District Meetings

2008 Program Year

May District Meeting

May 16-17 2008

Sheraton Danbury Hotel

18 Old Ridgebury Road
Danbury, CT
1-800-325-3535
1-203-794-0600

APICS rate is $94.00 and we have until April 16th to register

Guest: Abe Eshkenazi, CEO of APICS
Abe’s presentation will be based upon questions submitted by you, the Northeast District volunteer leadership. Ask a question Here.

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Welcome

APICS Northeast District Website

 APICS is the global leader and premier source of the body knowledge in operations management including production, inventory, supply chain, materials management, purchasing and logistics. Since 1957,individuals and companies have relied on APICS for its superior training; internationally recognized certifications, comprehensive resources and worldwide network of accomplish head industry professionals.

About APICS
APICS - The Association for Operation Management is a not-for-profit international educational organization respected throughout the world for its education and professional certification programs. With nearly 50,000 members in 20,000 companies worldwide, APICS is dedicated to using education to improve the business bottom line.

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Northeast District

Rich in History

The Northeast District of APICS consists of the States of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New York, and Northern New Jersey.  Within this District are 31 Professional Chapters and 12 Student Chapters. Included is APICS Chapter No.1 the New Bedford Chapter located in New Bedford Massachusetts. APICS Chapter #1 New Bedford was formed in 1953 by a group of local manufacturing managers including Isidore Eisner, Edmund Carruth, and Elliott Carruth. In 1956 a national organization of production and inventory control managers was first proposed in Cleveland, Ohio. The next year (1957), APICS was incorporated as a national not-for-profit organization with the New Bedford Chapter receiving the designation of Chapter #1.

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Career Center

Supply Chain Professionals

View hundreds of opportunities by employers like BASF, Goodrich Cargo Systems, and Rovetec at the APICS.org Website, click here to see the...

 APICS Career Center.

Certification Maintenance

A Survey

From time to time I would like to ask questions to get the pulse of the customer related to issues that I see on the Officers list serve. 

I would like to collect data from members who are involved with the Certification Maintenance program, do you think it is relevant?  Does it meet your expectation?  Would you make any recommendations to add value to the program.

Will you take 5 minutes to answer a few questions regarding the program.

Thank you -

Quinn Golden

District Director

Northeast District of APICS

The survey is available Here.

Donald W Fogarty Paper Competition

The Education and Reserach (E&R) Foundation Board of Directors made the decision at their early February board meeting to replace the Donald W. Fogarty (DWF) International Paper Competition. There will be no DWF paper competition this year at the foundation level.

As the E&R Board discussed the DWF program we considered the following facts:

1. There have been some very good papers over the years but there has been a marked decrease in both the quality and quantity of the papers. For instance, in 2007 there were no submissions from four regions. (Some chapters within regions may have run the competitions locally, but did not forward them to the Foundation.)

2. There is no process for using the content of the papers elsewhere in APICS. We seldom receive requests for copies of the papers and they are not incorporated into APICS materials. In many cases, from having been a judge multiple times myself, I would hesitate to use the content for any other purpose. With so much information available electronically today, it is difficult to differentiate the students original thoughts from what has been taken from other sources (which they don't cite very well).

3. We have seen a tremendous increase in the number papers submitted by multiple students. Here is an example from one region (similar examples could be given from other regions), with the names removed. All the papers came from the same school and there were 4 to 5 student names on each paper:

Undergraduate 1st place: Janicki Industries and Capacity Planning - 4 authors

Undergraduate 2nd place: Best Practices in Acquisitions: A Case Study of Acme Corporation – 5 authors

Undergraduate 3rd place: Infrared Data Acquisition Installation at coinstar, Inc. – 5 authors

This does not help us reach more students at more schools. When we attempt to divide the winnings into a check for each individual, it ends up being a small amount and a significant portion of the checks never get cashed.
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