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APICS DC Metro Chapter August 2011w w w .apicsdcm etro.org Volume 12 Issue 8

In This Issue

Upcoming Events

Our Programs

Our Instructors

Calendar of Events

Welcometo

New Members

Sushanth Allapalli Kaleb BrownlowRaul BoulocqDouglas Kim John Maroglio

Education: More important than ever

Welcome to the 2nd annual education edition of our newsletter!

Weird times, aren't they? Last week we were headed into a dreaded double dip recession, but this week we've somehow avoided it; not just the double dipping, but also another recession. What will next week bring? Despite all the unknowns about where the economy is headed, Operations and Supply Chain Management remain a constant bright spot, as the following publicity attests:

Supply Chain made #1 on Fortune magazine's blog, "2011's hottest job you never thought of."

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MIT's Center for Transportation & Logistics has come out with an insightful White Paper, "Are You Prepared for the Supply Chain Talent Crisis?" Also quoted in the Fortune blog, this White Paper cites talent recruitment and retention as one of Supply Chain leaders' top concerns.

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UPS's innovative TV commercial provides a great perspective on supply chain. Click on the image to view.

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UPS: We Love Logistics

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Tim Pender Kelly Sinclair, CSCP Gerald VernoPhuc Vuong

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How to stay competitive? Education! Education and training are often sought out during economic downturns. Employees used the recession to reassess their skills and reconnect to career dreams, while employers re-evaluated their workforce and increased best practices. Even President Obama recognized the value of education by including it as one of the ways to "create new jobs and save existing jobs' when he signed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act in 2009.

Are you or your employees getting the education and training needed to stay in the game? Prepare by getting certified or taking other valuable professional training with APICS DC Metro. We boast a higher pass rate versus other APICS chapters and a faster ROI.

In this Issue:

Our Programs: We offer the full-range of APICS' globally recognized certification programs and Principles of Operations Management curriculum.

Our Instructors: Our Instructors have industry experience, are APICS trained and certified and not just teach but also know how to enhance course content. With more instructors now on board, we offer more courses and locations. A bonus in this traffic-clogged city!

We would not exist without our education sponsors who host and support our programs. Check them out in the left-hand column. Our deepest gratitude to you all!

Many thanks and blessings,

Joni

Joni Holeman, CFPIM, CIRM, CSCPVP Education APICS DC Metro

The purpose of learning is growth, and our minds, unlike our bodies, can continue growing as long as we live.

- Mortimer Adler

Upcoming Events

August 25-26, 2011Pitch Perfect Presentations

Do you want to increase the quality of your communications?

Are you trying to develop or hone your leadership skills?

Join APICS DC Metro for 1-on-1 coaching on presentation skills in a variety of situations from pitching ideas to coworkers to sharing your leadership vision.



Dates: August 25-26, 2011Cost: $895 (Members), $1,195 (Nonmembers) Location: Holiday Inn College Park, 1000 Baltimore Ave, College Park, MD

Metro: Greenbelt Station on the Green Line

For more info and to register: Click Here.

Our Programs

APICS programs are recognized worldwide as providing operations management professionals with relevant, essential education that equips them for today's fast-changing marketplace. Courses offered by DC Metro emphasize hands-on training and are customized to engage all types of adult learning styles. We offer three types of training options: Professional Development Workshops, Certification Review Courses and Principles Workshops.

Our current courses are listed below. New courses are added throughout the year, so be sure to check our calendar and website often. For any questions, contact Joni Holeman at [email protected].

Professional Development Workshops

Professional Development Workshops are designed to improve supply chain professionals' core competencies and complement APICS programs. They are created by training and industry experts to respond to local market challenges. Workshops are taught by instructors who have experience within the field and can offer an industry perspective. Attendance is limited to allow for an optimal learning environment.

Pitch-Perfect Presentation Skills 8/25-26/11 Silver Spring, MD Way beyond Toastmasters! For sales reps, team leaders, project managers, department heads--anyone who needs to get more effective at communicating under pressure.

Evolved Strategic Planning Seminar 10/21/11 Sterling, VA Featuring 6 of the most dynamic, interactive presenters in North America!

Aligning Your Career with the New Normal 11/9/11 Crystal City, VA 3-hr miniworkshop followed by panel discussion on new hiring trends Facilitated by Gary Pezzuti, Summit Partners

Extreme Science of SCM Seminar 5/11/2012 Arlington, VA Co-sponsored with APUS, AST&L, CSCMP, SCC & Thunderbird Alumni Assn. Hosted by GMU



APICS Certification Review Courses

Certification Review Courses are intensive review courses lead by approved APICS instructors to help students prepare for the CSCP and CPIM exams. Given the extensive amount of information shared in these courses, they emphasize class discussion and interactive activities. Exercises such as the Operations Planning & Control flash cards help students easily memorize all the myriad functions that fall under Business Planning. Instructors also include worksheets and handouts which help to reinforce the course materials.

Certified Supply Chain Professional (CSCP)The CSCP program is the global standard of expertise for supply chain professionals. The program includes four modules that cover supply chain management fundamentals, operations planning & logistics, customer & supplier relationship management, and IT in the supply chain.

Sterling, VA / Sep 12 - Dec 5 (9 Monday evenings)•Bethesda, MD / Oct 21 & 28, Nov 4 & 18 (4 Fridays)•Herndon, VA / Oct 29, Nov 5 & 9 & Dec 3 (4 Saturdays)•Sterling, VA / Feb 13 - Apr 16, 2012 (Monday evenings)•Herndon, VA / Mar 24 & 31; Apr 14 & 21, 2012 (Saturdays)•Sterling, VA / May 14 - July 16, 2012 (Monday evenings)•Herndon, VA / Jun 2, 9, 16 & 30, 2012 (4 Saturdays)•

"I highly recommend the CSCP class for those wanting to fully understand what the supply chain entails. Supply chain is a vital part of our operation and I intend to utilize the training course to establish Customer and Supplier Relations Management concepts to maximize efficiency in our operations."

