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May
Event
Professional
Development Meeting
Wednesday,
May 21, 2008
Joint Meeting – ASQ -
APICS
“Integrating Lean, 6 Sigma and Supply Chain”
Speaker
Dwight Comer
Raytheon Missile Systems
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on this month's speaker below
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Lean and 6 Sigma are essential tools in today’s
business environment in order to compete in today’s global market.
But just being good at those tools are not enough. Businesses must make
sure that the best practices extend into the supply chain and partner
with those organizations upon which they rely on for success.
This presentation will look at the origins of these
disciplines and how each have many similarities. This discussion will
show how companies must work together to solve the problems of the
“bullwhip effect” and other issues that impact profitability.
With the advent of “Lean” taking place throughout the global
markets, manufacturers must be able to meet customer’s needs in
ways they didn’t have to in years gone by.
Businesses today must map and thoroughly understand
their supply chain activities. Communication must be improved between
partners with the application of cross-functional teams undertaking the
most difficult problems. Lean design of new product is an essential skill
that businesses must master. We will also understand Lean logistics and
how the supply chain can improve cycle time and reduce transportation
costs by employing strategies like cross-docking in conjunction with 3PL
and 4PL providers. Don’t miss this fascinating presentation.
Location
El Parador Restaurant
2744 East Broadway
Tucson, Arizona
85716
The restaurant is on the south side of Broadway
Blvd.,
east of Campbell
Ave. and west of Country Club Rd.
Plan on Attending this Super Meeting
Schedule
Network - 5:30 pm
Dinner - 6:00 pm
Presentation - 7:00 pm
Dinner will be a choice of the following with roll, butter, and coffee or
tea.
· Chimichanga Combo Plate, Refried
Beans, Dessert
· Arizona Chicken w/ avocado and green
chile, Spanish Rice, Dessert
Cost:
$18
$5 for students who can show proof of
current enrollment
RSVP with
your menu choice to Yasmi Fitch, Yfitch@mrimedical.com
by 12 p.m., Friday May 16, 2008.
Additional Info, if any,
available at http://www.apics-tucson.org
Chapter News
Teaming up to feed the Homeless
APICS will once again
undertake to feed the homeless. We will assist the “Giving
Tree” organization in feeding 200 + homeless people on the
1st of June, 2008. Select the menu item you can prepare and we will meet at 4:30 PM
on the Giving Tree lot (22nd & Columbus next to the Palm Tree Court)
and serve up hot food to disadvantaged people who desperately need our
help.
The menu choices to select
from are as follows: Franks & Beans, Fried Potatoes with Ham slices,
Sloppy Joes, Buns for the Sloppy Joe’s, Macaroni and Cheese, Three
bean salad, Kidney Bean salad, Fruit salad or Fruit Cocktail and lastly
either Corn / Peas or Green Beans.
This is a wonderful opportunity
to not only work with others in making a difference in our community.
Giving Tree will use what ever food that is left over to provide for the
homeless children that they care for in their shelters. No food ever goes
to waste. Please come help us make a difference.
If you think you would be
interested, please e-mail Dwight Comer from APICS at dlcomer3@yahoo.com or sign-up at the
Joint APICS – ASQ meeting on May 21st. Don’t miss out on a
chance to help others.
Tucson APICS
Board of Director Nominations for
July 2008-June 2009 term
It is time to vote for candidates for the officer positions
on the APICS Board of Directors. All members of APICS are eligible to compete
for any of the offices. The positions are listed below along with current
nominees. Please vote for each
office to include write-ins for any position. We still have some open positions, if
you are interested please contact Karen Turner.
Nominee Yes Write-In Candidate
Vote
President
Joel Lohr ____ _________________
Executive VP
Open ____ _________________
Vice-President of
Finance Brian Bunnell ____ _________________
Vice-President of
Education Julie Andreu ____ ___ _____________
Vice-President of
Membership Open ______
_________________
Vice-President of
Publicity/Newsletter
Open ____ _________________
Vice-President Administration Yasmi
Fitch ____
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Vice-President Web Master Erich Holzer ____ ____ _____________
Vice-President of Awards Liz Boxler ____ __________________
Vice-President of
Programs Dwight Comer ____ __________________
Past
President Joel Lohr ____ ___________________
Director Positions: (Not a voting position)
Director of Education Karen Ruhland _____ ___________________
Director of Programs Open ____ ___________________
Director of Company
Coordinators: Patricia
Montcastle ____ ___________________
Student
Liaison Joel Lohr ____ ___________________
Please forward your completed ballot to
Karen Turner, Tucson APICS BOD
Nomination Committee Chairman at:
kcturner@raytheon.com
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Tucson APICS
Attention-Karen Turner
PO Box 26269
Tucson, AZ 85726-6269
Is APICS Relevant?
