fathers did some fifty years ago.

We fully understand that dollars are hard to come by - regardless of whether memberships are paid for by your company or by you, the employee. As a result, the Board of Directors has developed a new membership campaign. Effectively, I am asking that each of you immediately become a company coordinator. I would also ask that you each spread the word about APICS membership. I would further ask that each of you explain to others, within and outside of your company, the amount of value you get with APICS membership and correct the notion that membership to the New Bedford chapter is a cost - rather, it would be an investment in the current and the future for both the professional and the company.

Hence, all current and past members of the New Bedford Chapter are hereby appointed to the NEWB chapter Sales Team. As such, any member of the NEWB Sales Team will earn and receive $25.00 for each new member recruited to the New Bedford Chapter of APICS, effectively immediately and until further notice.

Imagine that - COLD, HARD, CASH, just for sharing the benefits of your APICS membership to the New Bedford Chapter - with other professionals.

Mike

CPIM Cert. Opportunities

CPIM Schedule Posted
The New Bedford Chapter #1 of APICS is pleased to report on our educational opportunities. We will offer five CPIM certification review courses: 

·        Basics of Supply Chain Management

·        Master Planning of Resources

·        Execution and Control of Operation

·        Detailed Scheduling and Planning

·        Strategic Management of Resources

More information here

Professional Development

Next PDM Meeting  

October 24, 2008

Speaker: Mike Walsh, QI, CPIM
Topic: Root Cause / Corrective Action Workshop

Asking "Why?" may be a favorite technique of your three year old child in driving you crazy, but it could teach you a valuable Six Sigma quality lesson. The 5 Whys is a technique used in the Analyze phase of the Six Sigma DMAIC methodology. It's a great Six Sigma tool that doesn't involve data segmentation, hypothesis testing, regression or other advanced statistical tools, and in many cases can be completed without a data collection plan
 

 Info Here...

   Register Here...

Lean Operations

New Bedford Chapter to offer Lean Workshops.

The New Bedford Chapter, APICS #1 is pleased to offer the series of Lean workshops.

The topics offered will be:

• An Introduction to Lean Operations;

• Lean Mapping

• 5 S

• Process Improvement and Quality in Lean Manufacturing

• Lean Scheduling

• Standard Work

• Lean Teams, Lean Design, and Accounting

This offering is produced in part by The Quality Solutions Group, Email for more info

Education Notes

Current offering of Educational Programs

CPIM (Accelerated Examination Preparation)
The New Bedford Chapter will be conducting CPIM AEP sessions for current and former CPIM students that have attended CPIM certification review modules, but have failed to take the APICS certification exam or perhaps took the exams with less than desired results.

Program highlights Here

Workshops/Seminars

New Bedford Chapter offers Workshops and Seminars.

We offer Workshops and Seminars designed to work with your organizations schedule. Full day or Half day may be utilized.  Topics include but not limited to:

• Lean Certificate Program
• Introduction to Inventory Management
• Annual Physical Inventory vs. Cycle Counting
• The Beer Game
• Accelerated Exam Preparation Courses

More Information Here.

Contact us for Custom Education Opportunities