Congratulations and Welcome to the new Middle Tennessee Chapter Board of Directors for 2009-2010
President Mark Thompson
VP Programs Dale Pinnekamp
Treasurer Lisa Keeble
VP Education Ty Tabernik
VP Membership James Kilby
VP Communications John Sheng
Member at Large Stan Gurevich
Good news - We are on LinkedIn. Check us out at
We are proud to report the chapter has decided to establish a virtual community
using LinkedIn. Now, local members and qualified non-members have a place
to post news, share thoughts, and ask for expertise about various topics related
to Operations, Logistics, and Supply Chain.
Stan Gurevich
APICS Member At Large
440-796-7545
S.Gurevich@hotmail.com
CSCP Exam and Registration
To become a certified CSCP, three dates must be kept in mind associated with each scheduled testing period. The Exam Date itself, the Exam Registration Deadline Date and the Eligibility Application Deadline Date. See the table below for information regarding the scheduled test dates in 2008. Unlike the CPIM series of exams which are available on demand, CSCP candidates only have three opportunities this year to sit for exams. The deadlines for the two remaining exam dates are:
Exam Date December 12, 2009
Eligibility Deadline October 16, 2009
Registration Deadline October 30, 2009
An
Intense Certified Supply Chain Professional (CSCP) Exam Preparation course
offered
The APICS Middle Tennessee Chapter, in conjunction with
Nashville State Community College, will be offering an intense Certified Supply
Chain Professional (CSCP) Exam Preparation course to individuals who are
qualified to take the CSCP Exam. The course will be offered on Saturday mornings
starting Nov. 7 - Dec. 12 from 8:30 AM - 5 PM, and we will skip the Saturday,
Nov 28, which is the week of Thanksgiving. This course will be 40 hours of
informative training in the tools and techniques necessary to understand the
material covered in the CSCP exam. The official APICS CSCP material will be used
for this training and access will be included to on-line practice exams and
flash cards. Please contact Nashville State Community College Workforce Training
Center at
www.workforce.nscc.edu, or you can
call NSCC at 353-3456, for more information and to sign up for the course. Hope
to see you there.
The CSCP class is WIA approved. If you are unemployed you can go through the
Nashville Career Advancement Center to get funding for the course. The phone
number for NCAC is 615-862-8890. It takes a while to get approved. If you are
interested in this funding alternative you will need to get the ball rolling
soon in order to be approved in time for the course.
For more information on the CSCP exams please click here.
November 17, 2009 PDM
Holiday Inn Select Opryland Airport/Briley Parkway. 2200 Elm Hill Pike, Nashville, TN 37214 Phone: (615) 883-9770.
http://www.hinashville.com/directions.html
Meeting starts at 6:00 pm.
Topic: Stress Management
Speaker:
BIO:
Welcome New Members
Mallayya Sastri Kodavanti
Adeniyi Adesokan
Sudhakar V Duvvuri
Rodger Jungling
Ghassan Ajjeh
Rhonda L Gething
2009-2010 Meetings
September 15, 2009
Rick Ross
Top Ten Lists for Your Job Search
October 20, 2009
Paul Reed
RFID
November 17, 2009
Mike Russo
Stress Management
December 15, 2009
Con-Way
Tour of Nashville LTL Terminal (119 Door)
January 19, 2010
Kervin Crumbo
Dick and Jane Bankruptcy
February 16, 2010
Greg Sullivan
Training Within Industry (TWI)
March 16, 2010
Cal Vickers
TBD - "Managing Supply Risk in the Automotive Industry" or "What's Next in Supply Chain?"
April 20, 2010
Eric Schultenover
Legal Overview - Bankruptcy 101
May 18, 2010
TBD
TBD
Meeting location
Holiday Inn Select Opryland Airport/Briley Parkway, 2200 Elm Hill Pike, Nashville, TN
December 15, 2009 Con-Way's location will be posted on the web site later.
CSCP
Certified Supply Chain Professional
Certification Information
APICS recently developed and introduced a new certification - the Certified Supply Chain Professional (CSCP) certification. Read More.
The Middle Tennessee Chapter of APICS has begun working with local Universities to offer the CSCP exam certification preparation course
The CSCP Exam Prep course is a 40 hour course that includes on-line testing, on-line resources, and on-line flashcard style learning. Read More.
If you or your company are interested in the CSCP courses, please contact the MITE Chapter VP Education at Education@APICSNashville.org
CPIM
Certified in Production and Inventory Management
Since 1973, the CPIM program has educated more than 75,000 manufacturing professionals on essential terminology, concepts, and strategies related to demand management, procurement and supplier planning, material requirements planning, capacity requirements planning, sales and operations planning, master scheduling, performance measurements, supplier relationships, quality control, and continuous improvement.
Benefits of CPIM
A CPIM education can help you to
- Increase your functional knowledge of production and inventory
management
- Improve efficiency across the processes of your organization's
supply chain
- Streamline operations through accurate forecasting
- Predict outcomes more accurately
- Maximize customer satisfaction by delivering products and services
Just-in-Time
- Increase profitability by optimizing your organization's inventory
investment
- Enhance your credibility among peers, employers, and customers.
Who should earn the
CPIM designation?
A CPIM education is essential for professionals involved in
- Production and inventory management
- Operations
- Supply chain management
- Procurement
- Materials management
- Purchasing
CPIM Modules
Candidates must pass all exams for the following modules
Basics
of Supply Chain Management
Master
Planning of Resources
Detailed
Scheduling and Planning
Execution
and Control of Operations
Strategic
Management of Resources
Call for Chapter Presenters
Please let us know what you would like to speak at the APICS Middle Tennessee Chapter PDMs. This is a great opportunity if you have a presentation you have been preparing or expect to present at the next APICS International Expo and would like to give the presentation locally first.
If you are interested in speaking or if you would like to suggest a
speaker for the 2008-2009 PDM series, please email your suggestion by clicking
here.
What is APICS
History
Founded in 1957 as the American Production and Inventory Control Society, APICS has since expanded its focus to include a full range of programs and materials on individual and organizational education, standards of excellence, and integrated resource management. To reflect this new direction, we are now known as APICS—Association for Operations Management.
APICS—The Association for Operations Management is a not-for-profit international educational organization respected throughout the world for its education and professional certification programs. With over 60,000 individual and corporate members in 20,000 companies worldwide, APICS is dedicated to using education to improve the business bottom line.
