Newsletter
– January
2008
In This Issue:
- President's Message
- Shoreline APICS PDM Calendar
for 2007/2008
- Now a leg up
- Board of Directors
Meeting Schedule for 2007/2008
- 2007/2008 CPIM Review Course Schedule
·
Board of Directors 2007/2008
Fellow APICS members:
My family is glad to finally have me home for a couple of
weeks over Christmas and New Years before I hit the road again. As I sit here contemplating the Holidays I
think back at how fast the past year has gone by and how much we have
experienced. In 2007 we have seen skyrocketing fuel prices, plummeting real
estate values, poisoned food and lead painted toy recalls, an airline passenger
flying with TB, Alli diet pills and i-phones. We’ve seen pepper sprayed beauty pageant contestants,
Paris Hilton and Michael Vick in Jail, Don Imus off
the air and hundreds of other bizarre and off-the-wall events. It really makes
me wonder what 2008 may bring to us.
How about these things that 2008 could bring to us?
- An
African American or woman as president
- Gasoline
passing $5 per gallon
- Government
Officials admit to 60 year UFO cover-up
- Scientists
Discovering a new clean and efficient energy source to replace oil
- Green
Bay Packers win Super Bowl
- Jim Prellwitz winning a multi million dollar lottery
Hey! It could happen.
Play this little game.
Get some friends together and each write down three things that you
would expect to see in 2008 and three things you don’t expect to see in 2008
and next year at this time see how many came true. I’ll bet you will find that
more things happen that you didn’t expect than you expected.
In all seriousness, we are planning for and expect our
program for 2008 to be even better than the great year we had in 2007. We have some terrific PDM’s
planned with fascinating speakers and topics sure to peak your interest and
provide you with valuable insight and knowledge.
Our next PDM is planned for January 10th at Knox’s
Silver Valley Supper Club, Manitowoc. Please look through the newsletter for
additional details on the location, topic and speaker.
In Region news, the 13th Annual Student Case Competition.
February 15 and 16, 2008 in Downers Grove ILL. More information will be coming
soon...............
Also keep in mind the APICS International conference in Kansas
City, Missouri running September 14th thru the 16th in
2008. The keynote speaker is planned to
be John Replogle, the CEO of Burt’s Bees. It promises to be very exciting.
As we start 2008, I would like to again take this
opportunity to thank all of our members; the Board of Directors; and our CPIM
Review Class Instructors for the past success of our chapter. It is with your
support and energy that we are able to continually improve our offerings. We look to you to share your feedback and
suggestions on topics and speakers that are of interest to you.
In closing, I wish you all a very safe, healthy and
prosperous 2008.
James Prellwitz, CPIM
President: Shoreline-APICS
Shoreline
APICS PDM Calendar for 2007/2008
|
Date |
Location |
|
9/18/07 |
Millhome Supper Club, Kiel |
|
10/17/07 |
Black Wolf Run, Kohler – Kohler
Engine Div Tour |
|
11/13/07 |
City Streets Riverside,
Sheboygan/Food Drive |
|
1/10/07 |
Knox’s
Silver Valley Supper Club, Manitowoc |
|
2/13/07 |
Nino’s Restaurant, Sheboygan |
|
3/12/07 |
Time Out
Sports Bar & Grill, Manitowoc – Student Night |
|
4/15/07 |
Richards
Restaurant, Sheboygan Falls – Top Management Night |
|
|
|
Please
note that all PDM dates and locations are subject to change. Check our website for the latest information.
PDM Speaker: Greg Gauthier
Greg
Gauthier has over 25 years of management leadership experience. During
his career
he's held senior leadership roles held in large publicly traded
and small
privately held companies with ten years of private ownership
experience.
Today he is a management consultant advising small and
mid-market
companies on strategies to enhance business value through
performance
improvements in growth, earnings, and cash flow. He is a
frequent
speaker and teacher on business finance and operations, business
planning,
organizational development and leadership.
