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Mid Atlantic District Meeting

June 12-14, 2009

Location: Richmond, VA

Hotel: DoubleTree Hotel –

Richmond Airport

5501 Eubank Road,

Sandston, VA 23150

Hosted by: Roanoke Regional Chapter

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2009 APICS

International Conference & Expo

October 4-6, 2009

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Metro Toronto Convention Center

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through industry knowledge

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2009-2010 Professional Development Meetings

Meeting Schedule

September 16, 2009

Take the Elevator to Success

Presented by Maryanne Ross & Joni Holeman

Floor 1: Define success for yourself (or for your company)

Floor 2: Set SMART goals for project milestones

Floor 3: Believe success is possible

Floor 4: Work with an accountability partner, mentor or Mastermind group

Express Elevator: Acknowledge the value of lifelong learning

November 18, 2008

Ten Elements of the

Department of Defense

Integrated Logistics Support

The Department of Defense (DOD) uses the Material Acquisition Life Cycle process

when acquiring material and equipment.

The Material Acquisition Life Cycle defines the steps needed to take a validated

material requirement through the phases

of development, selection, procurement, testing, deployment, sustainment and disposal.

January 20, 2009

Update on Winchester-Frederick County Economy

Patrick Barker

Frederick County Planning Commission.

March 24, 2009

TOP MANAGEMENT NIGHT

Harry Smith, CEO & Director

First Bank

TOPIC: Service = Service

May 19, 2009

INSTALLATION OF OFFICERS

If you are interested in attending the sessions, please contact Carmen Bordogna at 540-542-8382 or email by Monday Noon prior to the event date.

Registration 5:30 pm – Dinner 6:00 pm

Dinner & Networking: 6:00 – 7:00 pm

Presentation: 7:00 – 8:00 pm

Cost: $22

Carmen.Bordogna@rubbermaidcommercial.com

Education

Educational Class Schedule

Educational Programs

If interested please contact Wilbert Owens at 540-869-5874.

January 2010

Fundamentals of the Basic of Supply Chain

This course covers basic concepts in managing

the complete flow of materials in a supply chain

and prepares students to complete other APICS

courses that can be applied to the Certified

Professional Inventory Management (CPIM) or

Certified Supply Chain Professional (CSCP).

APICS CPIM designees help to streamline

operations by utilizing the knowledge and skills

received in this program to reduce inventory

levels, improve planning and scheduling of forecasts

and orders and better align the supply chain. With

the APICS CPIM you will have:

· Proven knowledge and organizational

skills to strategically streamline operations.

· Tools to effectively manage global supply

· chain activities where suppliers, plants, distributors and customers are located

around the world.

· The ability to interact with existing resources

and your ERP system to increase the efficiency

of the workplace environment.

· The skills to create consistency and foster collaboration through best practices, common terminology.

Coming Soon!

Master Planning of Resources

Explore the processes used to develop sales and operations plans and identify and assess internal and external demand and forecasting requirements. The course focuses on the importance of producing achievable master schedules that are consistent with business policies, objectives, and resource constraints. Topics include:

· Demand Management

· Sales and Operations Planning

· Master Scheduling

· Measuring Business Performance.

To sign up Contact: Wilbert Owens at 540-869-5874 or email wowens530@comcast.net.

Certified in Production and Inventory Management (CPIM)

This 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.

Certified Supply Chain Professional (CSCP)

This program provides in-depth knowledge and understanding in the areas of supplier and customer relations, international trades, the use of information technology, and physical logistics.

The Fundamentals of Basic Supply Chain

The cost for the class is $525.00 and will be held from 5:30 – 9:30 p.m. every Tuesday and Thursday for eight weeks. The cost includes tuition and books.

If you are interested in attending the next class, please contact Wilbert Owens - Vice President of Education at (540) 869- 5874 or email

wowens530@comcast.net

Message from the President

Chapter Benchmarking and Reporting

Welcome SPRING!

Are you ready for some warm weather? I

know I am. February brought us a lot of snow and a number of cancellations. March will bring Spring and hopefully warmer weather.