Certified in Production and Inventory Management (CPIM)The CPIM program is the global standard of expertise for operations professionals. It includes five modules which distill over 50 years of commercial best practices, enabling practitioners to optimize a firm's internal fulfillment processes. Its capstone course, Strategic Management of Resources, is the only graduate level training for strategic and business planning available locally.

All five modules must be taken to complete the CPIM program. Each module concludes with an exam.

Module 1: Basics of Supply Chain Management (BSCM)

Sterling, VA / Jan 21 & 28; Feb 4 & 11, 2012 (4 Saturdays)•

Module 2: Master Planning of Resources (MPR)

Sterling, VA / Mar 3, 10 & 17, 2012 (Saturdays)•

Module 3: Detailed Scheduling & Planning (DSP)

Fairfax, VA / Oct 11 - Dec 6 (Tuesday lunchtimes)•Sterling, VA / Apr 28, May 5 & 12, 2012 (Saturdays)•

Module 4: Execution & Control of Operations (ECO)

Sterling, VA / Sep 10, 17 & Oct 1 (3 Saturdays)•Huntsville, AL / Oct 3-5 (Mon-Wed)•Fairfax, VA / Jan 17 - Mar 6, 2012 (Tuesday lunchtimes)•



Sterling, VA / Jul 14, 21 & 28, 2012 (Saturdays)•

Module 5: Strategic Management of Resources (SMR)

Sterling, VA / Oct 8, 15 & 29 (3 Saturdays)•Huntsville, AL / Jan 9-11, 2012 (Mon-Wed)•Fairfax, VA / Mar 27 - May 22, 2012 (Tuesday lunchtimes) •

Principles of Operations Management ProgramAPICS Principles has been developed for those new to operations management, midsized companies working to develop fundamental skills in operations management or large organizations seeking to establish core competencies across teams. The program provides:

Core knowledge to increase efficiency, reduce redundancy, and improve consistency within an organization

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Foundational skills and the education necessary to begin pursuing an APICS certification

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Opportunities to test understanding of concepts through practice exams and exercises.

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Among the topics presented are inventory management fundamentals, ordering procedures, replenishment policies, purchasing management, Just-in-Time and lean methodologies, and inventory performance measurement.

We currently offer the following APICS Principles courses:

Principles of Inventory Management (PIM)- Sterling, VA / Sep 12, 19 & 26 (3 Mondays)

Principles of Operations Planning (POP)- Bethesda, MD / Nov 5, 12 & 19 (3 Saturdays)

Principles of Distribution & Logistics (PDL)- Bethesda, MD / Mar 3, 10 & 17, 2012 (3 Saturdays)

For additional details and to register for these workshops, contact Joni Holeman at [email protected].

You can teach a student a lesson for a day; but if you can teach him to learn by creating curiosity, he will continue the learning process as long as he lives.

- Clay P. Bedford

Our Instructors

The Instructors at DC Metro make all the difference in our educational programs. Our baseline requirement is that they be certified in the courses they teach. Additionally, our instructors:

Receive training in presentation skills and adult learning styles.•Have written web courses for Accenture's Supply Chain Academy•



Have presented at APICS annual and regional conferences, such as Congress for Progress, Seminar One, 6-Packed

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Retake exams for modules they teach at least once every two years.•Maintain a 4.0 (Very Good) or higher ranking based on student evaluations.

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We are fortunate to have the following instructors partnering with us:

Joni Holeman, CFPIM, CIRM, CSCPJoni has over 25 years of planning, materials management and manufacturing experience in businesses ranging from custom lighting, value engineering, electronics and remanufacturing. Every point along her career path prepared her for the concepts she now teaches at APICS DC Metro.

Joni is also President of Affirmation Training Inc., an operations and supply chain best practice training provider placing special emphasis on human potential principles.

An obsessive compulsive volunteer, Joni is a Past President of the DC Metro APICS Chapter and currently serves as VP of Education. An avid believer in Chapter development, she coaches nonprofits on how to successfully sell their invisible services. Joni writes online and instructor-led curricula, develops interactive Workshops and is a frequent conference speaker.

Angela Long, CSCPAngela joined APICS in 2010 and is the newest member of our teaching team. She focuses on CSCP and the customer side of Supply Chain. She has a background in marketing communications and focuses on effective response to customer needs.

Angela is also the Editor of DC Metro News.

Angela holds an MS in Management from Boston University and a BA from Converse College.

Irvin Varkonyi, CSCP, PLogIrv has been teaching with APICS since 2007. He specializes in CSCP and has developed courseware in Supply Chain Resilience and Preparedness and Cargo Security Management. He teaches online regularly as an adjunct professor with the American Public University's School of Management. When not teaching APICS courses, you can find him at George Mason University's School of Public Policy where he teaches a popular course in Transportation Security.

Irv is also President of Supply Chain Operations Preparedness Education (SCOPE), a firm offering

training and consulting in organizational preparedness for private and public sector organizations.

Irv holds an MBA from The Thunderbird Global School of Management and a BA from Clark University.

APICS DC Metro is the Washington, DC area chapter of APICS, The Association for Operations Management. APICS is the global



leader and premier source of body of knowledge in supply chain and operations management, including production, inventory, materials management, purchasing, and logistics. For more info, visit www.APICS.org.

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