TOPIC: Surviving Leadership
Everyone,
regardless of title and position, is called on to lead. If we're
not leading
others we're leading ourselves. If we're not leading in the
office
we're leading in the home. Our speaker will draw on over 25 years of
teaching
and practicing leadership to provide practical principles that are
relevant to
the realities and challenges faced by each of us every day.
Location: Knox’s
Silver Valley Supper Club
1222 S Alverno Rd,
Manitowoc, WI
Hwy 43 to
151W- exit 149. Take 151W for approx 1 mile. Take a Right on
Alverno Road, go approx 1 mile. Silver
Valley is on the Left.
To
register, contact roozee14@gmail.com by Friday
January 4. The Chapter is responsible to
pay for all reservations made whether the person shows or not. If you need to cancel please let Ruth know as
soon as possible so the restaurant can be notified.
Now a leg up: Graduating Dave Wargin ready to move forward with his life
By Doug Carroll
Sheboygan Press
staff
Few life stories could be
more compelling than that of Dave Wargin among the
225 winter graduates of Lakeshore Technical College. "I'm a non-traditional student,
obviously," Wargin said. "I've got
education under my belt now, at least some of it, and I've loved every minute.
LTC is a great place."
Wargin, 47, of Sheboygan Falls, wasn't in
such a great place almost three years ago when a degenerative hip injury forced
him to leave a job he loved. While working as a heating contractor, he
discovered that he no longer could walk stairs, which becomes a problem when
most furnaces are in basements.
Diagnosed with avascular necrosis in his right leg stemming from an injury
years earlier, he soon realized he'd never be able to go back to physical work.
His employer paid his health insurance until the end of 2005 and he sold his
house in mid-2006 on the brink of foreclosure.
Since then, Wargin, who is single, has lived in an apartment on no
income, putting off creditors, relying on food banks and using government loans
to put himself through LTC, where he began in January 2006. "I said to myself, 'I'm going back to
school,'" he recalled. "'There's a job I can do if I can get
retrained.'"
Wargin's immense challenges caught the
attention of LTC's Steve Redmer,
the instructor in his first class.
"We're here to make sure you succeed," Redmer
said reassuringly. "If you don't get it, we'll make sure you get it."
The encouragement was all
he needed. Next Saturday, Wargin will receive an
associate's degree in supply chain management, a field formerly known as
materials management. He received the program's Student of the Year award for
2006-07 and attended an international conference in October.
His children — Craig, 26,
and Michelle, 23 — will be on hand for his graduation. Craig, a graduate of the
University of Wisconsin-Green Bay in computer programming who recently took a
job in Illinois, helped nudge his father into the computer age. Michelle, a
junior at UW-Oshkosh, has had the experience of being in college at the same
time as her dad.
Wargin, who said he "used to be the
guy in the back of the room" in school, plans to start work on his
bachelor's degree if he can't find employment right away. After all that he has
been through, he reasons, he can handle either scenario. "It gets me teary," he said of how
far he has come. "I didn't do too bad for an old guy. I kept my grade
point above 3.0 the whole way.
"I'm a forward
thinker, and I'll be an asset wherever I go. I've had great networking
experiences, and if you can network, you can find a job. Whoever hires me will
get the best at what I do."
2007/2008 CPIM Review
Course Schedule:
|
COURSE
TITLE |
MODULE
DATES |
|
Basics
of Supply Chain Management (BSCM) |
Sept 20, 27, Oct 4, 11, 18
|
|
Master
Planning of Resources (MPR) |
Nov 8, 15, 29, Dec 6, 13
|
|
Detailed Scheduling and Planning (DSP) |
Jan 17, 24, 31, Feb 7, 14 |
|
Execution
and Control of Operations (ECO) |
Feb 28,
March 6, 13, 27, April 3 |
|
Strategic
Management of Resources (SMR) |
April
17, 24, May 1, 8, 15 |
Location /
Fees
The classes
will be held at The Bemis Company Plant N. Sheboygan Falls. The course fees are $250 for APICS members
and $325 for nonmembers, APICS Membership can be applied for through the APICS
web site:www.apics.org. The course fees include participant
guides/workbooks. Checks for
fees should be made out to Shoreline APICS Chapter, and should be sent to PO Box 1351 Manitowoc, WI 54221-1351prior to
the beginning of class. The class
sizes are limited to 20 students.