By Dwight Comer CPIM CSCP
I heard that question asked recently. It kind of took
me back. I had to think about that for a while. Is what APICS provides
still useful and meaningful to the operations management world and to our
professional members?
It got me to thinking about a visit that some of us
made to one of our local universities to discuss APICS with professors in
the business college. I was fascinated to learn that operations
management is taught sparingly at either the graduate and undergraduate
levels. The discipline of subjects like Lean, 6 Sigma and Supply Chain
get little play in the courses being taught.
Why we wondered? Well, according to the U of A staff,
students aren’t really interested in those things. They want either
a straight IT degree or an education in financial management.
Now the reason that seems especially amazing to me is
because I know that many employers encourage their employees to get a MBA
in order to prepare themselves for management. Now, nothing against
higher education and I’m sure an MBA is a great education, but to
take a company where it needs to go you need a solid education in things
like Lean, 6 Sigma and Supply Chain. In order to be competitive in
today’s global market manufacturers need team players who can
function effectively in those skills. Not just one or two management
personnel, but people across the board need to have the latest skills.
In addition, does everybody have the aptitude or the
interest to nail down a graduate level degree? Does everyone have the money or the
time? I think it’s safe to
say no!
So where does a company go to get the training to make
sure they stay on the cutting edge?
That would be professional organizations, such as APICS and
ASQ. We are here to help our
members and their companies stay in-sync with the latest skills. We offer low cost training classes that
are readily available along with flexible schedules and if needed
in-house training. The solutions
needed for global competition are closer than you think.
To answer the question is APICS relevant I believe the
response is absolutely! We have
never been more relevant, especially with the advent of the Certified
Supply Chain Professional designation.
This is a course that will keep you on the cutting edge and
prepare you to lead your company for years to come. Check out May’s PDM where we will
give you a taste of how business is changing.
President's Message
West
Coast Student Case Competition Winners announced!
40 students from 7 different schools competed as 9
teams in the 2nd Annual Student Case Competition hosted by the
Southwest District of APICS during the April 11-12,
2008 district meeting in Buena
Park, CA. The first and second place winners were
a team from UNLV and a team combined from Cal State East Bay and
Cal State-Chico, respectively. The
winning students will travel in September to Kansas
City to the APICS International
Conference and Expo, where they will again compete against the winning
teams from the Midwest and
East Coast case competitions.
All the students did very well under tremendous
pressure – they had about 15 hours to work on the Case study. Each team had to write a 3 page paper
and create a 6-minute PowerPoint presentation. Then they presented their solutions
orally to the chapter leaders of the Southwest district APICS chapters
where they were judged by 3 oral judges, while their papers were judged
by 3 written judges. Only 1 point separated the 1st and 2nd
place teams.
Other schools represented were Arizona State, Boise
State, 2 teams from Cal State University-Northridge, and 2 teams from Cal
Poly-San Luis Obispo, the school whose team won the International Case
Competition in 2007. The 2007
winners were present to assist district staff with this competition.
Congratulations to all the students who competed! You are a credit to your schools and
will make wonderful Operations Management professionals very soon! Our 2009 3rd Annual Student
Case Competition is currently slated for Feb. 5-6, 2009 in the Los
Angeles area. More information
soon!
The growth in this program has been phenomenal over
the last 2 years. In the first
year, we had 9 students from 3 schools competing on 2 teams. The growth this year to 40 students can
be directly attributed to the efforts made by the District to reach out
to Operations Management professors at schools within and outside the
Southwest District area. To learn
more about how the Southwest District put on this successful event,
contact Barry Solomon, Director of Student Development at solombar@cox.net or Ellen Kane,
Executive Council at: ek@theacagroup.com.
Names of the 1st place team members from
UNLV are:
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Cole Shinn
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Denis Khantimirov
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Joe Pignatiello
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Nate Curtis
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Shaena Friedman
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Names of the 2nd place team members and
their school are:
Student
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Christina Tsao
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CSU-Chico
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Gina Garitson
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CSU-E/Bay
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Merrill Crowl
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CSU-Chico
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Joel
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