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Welcome to the website of Boston APICS a 2011-2012 Platinum award chapter. The Boston chapter reached Platinum status this year. We have an energetic and highly accomplished Board! Congratulations team! You all have voted your confidence in us and the Boston Chapter of APICS. We have turned out a stellar year with great programs and Educationa Seminars. Your confidence has manifested in growing chapter membership. The Chapter membership has grown 15% over the previous year at 236 members as of June 1 and counting! This is the first year of growth in a long time. We thank you! As we care about our audience and stakeholders, we really want to hear your feedback! Tell us what will make your APICS experience better. Send an e-mail to the President Donna Woodcome at president@bostonapics.org. Want to join us? Be sure to check off Boston as your local chapter. Academic Professionals and Students: Boston APICS adds no additional fees to your APICS membership: $25 gets you in! These links will take you to the International APICS web site where all applications are processed: Professional Membership - Academic Professional Membership - Student Membership Education
Spring 2012 CPIM Public Class: three consecutive Saturdays starting May 5. Registration now open.
Spring 2012 CSCP Public Class: five consecutive Saturdays starting 5-26-2012
Spring 2012 S&OP One Day Public Class: Saturday June 2, 2012
2012 On Site Course Offerings Boston APICS has a full time APICS Certified Master Instructor who is available to bring first class APICS education to you at your location; at your convenience. Contact Our APICS Certified-Master-Instructor Dave Rivers, CFPIM, CIRM, CSCP at riversd5@gmail.com for more info. 1. CSCP: Certified Supply Chain Management Professional Classes. Use this workshop to prepare for the extremely valuable APICS CSCP certification or if you are simply seeking best in class Supply Chain education. 2. CFSCM: APICS Customer Focused Supply Chain Management: This one day seminar provides an insider’s view of supply chain management offering fundamental knowledge of the functions of SCM. The curriculum is designed to quickly and effectively educate team members who interact with or support supply chain activities, helping to increase efficiency and generate ideas for improvements. Brochure here. 3. CPIM: Certified in Production & Inventory Management 4. PRINCIPLES: APICS Principles of Operations Management..NEW!..Brochure
5. PMP: Project Management Professional We also offer the hugely popular Project Management course to prepare you for the PMP certification exam! Contact Jeff LeBlanc at leblaj@yahoo.com for more info.
Alternatively on line CPIM study is available from Fox Valley Technical College. If you register be sure to tell them you were referred by Boston APICS. **MASSACHUSETTS WORKFORCE TRAINING FUND** Boston APICS is uniquely qualified to bring you Massachusetts State assistance in paying for your APICS education: Massachusetts Workforce Training Funds FAQ's. APICS HQ working with the National College Credit Recommendation Service organization has received their recommendation to award college credit hours to students passing APICS Certification Exams. Their recommendations: CPIM Basics: 3 credit hours for associate degree & bachelor's degrees. CPIM ECO/MPR/DSP: 2 credit hours for bachelor's degrees CPIM SMR* & CSCP*: 3 credit hours each for bachelor's degrees Check with your College or University for specific applicability. *Under consideration for Master's degree credits Mission/Vision The mission of the Boston Chapter of APICS is to be the premier provider of quality professional education that promotes the effective use of resources and the achievement of operational excellence by companies and organizations in the manufacturing, service and public sectors, within both our immediate and extended reach. Vision: The Boston Chapter of APICS is committed to fostering and improving regional industrial and service competitiveness and prosperity, in partnership and collaboration with other APICS chapters and professional associations. Student Benefits
We welcome students! If you are interested in starting a student chapter at your school, please contact us for details on how to get started. Otherwise join as an “At Large” student, email academics@bostonapics.org and we’ll get you onto our chapter mailing list. Membership fee for students joining APICS is only $25. Questions? Please contact Donna Boston at academics@bostonapics.org . |
The President's Message from Donna Woodcome
Welcome prospective and existing members!
