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APICS
Southern Nevada Chapter
The Association for Operations
Management
Spring 2008
Advancing Productivity,
Innovation, and Competitive Success
Professional Development Meeting
Wednesday,
April 30th, 2008
At Marie Callender’s
4875 West Flamingo Rd
Las Vegas, NV 89103
Got Ethics? Defining
Your Ethical Profile.
Presented by Mr. Allan R. Goldner, Founder and Chairman of Status
Group LLC
Location
Itinerary
4875 West Flamingo Rd
6:15 PM Registration
Las Vegas,
NV 6:30 PM Dinner/Program
Cost: Associate
Member: $25 Member: $25
Non-Member:
$30 Student: $20
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A
Letter From the President, Chris Angi
Greetings Fellow Associates,
Current Chapter Activity
Our
first CSCP Instructor-lead course was a terrific success. Our
instructors received an excellent performance rating from the
students and of the 13 attendees, 12 went on to take the
certification exam that followed two weeks after the course. The
attendees and instructors celebrate completion of the class below.
We plan to offer another CSCP instructor-lead course this fall.

The
Southern Nevada Chapter launched a new round of Certification in
Production and Inventory Management (CPIM) public instructor-lead
courses in March 2008. These five course modules are being held on
Saturdays based on the majority of “Preferred Day” responses from
our Members Survey. As if to re-emphasize the value of listening to
the Voice of the Customer (VOC), the large number of responding
registrants for the course led us to provide two qualified
instructors and the training room is filled to capacity.
In
early April, the Student Case Study Competition and District Meeting
were held in Buena Park CA. The Southern Nevada Chapter proudly
provided two student teams from the University of Las Vegas Nevada (UNLV)
School of Business to compete this year with UNLV faculty and APICS
BOD member support. Members from the school are represented below.
One UNLV team came away with first place and the opportunity to
compete in the International Competition in Kansas City this
September.

