SHORELINE NEWSLETTER

 

November 2004

 

MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT:

As I write this message it is Halloween weekend already. The year seems to be flying by. This month’s news begins with something from Society. APICS Society announced significant changes at the recent International Conference. After much study and research, it was decided to change the APICS name (tag line) and Logo. While the APICS name will remain, the logo itself will be dramatically changed from the straight block letters it is now. More significantly, we will no longer be “The Educational Society for Resource Management”, but will become “The Association for Operations Management”, a much more focused and defined definition of which we are. There is more to the change and reasons for it that will be communicated prior to the beginning of the actual roll-out in January 2005.

 

 I want to thank Past President Kurt Petersen for his excellent presentation on Bemis’s process improvement program called “Book-It”. The program has been in place since the mid 1990’s and has yielded numerous cost savings ideas that have resulted in the saving of Millions of Dollars. This month we have another very interesting speaker and topic, at our annual Student’s Night PDM being held on Thursday November 18th. Note: this is a change from our originally scheduled night of November 16th. The location will remain the same, Millersville House.  Our speaker will be Randy Meyer, currently the Mayor of Sheboygan Falls. He has overcome more challenges and adversity than most of us will see in our lifetimes. He attributes his success to vision and a positive attitude. He will address us on group dynamics, goal setting and communication.

 

I hope to see many of you at both the Kohler NAPM event and our Monthly PDM at Millersville House on the 18th of November.

 

 

Bruce Balthazor, CPIM, C.P.M.

President-Shoreline APICS

 

Please come join us….

 

November 18th for the Professional Development Meeting:

 

            Speaker: Randy Meyer Mayor of Sheboygan Falls
 

Topic:      Group Dynamics, Goal Setting, and Communication in the Work Place

 

Short Biography:

 

Randy Meyer – Randy was born November 16, 1967 and was raised in Sheboygan Falls.  He lost his eye sight at age two from cancer of the retina.  However, this has not held him back from having a vision for his life and acting upon that vision.

 

Because of his blindness, Randy had to attend elementary school for the blind in Green Bay.  First through sixth grade he lived with a host family in Green Bay and only stayed with his own family in Sheboygan Falls on weekends, vacations, and the summertime.  This situation was what leads Randy with help of his family and teachers to set and accomplish his first major goal, to attend Sheboygan Falls High School and live with his family year round.

 

To accomplish this goal Randy had to attend the Wisconsin School for the Visually Handicapped in Janesville.  Here he successfully learned mobility skills with a white cane and was able to realize his dream of attending Sheboygan Falls High School and being able to spend more time with his family.

 

During high school Randy excelled in both the classroom and on the wrestling mat.  His major accomplishments in high school include: graduating on the honor role, qualifying for the state wrestling tournament twice and placing fifth his senior year, setting a new school pin record his senior year with 23 pins on the way to a 31 and 2 records.

 

Randy graduated from UW Whitewater.  His wrestling success in college continued in college, where he earned all America and academic all American honors and placed in the top eight in the nation.

 

Randy has been a financial planner since 1992 and currently owns an office in downtown Sheboygan Falls.  Randy believes that volunteering time and being active in the community is important.  Randy was recently elected Mayor of Sheboygan Falls.  Before that he served five years as an Alderman on the city council.  His community service also includes more than ten years as a member of the Jaycees and membership in Kiwanis and Chamber/Main Street.

 

Most importantly Randy believes in maintaining a positive attitude.  He believes in focusing on solutions not problems.  He views his blindness as a minor challenge, rather than a handicap.  His slogan during the Mayoral campaign was “it doesn’t take sight to run a community, it takes a vision”.

 

 

 

 

           DATE:             Thursday November 18, 2004

 

           PLACE:           Millersville House in Millersville

           

           TIME:             Cocktails:                     5:00 PM to 6:00 PM

Dinner:             6:00 PM to 6:45 PM

                                    Chapter Business:         6:45 PM to 7:00 PM                                                                            Speaker:                       7:00 PM to 8:00 PM

 

            COST:            Member:                      $20.00

                                    Guest:                           $25.00

                                    Student:                        $15.00

                       

 

Registration: E-mail kaydeewhy@lakefield.net

 

                        Please RSVP by Thursday November 11, 2004.

 

 

Directions to Millersville House

 

From Sheboygan:  Take hwy 42 west into Howard’s Grove.  At the four way stop, turn left.  Millersville House will be at the next four way stop.

 

From Manitowoc:  Take I-43 south toward Sheboygan.  Turn on exit 128 (Hwy 42). Take hwy 42 west into Howard’s Grove.  At the four way stop, turn left.  Millersville House will be at the next four way stop.

 

 

 

                                                        

IMPORTANT NOTICE TO ALL EMPLOYERS

 

If you are currently looking for someone with excellent skills and background in the Supply Chain Management field please e-mail the position along with skills required to our Web Master, Mark Duff at Mark.Duff@kohler.com

He will see that it gets put onto our Employment Opportunities page on our Chapter Web site www.shorelineapics.org.   We would also be glad to put your ad in our monthly newsletter.  There is no charge for this service.  

