Professional Development Meeting South
February 8, 2012

Education Night

APICS – The society for Achieving Productivity, Innovation and Competitive Success has two outstanding certification programs. The CPIM (Certified Production and Inventory Control Manager) provides detailed hands on information on Operations (factory and service) planning and control. In contrast the CSCP (Certified Supply Chain Professional) provides an end to end overview of the supply chain, while focusing on strategy, supplier and customer collaboration and application of concepts and principles.

Speaker:Blair Williams

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Professional Development Meeting North
February 15, 2012

Education Night

Boost Your Supply Chain Performance and Productivity by earning a globally recognized APICS supply chain certification (CSCP) and join over 20,000 supply chain professionals across 72 countries. It is the first certification program to focus on the entire global supply chain and is the global standard in supply chain education and certification since its introduction 2006

Speaker:Blair Williams

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What PRSJ APICS Offers

PRSJ APICS provides education in:

• Supply Chain Management - offering a certification CSCP
• Operations Managment - offering a certification CPIM. This includes Sales & Operations Planning; Master Scheduling: ERP; Material Planning; Inventory Control; Logistics and Order Fulfillment.
• Lean - An APICS created course on Lean
• Global Procurement- An APICS created course on Global Procurement
• Fundamentals - An APICS course on Manufacturing fundamentals

Please contact us for all your Operations, Production and Service industry needs.

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What's In It For Me?

Many questions arise when one considers joining a professional organization. The easy questions can be answered quickly, such as what does it cost? How do I join? Where’s my nearest chapter? Also, what services are available to me as a member?

For APICS, the International website provides the answers to these questions and gives additional information for items you may not have considered.

But the most compelling question to be answered is:

“What’s in it for me?”

That is never a simple answer, but it is one the Princeton South Jersey Chapter (PRSJ) has explored with a series of articles written by its active membership.

With any “well run” organization, the more you put into it, the more you get out. If you join and put little effort in, you will find you get about the same in return.

But when you choose to spend some time getting actively involved, If you attend a professional developmental meeting, take an educational class, sit in on a board meeting) you will find it can be extremely rewarding!

To understand this better, please take the time to follow the link on the PRSJ homepage entitled “What’s In It For Me?” and read what others have gotten out of being a member of the chapter.

It is in our member’s own words, and was voluntarily provided to help others understand what benefits they have received in their own personal involvement with APICS.

ENJOY THE ARTICLES, AND HOPE TO SEE YOU AT A PRSJ EVENT SOON!
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Free Classes for Unemployed Members

Your PRSJ Board of Directors passed a resolution to admit unemployed members FREE, to any certification class conducted by the chapter. These members will pay for participant books only. Let PRSJ increase the value you can bring to your next employer, take a FREE certification class soon.

Chapter Survey

MEMBERS - Please take ten minutes to fill out the 2012 APICS PRSJ Chapter Survey. Use this link to take the survey on SurveyMonkey.

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Special Educational PDM's

2/8/12 - South and 2/15/12 - North - Two educational PDM's will be given by Blair Williams. The talk will cover the value and application of CSCP and CPIM certification in the South meetings and the value of CSCP and how to get certified in the North Meeting  

February Hot Links

2011-2012 PDM Schedule
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Basics of Supply Chain Management Classes Now Offered on Saturdays in Mt. Laurel
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New Jobs in Help Wanted Section
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CSCP Demo
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CPIM Demo
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Competency Model
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OMBOK
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Case Study: OKI Data and Operations Management
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Update your APICS Personal Information
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PRSJ Mission

To serve as the leadership focus for manufacturing and distribution education and Operations Management in the Princeton South Jersey area. We will provide high quality APICS Certification education and conduct value added monthly Professional Development Meetings. We will be the principal professional network for our peers in manufacturing, distribution, and service industries. Most importantly, we intend to be ever vigilant as to the evolving needs of our members and be responsive to them.

PRSJ LinkedIn Group!
Join Now!

The PRSJ Chapter has its own group on LinkedIn. For those of you who already have a LinkedIn profile, we encourage you to join.

The name of the group is "APICS - Princeton South Jersey (PRSJ) Chapter". It can be found by using "search groups" in the LinkedIn search window. The quickest way is to put “PRSJ” into the search window and it will bring you to the page where you can join.

As our group membership grows, it will allow us to have pertinent discussions on those topics that interest and affect our Chapter. If you "click" on the picture, you will be brought to the latest chapter discussions within LinkedIn.

Hope to see you as a group member soon. If you have trouble joining, please contact the Newsletter Editor at E-mail the Editor.
 

Princeton South Jersey Chapter Now On Facebook!

Fellow APICS Princeton-South Jersey members and friends, come find us on Facebook!

We have our own group which can be found by logging into www.facebook.com  and then searching for "APICS PRSJ". Belonging to the group on Facebook is a continuous networking event. You will receive updates on educational offerings, weekly PDMs, district events, and other gatherings. Board members and group members alike can share information on the wall or in the discussions tab.

Feel free to use the page as a forum for interaction and spreading information by posting links, adding pictures, asking questions, and staying in touch.

Hope to see you there!