You
have already received nomination forms for next year’s Board of
Directors (BOD) and are soon to receive nomination forms for the
Member of the Year award. I strongly encourage you to consider the
amount of effort the BOD members have put into providing you with
high quality member services this year, take the time to fill them
out, submit them, and vote accordingly in the upcoming elections.
Factory Tour & Professional Development Meeting
Review
Responding to member requests for more case studies, last February
we held our first hybrid PDM/factory tour at YESCO Sign Company. The
meeting started with a presentation provided by Ronald Murray, the
President of Performance Consulting Group (PCG). PCG is a national,
specialty energy services company offering turnkey solutions
guaranteed to help clients improve their energy performance. PCG had previously performed a lighting system upgrade project at the YESCO
manufacturing facility, that dramatically improved the working
conditions while providing long term energy cost savings with a
rapid Return On Investment (ROI). Mr. Murray taught us about the
different kinds of lights and lighting systems. He described the
important features and performance specifications of each including
lumens, energy consumption, and degradation factor, that are all
important characteristics when deciding which type of system to use
based on the type of environment. Then he showed us a variety of
system design and installation project examples they have performed
for customers around the valley (including YESCO), which improved
ambient light conditions, reduced energy consumption and provided
substantial cost savings.
Then Young
Electric Sign Company (YESCO) provided an overview of their company
operations and manufacturing facilities before taking us on the
factory tour. Young Electric Sign Company is a 70-year-old company
that designs and builds custom signs throughout the Western US. All
of their products are engineer to order and custom made based on the
customer requirements and the operating environment. They showed us
many different types of sign projects large (and I mean LARGE) and
small with their associated manufacturing processes. They use many
different types of lighting systems in their designs as well. YESCO
applies the same type of engineering design analysis that we had
just learned from Mr. Murray to get the most applicable performance,
lifecycle and energy cost savings benefits for their customers.
I thought the
event was the perfect blend of training, application(s) and
reinforcement applicable to any operation environment. Jane Sia, our
Director of Programs, did an outstanding job of putting this
together with the help and support of PCG and YESCO.
For more
information about PCG, please visit:
http://pcgok.com/index.php
For more
information about YESCO please visit:
http://www.yesco.com/
Supply Chain Management
Links April 2008
“The Right Aid
to the Right People at the Right Time”. This statement describes one
of the objectives of an innovative organization using supply chain
activities to help people.
Aidmatrix
Foundation, a 2007 Supply Chain Innovation award recipient, exists
to connect public and private sector resources with charitable
organizations involved in relief services. Headquartered in Dallas,
it began in October 2000 as a program of the i2 Foundation.
Supported by other foundations, such as those of Accenture and UPS, it works with organizations like the National Association of Free
Clinics (NAFC), the Global
Foodbanking Network, and America’s Second Harvest. An article on the
web that describes the organization and some of its achievements can
be found at
www.supplychainbrain.com in its library of case studies, under
the title: “Aidmatrix
Enables Free Clinics to Serve Millions of Uninsured Patients”.
What makes the
Aidmatrix Foundation – National Association of Free Clinics (NAFC) story so interesting from a supply chain perspective is the existence
of a web-based application, supported by i2 Technologies application
software. The application allows volunteers, working in free clinics
that need medical goods, to locate and receive what might otherwise
be discarded as waste. The application’s web portal helps free
clinics manage their funding constraints more effectively and makes
the donation of the goods more cost-effective and
regulation-compatible for manufacturers.
It is estimated
that there are 45 million uninsured Americans and some of them rely
on free healthcare clinics and the products they dispense. There are
an estimated 1,200 free clinics in the
U.S. employing volunteers that benefit from innovative ways to synchronize
the supply chain of donor/supplier programs. According to one of
NAFC’s Board of Directors, billions of dollars in medications are
incinerated annually while the uninsured population in this country
continues to grow and go without life-sustaining drugs.
Other web sites
describe the innovations that Aidmatrix has developed to meet the
needs of donors and free clinics. For
instance, a social solution innovation organization called Ashoka
and its Changemakers Initiative describes the Aidmatrix Foundation’s
achievements at
www.changemakers.net/en-us/node/1700.
Corporations can now easily support a
national domestic organization. It’s easy and it makes good business
sense. The system tracks their offers and corporations can aggregate
their donations - to capture their humanitarian efforts, for tax
purposes, etc. The NAFC vets the clinics so corporate donors know
the donated products are going to those in need.
They also help manufacturers manage
production and distribution capacity with strategic and tactical
plans called manufacturing for donation.
This is a great example of innovation
in integrated supply chain management. Written by Gary Watson, CSCP,
CPIM, CIRM, CPM and Director of Administration for the Southern
Nevada Chapter of APICS
Conclusion
The Southern
Nevada Chapter Board of Directors continues to live up to their
commitment, offering you value added education and networking
opportunities in order to help you achieve success and improve your
career opportunities. We look forward to seeing you at upcoming
events.
“Education is
for improving the lives of others and for leaving your community and
world better than you found it”
-Marian
Edelman
Sincerely,
Chris Angi, CPIM
President APICS
Southern Nevada Chapter
Advancing Productivity Innovation and
Competitive Success
APICS Vocabulary for
Spring 2008
Basic producer
– A manufacturer
that uses natural resources to produce materials for other
manufacturing. A typical example is a steel company that processes
iron ore and produces steel ingots; others are those making wood
pulp, glass and rubber.
One less at a time –
A process
of gradually reducing the lot size of the number of items in the
manufacturing pipeline to expose, prioritize and eliminate waste.
Nonrecurring material–
Tooling,
gauges, and facilities necessary in the manufacturing of the final
product and not consumed during manufacturing or shipped with the
final product.
Upcoming Webinars
In the coming months, APICS will feature the sessions from the 2007
APICS International Conference & Expo that were most highly rated by
the attendees.
Title:
Peak Oil – The Impact on Global Supply Chains
Date:
May 21, 2008 at 2:00 p.m. ET (GMT -04:00, New York)
Presenter:
Mike Loughrin, CLM, CSCP
Site Price: $99 APICS member, $139 nonmember
Register Today
Title:
The Bioterrorism Act: Catalyst for World-Class Inventory Management
in Food and Beverage Manufacturing
Date: May 28, at
2:00 p.m. ET
(GMT -04:00, New York)
Presenter: Preston W. Blevins, CFPIM, FBPICS, CIRM, CSCP
Site Price: $99 APICS member, $139 nonmember
Register Today
Title:
How to Optimize Inventory Through Process Improvement
Date: June 6, at
2:00 p.m. ET
(GMT -04:00, New York)
Presenter: Alan L. Milliken, CFPIM, CIRM, CSCP
Site Price: $99 APICS member, $139 nonmember
Register Today
Title:
S&OP: Who Does What by When
Date: June 11, at 1:30 p.m. ET (GMT -04:00, New York)
Presenter: John E. Boyer, Jr., PE, CFPIM
Site Price: $99 APICS member, $139 nonmember
Register Today
Welcome To Our New Members
A big APICS welcome to the following
members that have joined our chapter in recent months:
Von Whitlock Greg
Johnstone
Craig Westover
Chuck Brackney Shelania
Arias Norm Prophett
Jason Yucha Gregory
Roby Laura Viehl
Brett Gordon Anne
Proia Robert Berger
Albert Setian Akshay
Madane James Lieske
Anita Gutierrez
Aksana Mukhniy
Su-Young
Han
Looking forward to seeing you at
upcoming events!