 
Shoreline APICS Chapter Calendar for 2004 / 2005

 

 

                              PDM                                           Place                

September        16 – Richard’s                                                  Sheboygan Falls

October           20 – Rupp’s Riverdale                                   Sheboygan       

November        18 – Millersville House                         Millersville

December             – No Meeting                                             

January             13 – Jack’s R Better                                       Manitowoc

February          16 – Millhome Supper Club                              Millhome

March              16 – Klemmes Wagon Wheel                           Howard’s Grove                      April                 21 – Richards                                                           Sheboygan Falls

 

 

BOD – LTC campus in Cleveland – Nemschoff Room

 

August                3

                                                            September          7

October             5

November          2

January               4

February            1

March                1

April                   5

 

2004-2005 CPIM Review Course Schedule

 

Thursdays 5 PM – 9 PM @ Vollrath Company

 

·        Master Planning of Resources (MPR)                                          

November 4, 11, 18, December 2, 9 of 2004

 

·        Detailed Scheduling and Planning (DSP)                                    

January 20, 27, February 3, 10, 17 of 2005

 

·        Execution and Control of Operations (ECO)                              

March 3, 10, 178, 24, and 31 of 2005

 

·        Strategic Management of Resources (SMR)                               

April 14, 21, 28 May 5, 12 of 200

LOCATION/FEES

The classes will be held at the Vollrath Company @ 1236 N. 18th Street, Sheboygan WI.  The fees are $250 for APICS members and $325 for non-members.  The course fees include participant’s guides / workbooks.  Checks for fees should be made out to Shoreline APICS Chapter, and should be sent to P.O. Box 805 Sheboygan, WI 53082-0805 prior to the beginning of class.  The class sizes are limited to 15 students.   Sessions may be cancelled should there not be enough participants.  To register, please contact Bruce G. Balthazor,

CPM, CPIM Senior Buyer

DRS Power & Control Technologies, Inc.

4265 North 30th Street

Milwaukee, WI 53216

Phone (414) 875-4772

Fax (414) 875-4712

brucegbalthazor@DRS-PCT.com

 INSTRUCTOR HONORARIUMS

We are currently seeking instructors for the CPIM review courses.  The instructors receive $750 as honorariums for every course.  If you are interested, please contact any of the board members.
 

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**November Dinner Meeting to be held at the American Club in Kohler WI.**

 

Tuesday November 9, 2004

At the Kohler Company, Kohler WI.

Tour Starts a 4:30 PM until 6:16PM.

Dinner Meeting starts at 6:30 PM

Cost is $25.00 per person

NAPM-Milwaukee will present its November Dinner Meeting at the American Club in Kohler, WI. The American Club is the Midwest's only AAA Five Diamond resort hotel. The dinner meeting will be held in the Great Lakes Banquet Room. A Thanksgiving style dinner will be served, featuring delicious turkey, gravy, stuffing, vegetables, and topped off with everyone's favorite, pumpkin pie.

The keynote speaker will be Thomas Wright - Director, Supply Chain
Management, Kohler Company, speaking on Supply Chain Alignment; Customer
Synchronization. Tom Wright has over 2 decades of Supply Chain Management
experience. Wright joined the Kohler Co. in January of 2004 and is
responsible for business to business (B2B) and consumer to business (C2B)
customer service, materials, forecasting, purchasing, and B2B e-commerce,
as well as warehousing and shipping functions.

An Optional Pre-dinner Plant Tour of the Kohler Company Will Begin at
4:30PM
A special optional plant tour of the Kohler Company is being offered to our
members on a first-come (meaning first-registered), first-served basis. The
walking tour will offer an overview of the production of enameled cast iron
plumbing products, as well as die-cast faucets. Learn the history behind
the nation's largest plumbing ware manufacturer. There will be a limit of
100 members for the plant tour so be sure to sign up early for this event
and choose the appropriate Tour AND Dinner Meeting registration option.
There is no fee for the Plant Tour.

Self-Guided Pre-dinner Tour of the Kohler Company Available from 9AM-5PM
If you miss registration for the guided tour, or just wish to go on your
own, a self-guided tour is also available of the Kohler Design Center. Take
a peek at gracious living at the premier showroom for the nation's foremost
plumbing product manufacturer. Find design inspiration with more than
two-dozen bath vignettes, along with displays by Baker and McGuire
Furniture and Ann Sacks Tile and Stone. This tour is open to the public
from 9am-5pm, there is no fee and registration for this tour is not needed. 

Guests and members of other professional chapters are welcome to attend this dinner meeting at a cost of $25 per person. Register on-line by going to www.napmmilwaukee.com  Registrations will be accepted through Friday,
November 5. Late registrations cannot be accepted for this event so please
register soon!

For further information and directions to the American Club or the Kohler Company, please go online and visit their website at www.destinationkohler.com

Note we have negotiated a $99 room rate for the Inn on Wood Lake if any one wants to stay overnight.  Just mention NAPM.