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President's Message
Welcome to the 2010-2011 Winter Newsletter. We are off to a great year
with an increase in Chapter and membership activity. In September we
hosted the 2nd course (MRP) of the CPIM-in-a-Year program with the
plan to offer the 3rd in the series (Detailed Scheduling) in early
2011. In September we also hosted a joint PDM with ISM. A full house
enjoyed a good meal, great networking and a very informational presentation by
Bill Cure on Value Stream Mapping. The feedback from this event was very
positive.
In October eight members of the New Orleans
APICS Chapter attended the International APICS
Conference in Las Vegas. This conference
featured a host of excellent breakout sessions
and speakers. Lt. General Russell Honore’,
known as the Cat 5 General during Katina, was
the featured speaker on the Day 1. His
message was on preparing for disasters, and he
highlighted several concepts that can be applied
to Operation Planning. Honore’ is
originally from Lakewood, LA, and he was very
excited to meet folks from the Who Dat Nation!
The speaker on the second day was Bert Jacobs,
the founder of Life is Good t-shirt company.
The New Orleans Chapter made their presence
known during his talk. Last year Kay Byrd
and I met Wink William, an APICS member from Las
Angeles, and he happened to be asked to go on
stage during Bert’s talk. While he was up
there he gave a shout out to the Who Dats,
which was immediately met with enthusiasm. It
definitely sounded like there were more than 8
of us among the hundreds in attendance!
Later on a few of us had the opportunity to meet
with Bert and have dinner with him. He
made a lasting impression on us, and I know he
won’t forget his New Orleans friends anytime
soon
In November the Chapter finished out
the 2010 calendar year with a plant
tour at Intralox. Thanks to
MaryAnn Caruso and Dinah DeSoto for
hosting this event. APICS will
not be holding a formal meeting in
December. However, we have an
excellent PDM set up for January
with Von Hartley from the Louisiana
Economic Development office that you
do not want to miss.
If you missed the International
conference or are interested in
additional education opportunities,
the Terra Grande APICS Region is
holding a 6-Pack Conference in
Houston March 3rd
and 4th comprising of
two-full days of speakers and
breakout sessions. I attended
this conference 3 years ago, and it
is a excellent conference at a very
reasonable price. The
conference allows companies to be
bring 5 people for the price of 4.
However, the New Orleans Chapter has
worked out an arrangement with them
that we can take advantage of this
offer as a chapter. If you plan on
attending, please let the us know to
see if we can meet this 5 person
threshold.
Next Spring we would like to reach
out to our members in Morgan City,
Thibodeaux, Baton Rouge and
Lafayette and host a PDM in that
area. Please let us hear your
suggestions on location and possible
speakers and topics. We are
looking for ways to serve you
better!
Here’s hoping you have a fabulous
holiday season and that 2011 is your
best year yet! We’ll see you at the
PDM in January.
Shari Ruelas, CPIM, CSCP
President, APICS of New
Orleans Chapter
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