Hello from your new President. Happy spring!! Since my last message, the Boston chapter has been busy providing excellent professional development opportunities to our members. In December, we held the 6th Annual Holiday Networking event, which we hosted with the North and South Shore chapters of APICS and in collaboration with CSCMP and PMAB. Once again, this annual event was well attended and received excellent reviews from all participants! In January, Tom Arnold presented an informative session on Rhythm Scheduling at Welch’s. In February, our EVP, Bob Hurley hosted a tour of the state of the art distribution center at the Greater Boston Food Bank. Jack Derby presented “When Operations Meets Sales 2.0” at our Top Management night earlier this month, which was held in collaboration with the North Shore chapter. On May 15th, Gordon Woodfall, will present "Organizational Strategy In This Great Recession". At the May meeting, we will also be electing our new Board of Directors for 2012-2013. If you are interested in getting involved with chapter leadership, please email me at president@bostonapics.org. Education: Over the next few months the chapter will be offering several educational opportunities. In early May, we will offer CPIM review workshop for three consecutive Saturdays. This session will be followed by a CSCP review session beginning May 26th. Finally on Saturday, June 2nd, we will offer an accelerated one day S & OP workshop. Please visit our website for further information. Upcoming PDMs, events and plant tours
May 2nd "APICS North America Seminar: Demand Driven MRP- 2012" presented by Carol Ptak and Chad Smith Register here
The full 2011-2012 schedule is posted on our event page. Member Benefits Given the tough economic times, our APICS national body has instituted a bail out program on its own. It has offered free membership renewals for unemployed members for a period of six months from the expiration of their current membership. http://www.apics.org/Membership/Join/unemployed.htm I would like to bring to your attention useful member resources on the APICS website including: Both resources are available on http://apics.org/resources. Nation wide job listings are available at the Apics career center. Finally do you know that, as a member, you can request a paper copy of the OMBOK, the Operations Management Book of Knowledge? You can download a pdf copy for your ready reference and also request the book be mailed to you. Boston Chapter of APICS has been associated with many successful professional events in the area. Our Holiday party jointly hosted with the North Shore and South Shore Chapters was a big success. I firmly believe that the supply chain profession is emerging as the most lucrative and rewarding career for aspiring professionals and Boston is leading the way in the North East! If you run across a publicly available article that you think might be interesting for everyone, please let me know. Send us the link and we may put it on our home page for everyone else to enjoy. Thanks. 3. Do you know we have a job Board? Check it out! 4. Please join us on our Linked In group: New Members Please join me in welcoming our newest members to the family of Boston APICS. We appreciate your interest and enthusiasm in the operations management profession! March 2012
James Bray III Michael Cunha Surya Kamal Dantuluri Priteesh Deshpande Seyed Ehsan Elahi Tejas Gadgil Prateek Gadhoke Daniel Green Yingying Gu Christopher Plfum Tom Shields Leonides Villanueve David Han Steve Harmon Guzide Icke Eric Kaldy William Kelly Ann Lee Patrick McCarthy Paul Mueller Jennifer Parsons Dipak Patil Sidney Peverill Susan Willan Welcome Aboard!
Academic Professional and Student Membership
APICS Academic and student memberships: Only $25! Check out the program details here. If you know someone who might profit from this new program, send them an e mail referencing our web site. We need new members, US Industry needs APICS educated leaders! Currently we have a membership drive, where we offer one PDM free to attend after you become a new member. This is in addition to the member PDM in September which is a career Panel. 2011-2012 Board of Directors
Click here for a list of the Officers Immediate Past President Mark Chockalingham PhD, MBA. Mark Chockalingam Founder and President of Demand Planning.net, specializes in business forecasting and demand modeling and marketing and value chain analytics. He has worked across many industry verticals including CPG, healthcare, pharmaceuticals, Food and Beverage, High-Tech, Restaurants etc. Past President of the Chapter: David Rivers CFPIM, CIRM, CSCP. Dave is also an APICS Master Instructor and he teaches the hugely popular CSCP classes for the Boston Chapter. Dave Rivers is currently the District Director and also a member of the APICS Board of Directors. We are honored to have him guide the chapter as a Past President and an APICS Board member. Mailing Address APICS Boston |
