Upcoming Events
Professional Development Meetings
APICS Rock Valley Chapter holds a monthly Professional Development Meeting to provide networking opportunities along with education on a specific topic. To Register for any of the PDMs, send an email or register below through PayPal.
Using APICS Guides to Help Manage your Career
Presented by: Keith Johnson CPIM, CSCP
When: January 19th 2010, 6:00pm
Location: The Machine Shed
Cost: $25 (included dinner)
Keith will be presenting a great new offering from APICS that is receiving accolades from the industry and is quickly becoming a guideline to establish expertise as a Supply Chain Professional. Supply chain managers are crucial to the global economy. They represent a unique discipline responsible for supporting the global network of delivering products and services across the entire supply chain, from raw materials to end customers. Specifically, supply chain managers engage in the design, planning, execution, control, and supervision of supply chain activities with the objectives of creating net value, building a competitive infrastructure, leveraging worldwide logistics, synchronizing supply with demand, and measuring performance globally
For questions and registration please contact Cindi Gustafson at 815-873-4522. Registration deadline is this Thursday Jan 14th 2010. Past this date please check with Cindi to see if we have seats remaining to accommodate additional participants. Find more details in January's Newsletter.
APICS CPIM Courses
Presented by: Larry Ackermann C.P.I.M., C.P.M.
When:: Dec 15th 2009, 6:00 pm
Dinner Location: Giovanni's
Cost $ 10
Since 1973, the CPIM program has educated more than 90,000 manufacturing professionals on essential terminology, concepts, and strategies related to demand management, procurement and supplier planning, material requirements planning, capacity requirements planning, sales and operations planning, master scheduling, performance measurements, supplier relationships, quality control, and continuous improvement. This PDM takes a look at the benefits of this course as well as obtaining the pofessional CPIM certification.
For questions and registration please contact Cindi Gustafson at 815-873-4522. Registration deadline is this Thursday Dec 10 2009. Past this date please check with Cindi to see if we have seats remaining to accommodate additional participants. Find more details in December's newsletter
How to market yourself in this economy
When: May 19th 2009, 6:00pm
Dinner Location: Giovanni's
Cost: $25
In these times of economic recession, where employers are downsizing, laying off, etc. it is essential to be up to date in self marketing skills. The focus on this PDM will be not only on the various self marketing tools such as resumes and cover letters, but in the newer forms such as establishing a presence on the professional networking internet as well. We hope that everyone whether they be employed or not, self employed, etc. benefit from this presentation.
Find more details in May's Newsletter.
Tour of Bergstrom Inc.
2390 Blackhawk Road, Rockford, IL
Joint PDM hosted by APICS and NAPM
When: March 17th 2009, 5:30pm
Dinner Location: John's Pizza
Cost: $23
Founded in 1949, Bergstrom is a manufacturer of Climate Cab Systems for Commercial Trucks, Off-Highway Vehicles and Specialty Vehicles. Headquarters are located in Rockford with manufacturing facilities in Rockford, Joliet, Wales U.K. and Changzhou, China.
Find more details in February's Newsletter.
Inventory Gone Wild: How to Get Control
Presented by: Anne Haberkorn
When: January 21st 2009, 6:00pm
Location: Sam's Ristorante on Riverside Blvd.
Cost: $25
Imagine increasing your company's inventory accuracy by more than 500 percent. Anne Haberkorn, CFPIM, CIRM, CSCP, Jonah, Director of the Lean Performance Center at Fox Valley Technical College in Appleton, Wisconsin, reveals the secrets, techniques, and technologies that an apparel retailer used to achieve this amazing level of improvement.
Find more details in January's Newsletter.
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