Please join us Wednesday, March 24, 2010 for our “Top Management Night” Professional Development Dinner Meeting. We have a great program “Service = Success” planned. Mr. Harry Smith, CEO and Director for First Bank is our guest speaker.

Please note the new location of our meeting: Holiday Inn Historic Gateway, Rt. 522 South, Winchester, VA.

Apple Valley Chapter is currently holding a Fundamentals Basic of Supply Chain Class at Thermo-Fisher. The next class Master Planning of Resources will be starting soon. If you are interested in taking this class, please call Wilbert Owens at 540-869-5874.

Looking forward to seeing you on March 24^th!

Margie Ways

Professional Development Meeting

Wednesday, March 24th

Registration: 5:30 p.m.

Dinner: 6:00 p.m.

Program: 7:00 p.m.

Cost: $22.00

Location: Holiday Inn Historic Gateway

Rt. 522 South – Winchester, VA

Meeting Reservations: Please contact Carmen Bordogna at 540-542-8382 or email Carmen.Bordogna@rubbermaidcommercial.com

by Monday Noon prior to the event date.

The chapter needs its members support!

Come and enjoy the networking with Apple Valley,

and bring a friend!

Apple Valley needs volunteers from the membership

to serve on the Board of Directors. If you are

interested, please contact me at

mways@blueridgectc.edu or call (304) 260-4380

x2402.

Apple Valley Chapter is Now

Part of District 9

Society has moved Apple Valley Chapter to

Mid-Atlantic District that will support Virginia, DC,

Maryland, Ohio, New Jersey and Pennsylvania.

Apple Valley Chapter has been a part of Region XI

since it began the Chapter in late 80’s. This moved

will allow the Apple Valley Chapter to participate in

more of the District meetings. The Region XI

meetings that were often held 8 to 10 hours away.

Apple Valley is centrally located in Mid-Atlantic

District. Our board has already attended four of the

six District meetings that have been held. The first

meeting was held in Gettysburg, PA and the second

meeting took place in Harrisburg, PA. The third

District Meeting is was held in Richmond, VA.

Several board members attend the first meeting for

2008-2009 year in February 2009 at Harrisburg, PA

which made number four for the chapter. A number

of the board members plan to attend the June 2009

meeting in Richmond, VA.

APICS Society relocated to Chicago, IL

in January 2008. There will be a few APICS

employees that will maintain the Washington, DC

Office during 2008 year. Apple Valley Chapter will

kept the members updated as the move takes place.

If you have questions or concerns, please feel free

to give our board members a call or email us. Just

click on our names on the top left hand side of the

webpage.

Apple Valley Chapter

Board Members

President: Margie Ways

VP Marketing: Larry Miller

VP Education: Wilbert Owens

VP Arrangements: Carmen Bordogna

Treasurer: Charles Butler

Company Coordinator: Donnie Strosnider

Secretary: Doug Ways

Board Advisors: Debbie Godlove, Pat Kofalt

Company Coordinators

Donnie Strosnider, Coordinator

540-542-8397

Rubbermaid - Donnie Strosnider

Donnie.Strosnider@rubbermaidcommercial.com

540-542-8397

Fisher Diagnostics - Larry Unger

Larry.Unger@thermofisher.com /540-869-8326

Blue Ridge CTC - Margie Ways

mways@blueridgectc.edu /304-260-4381

Federal Mogul – Roger Cain

roger.cain@federalmogal.com /540-665-2276

Toray Plastics – Donald Steele

Don.steele@torarytpa.com /540-542-8397 X509

American Woodmark – David Johnson

djohnson@woodmark.com /540-665-9373

HP Hood – Wandette Chin

wandette.chin@hphood.com /540-868-7720

Berwick Offray LLC – Tammy Burch

tammy.burch@berwickoffray.com /540-722-5600 X170

N W Works – Tina Martin

tmartin@nwworks.com / 540-667-0809

Please contact Donnie Strosnider if you are interested in representing your company as a coordinator.