Note: Sessions may be cancelled should there not be enough
participants.
Directions to Bemis Plant in Sheboygan Falls
1. Head West on WI-23 - go 2.6 mi.
2. Take the CR-Y exit towards Kohler - go .4 mi.
3. Continue on Highland Dr. - go .8 mi. you will pass
Woodlake Market
4. Turn Right on Greenfield Dr. - go 1.2 mi. this is
known as upper Falls Road. It takes you past the cemetery located on the
right.
5. Turn Right on Range Line Rd. - go .3 mi.
6. Turn left on Forest Avenue - go about 1 block.
Bemis Plant N is on the left side
7. Turn left at the Bemis plant
The parking area is on the side or in the front. Please use
the front door and sign in at the desk upon arrival.
For questions or if you wish to registration please call or
email:
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
Instructor Honorariums: We are
currently seeking instructors for the CPIM review courses. The
instructors receive $750 as honorariums for every course and are eligible for 2
certification maintenance points per hour of instruction as outlined in the
maintenance manual. If you are
interested, please contact any of the Certification VP Bruce Balthazor brucegbalthazor@DRS-PCT.com.
APICS Core Values
Trust
We trust everyone to do what is best for the member, the customer, each other,
and the Society.
Mutual Respect
We treat everyone with dignity and courtesy.
Teamwork
We believe that teamwork has the potential to produce results superior to those
that team members might achieve as individuals.
Empowerment
We believe people must be enabled to make decisions that contribute to the
superior performance of our organization and to the satisfaction of our members
and our customers.
Risk-Taking
We encourage informed risk-taking.
A Sense of Urgency
We believe that how we manage our time can be a competitive advantage.
Continuous Improvement
We recognize everything we do as a process that can be improved, simplified, or
eliminated.
Commitment
We deliver what we promise.
Member and Customer
Satisfaction
We delight our members, our internal customers, and our external customers by
exceeding their expectations!
Lifelong Learning
We live the APICS Vision: Success through Lifelong Learning. Valuing lifelong
learning says, "I am responsible for my success”
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Board of Directors Meeting Schedule for 2007/2008
|
8/7/07 |
9/4/07 |
10/2/07
|
11/6/07
|
1/8/08
|
2/5/08
|
3/4/08
|
4/4/08 |
|
The Board of Directors meets on the
first Tuesday of every month at Lakeshore Technical College at 6:00 PM. There
will be a special meeting of the board, in May, to review the program year and
plan for the next year. All members are
welcome to attend any board meeting.
Please contact a board member if you're interested in attending a
meeting and/or joining the Board.
|
Position |
Name |
Telephone |
Email |
|
Co-President |
James Prellwitz |
|
|
|
Executive
Vice President |
Alice
Ward |
|
|
|
Co-President |
Bruce Balthazor |
414-875-4772
|
|
|
Secretary |
Stacy
Backhaus |
920-323-6024 |
mrsrock630@hotmail.com |
|
Treasurer |
Joy Thiers |
920-803-3928 |
joy.thiers@kohler.com |
|
Membership
VP |
Dave Wargin |
|
dilly@charter.net |
|
Programs
VP |
Ruth
Zimmermann |
920-242-5598 |
|
|
Education
VP (Faculty) |
Steve
Redmer |
888-468-6582 |
|
|
Certification
VP |
Bruce Balthazor |
414-875-4772
|
|
|
Student
Chapter VP |
Linda Tryba |
920-457-4441
x77830 |
|
|
Newsletter
Editor |
Debra
Gunderson |
920-682-8825
x154 |
|
|
Webmaster |
Mark Duff |
920-457-4441
x72524 |
|
|
Passport
Coordinator |
Dan Otte |
920-726-4221 |
|
|
Region 14
Rep |
Diane Miderski |
414-803-9851 |
dmiderski@yahoo.com |
Editor's Note:
Your comments and suggestions are welcome. Please e-mail Newsletter@ShorelineAPICS.org.
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