APICS - Vancouver Chapter - November 2011 Newsletter
Message from the president
Our new year is officially underway now that we have concluded our AGM and have a newly elected board. At the meeting we had had 38 attendees and considering our topic and speaker, I thought there would have been more. However I recognize that everyone is busy and cannot make it to all of our events. We were able to conduct our first survey at the meeting and judging from the response, it looks like we are on the right path in providing value to the membership. Look for some highlights of the survey in our upcoming newsletters.
We were very pleased to have Garland Chow as our speaker in October. He provided an eye opening presentation on Global Sourcing and the necessity of calculating Total Landed Costs when evaluating were to source from. He also provided valuable information on where global sourcing is headed over the next 10 years. What we saw was that various items are and will be finding their most cost effective zones of manufacture in various parts of the world. Also somewhat surprising is the fact that heavy manufacturing will likely be located in North America as the best overall Total Landed Cost. On behalf of the Vancouver Chapter of APICS, I thank Garland for a very interesting and informative presentation.
It’s now time to look forward again to our next and last event of 2011. I am very excited about having Chad Smith and Carol Ptak on Thursday November 17 for our dinner meeting and the following day November 18 for a workshop. You may recall that in March of this year we were honoured to have Carol speak at our dinner meeting. At that event we had 100 attendees. This time she’s back with Chad Smith, her co-author on Orlicky’s MRP 3rd edition. This book is selling rapidly and may become a best seller. Books will be available for purchase at the dinner meeting and you can get Carol and Chad to sign your copy.
The dinner meeting will be a shortened version of their recent APICS Conference presentation and an introduction to the workshop, Demand Driven MRP, How to... Chad and Carol have been globetrotting over the last few months presenting and providing workshops and the Vancouver workshop will be one of the first in North American. This is a sure to be a “You don’t want to miss it” event. As a benefit to members, there is a $200.00 discount for the workshop. Members attend for $249.00 including breakfast, lunch and Carol and Chad’s book. Students can attend at a reduced rate but do not get the book. For more information check it out at www.apics-vancouver.org. And don’t forget November 17 and 18. You don’t want to miss out on lessons that can help you understand how to match supply to demand and maximize your resources for increased profitability.
All of our events this year are at the Hilton Metrotown. Remember that it’s a short walk from buses and Skytrain and parking is provided under ground with 3 hours of free parking. I hope that you can join us for a great evening and a valuable workshop. It would be good to see you and I’m looking forward to meeting with you again.
James James Cook DiplT, CPIM, CSCP President APICS – Vancouver Chapter Calendar of Events
Date
Co author of DDMRP, Chad Smith - Carol Ptak
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Co author of DDMRP, Chad Smith - Carol Ptak
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Gervase Bouche, SFU
Caroline Oglivey
A Chapter contribution brings success
Thank you so much for your generous donation for APICS Scholars. Your donation helped a total of 77 students attend the 2011 APICS conference! Here is a portion of a thank you written to the APICS – Vancouver Chapter.
“I was so glad and excited that was selected as one of the 77 scholars selected from a list of 206 applications! I am currently a Chinese student at Algonquin College, Ottawa, Canada. My major is Bachelor of Applied Business (E-Business Supply Chain Management, third year).
This conference experience has made a significant impact on me. I think it is essential to share some of my experience with you:
• I met lots of friends from all over the world, from different industries
• I got an amazing professional training during the conference
• I am much clearer and more confident about my future career and my goal after this conference
• I got job interviews and plenty of opportunities
• I gained lots of “NEW BLOOD” from those sessions
In a word, it is amazing! Could you also please share my experience with other colleagues and chapter officers? I really want to also let them know what a great contributions you did!
Again, thank you so much from the bottom of my heart!” - XuanXian(Gavin) Li
On behalf of the APICS-Vancouver Chapter members, thank you for your continued support to help foster education and networking within the industry. This important event and feedback is a credit to the support you have contributed to the organization as a member.
November is all about “Demand Driven MRP”
The APICS – Vancouver Chapter is proud to present two of the best events in 2011 with Chad Smith, and Carol Ptak. Register for the workshop on November 18th from 9:00am – 5:00pm and get a free copy of Orlicky's Material Requirements Planning 3/E to be signed. APICS members get a $200 discount for the workshop!
The workshop will describe and clarify the poor business results embedded in most of today’s demand and supply planning systems; discusses the core problems causing the results; present and detail an alternative demand driven structure for planning and controlling materials flow; and presents initial results from actual implementations. This new solution helps companies tackle three pervasive 21st Century problems: unacceptable inventory performance; unacceptable service level performance; and high related expenses and waste.
