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Upcoming Chapter Events
February 9, 2010 - Monthly Professional Development Meeting - Migrating from Reactive to Predictive Supply Chain Risk Management
March 1, 2010 - Basics of Supply Chain Management (BSCM) - This is the 1st module of the CPIM cirriculum and is being offered as a stand-alone class.
March 9, 2010 - CSCP Certification Review begins at Kellogg's Porter Street Complex - Sign Up Now!
March 9, 2010 - Monthly Professional Development Meeting - Total Cost Process
April 13, 2010 - Monthly Professional Development Meeting - Ethics and Compliance at Kellogg
April 15, 2010 - WMU CPIM Module 3 - Detailed Scheduling & Planning - This course has special dates and times.
May 11, 2010 - Top Management Night - Our Annual Chapter Awards Night featuring keynote speaker Ron Crabtree
Calendar
Keep up to date on Southwest Michigan Chapter events and classes
We provide Operations Management education classes and related events. See our Calendar for the current schedule and details.
APICS International
Another Member Benefit
To aid our unemployed members, we have created a APICS Member Resumes section on our website. To post your resume, please send a copy to Webmaster@apicsswmi.com.
Also please visit our Chapter Job Board section as it is now being used.
Message From the Board
Welcome to our web site
We are celebrating our 1 year anniversary using the iChapter content and registration management system. This system enables us to keep site content up to date and to further facilitates ease of registering for events, maintaining membership information, and makes our site more user-friendly. Please provide us with your feed back.
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Education
CPIM
Since 1973, the CPIM program has educated more than
75,000 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.
Read More.
Welcome to a free demo of the APICS Certified in Production and Inventory Management (CPIM) Program.
CSCP
The Certified Supply Chain Professional (CSCP) program is a new industry educational and certification program created to meet the rapidly changing needs of the supply chain management field.
The CSCP program takes a broad view of the field, extending beyond internal operations to encompass all the steps throughout the supply chain—from the supplier, through the company, to the end consumer—and provides you with the knowledge to effectively manage the integration of these activities to maximize a company's value chain. Read More.
Welcome to a free demo of the APICS Certified Supply Chain Professional (CSCP) Learning System.
We are Chapter Incentive Award winners!
Congratulations Southwest Michigan Chapter!
You are a winner in the bookstore sales and the new member acquisition categories in the 2009 - 4Q Chapter Incentive Program.
The Chapter Incentive Program recognizes chapters for increased presence of APICS in their local markets. Fourth quarter 2009 winners were selected based on reporting in the categories of APICS certification, APICS Bookstore sales activity, and new member acquisitions.
Leann Goettel, District Field Associate
WMU Chapter News
2009 - 2010 Student eBoard
The WMU student chapter is currently working to establish their eBoard for the next program year. If you are interested, contact chapter president Mark Antonuk.
WMU Chapter Events
APICS WMU Student Chapter Golf Outing - April 24, 2010. Details coming soon.
Student Resumes
APICS Student Resumes are available in the WMU Student Resumes section.
If you are a WMU Student APICS Member, and would like you resume posted on our website, send your resume in .pdf format to Webmaster@apicsswmi.com.
Downloads
APICS Supply Chain Manager Competency Model
APICS Operations Management Now
APICS Welcome to the Production and Inventory Management (P&IM) Journal
Operations Management Body of Knowledge (OMBOK).
APICS 12th Edition Dictionary.
Ongoing Chapter Events
Education Updates
Check out our current offerings under Education. We have added two more cycles of Inventory Control Workshops.
Development Meetings
Professional Development Meetings are typically held
monthly. Local, regional and national speakers are featured
presenting assorted topics of interest to today's operations
professionals.
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Seminars & Workshops
Time too tight for extended classes? Attend a
part or full day seminar to pickup new knowledge on areas of
interest to you and your company. Seminars & Workshops are held
periodically on topics of Operations Management and Production and
Inventory Control.
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Plant Tours
Our plant tours feature leading companies from across
our region and provide the opportunity to learn by seeing how theory is
put into practice. They also provide benchmarking opportunities
and foster the sharing of best practices and professional networking.
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In-House Courses
We offer on-site training in a variety of formats.
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Registration & Payment
Advance registration and payment is accepted online
via our Calendar. Major
charge cards are accepted with online receipts provided. Advanced
registration & Membership discounts are available.
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