Congratulations To Our Newly
Certified CSCPs!

Gregory Johnstone
Gloria
Lewis
John Martinous Jr.
Craig
Westover
Gary Watson
Laura Viehl
Anne Proia
Darren
Linginfelter

APICS Partnership with the American Society of Transportation and
Logistics (AST&L)
As an APICS CPIM or APICS CSCP
designee, you know how much professional certification programs can
help you meet your career advancement objectives. To enable you to
pursue your professional goals, APICS is pleased to announce a
partnership with the American Society of Transportation and
Logistics (AST&L). Now APICS designees can obtain the AST&L
Certification in Transportation and Logistics (CTL) on a fast track
using their APICS certifications to waive some of the CTL
requirements.
APICS CSCP designees can waive the elective Supply Chain Management
module and APICS CPIM/CFPIM designees can waive the required
Logistics Management module. This represents tremendous savings in
time and up to $490 for APICS members.
The benefits of the AST&L CTL program include:
-
Understanding of key strategies for improving customer
relationships
- Knowledge
of how to increase the efficiency of supply chain operations
- Development
of analytical skills necessary to identify ways to improve
transportation, supply chain, and logistical processes
Statistics show that individuals with
certifications experience greater recognition from employers and
receive higher salaries and better job security. Take advantage of
this valuable opportunity to build upon your APICS credentials and
keep your career on the fast track.
To enroll in the AST&L CTL program, APICS members should visit the
AST&L Web site and complete an
exam registration form. This form includes instructions
on how to use APICS certifications to waive CTL exams. AST&L
membership is required to participate in the AST&L
CTL program, but the membership
fee is waived with the purchase of the AST&L CTL exam.
For more information about the AST&L
CTL program, APICS members are encouraged to visit the
AST&L Web site or contact AST&L Customer Support at
(202) 580-7270.

Contact
Info
Chris Angi,
Chapter President
Rich Maiorana, Executive VP
(702) 459-1696 christopherangi@yahoo.com
(702) 651-4495
Rich_Maiorana@nshe.nevada.edu
Lori Wilson, VP Education
Arnie Johnson, Director of
Education
(702)
336-3825
Wilsonkoi@aol.com (702) 896-3485
arniejohnson@cox.net
Charles van
de Putte, VP Membership Terri DiDominic,
Director of Membership
(702) 352-1814 c_van_de_putte@hotmail.com
(702) 939-6669
tdidominic@czarnowski.com
Diana
Lewis, VP Programs
Jane
Sia, Director of Programs
(702) 302-8354 rrxing@gmail.com
(702) 798-5646
Siajane@yahoo.com
Lanthlyn Coleman, VP
Marketing Darlene Morris, Director of
Marketing
(702)
325-6203
lantc@cox.net (702)
427-1918
Darlene.Morris@aristocrat-inc.com
Joan Clark,
VP Communications
Reginald J. Winter, VP Finance
(702) 564-2544
x273
Joan.Clark@TIMET.com (702)
651-3415
rwinter@jcm-american.com
Gary Watson,
VP Administration Barry Solomon,
Director At Large
(702)
498-1819 gary.watson@resources-usa.com (702)
564-7846
solombar@cox.net
John
Martinous, Past President
(702)
599-6617
john.martinous@aristocrat-inc.com
Check out
our website at
http://www.apicssnv.org/!
APICS
The
Educational Society
for Resource
Management
Southern Nevada
Chapter
P.O. Box 95951
Las Vegas, NV
89193-5951

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Calendar of Events
Date
Activity
Location
4/30
Professional Development Meeting
Marie Callender’s – 4875 Topic: Got
Ethics? Defining Your Ethical
Profile. West Flamingo
5/3 CPIM
Review Course – Class 1 of 3
Henderson Convention Master
Planning of Resources
Center
5/13 Board
Meeting
Timet
5/17 CPIM
Review Course – Class 2 of 3
Henderson Convention
Master Planning of Resources
Center
5/22 Member
Appreciation
Event King Putt
Miniature Golf
5/24 CPIM
Review Course – Class 3 of 3
Henderson Convention
Master Planning of Resources
Center
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