Wednesday, November 5th

Central Jersey APICS Presents:

A Plant Tour at: Union Beverage

Hosted by: Alex Groves, Director, Inventory Control & Materials Mgmt

Union Beverage Packers, LLC, located in Hillside, NJ, was established in 2004 by a group of private investors. The company now employs more than 150 employees in a three shift, 24 hour operation.

Union Beverage Packers is the proud contract co-packer of world class brand names such as Coca-Cola's Glaceau Vitamin Water & PowerAde, Apple & Eve, BOT Beverages, Healthy American Beverages, Function, Mother Parkers, Sonu, SunOpta, Arizona and Lifestyle Beverages. NEW to our family we are proud to announce

the following new customers, Monster, Langers, 3rd Generation, and Title Sports.

The first hot fill line was commissioned by Fuze Beverage and went into production in July 2004 and was operated by a handful of employees during a one, ten hour shift. Over the next two years, volume grew steadily increasing to three, eight hour shifts.

In 2006, the second hot-fill production line was installed and commissioned. The new line runs plastic bottles and can fill up to 750 bottles per minute. In July 2008, the third hot-fill filler and thermal system were installed as an extension to the existing Line 2. Both fillers combined can produce up to 1,200 to 1,400 bottles per minute. In 2013 modifica-tions to the lines allowed for the filling of both carbonated and non-carbonated cans.

The plant has the capability to fill, heat set PET and glass bottles of sizes ranging from 10 oz. to 32 oz. plus larger sizes in the near future. (Coming soon, the capability to fill sizes such as 64oz, 96oz.) Union Beverage is proudly approved by OCIA (all organic production) and has the capability to do small or large production batch sizes to suit the customer needs

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Union Beverage Packers LLC – 600 North. Union Avenue – Hillside, NJ 07205

5:30 – 6:15 Registration & Networking

6:15 – 6:30 President’s Welcome & Chapter Business

6:30 – 7:15 Hot Buffet Dinner & Discussion

7:15 – 8:15 Presentation, Discussion & Plant Tour

With Reservations: $40, Full-Time Students: $20

Must Pre-Register by PayPal Only

Register at: www.APICS-CJer.org

Max 30 people - Must wear closed shoes - No hanging jewelry

Parking information: Turn into the trailer parking area to the right as soon as you turn off North Union Ave.

Parking is available closer to the building. Park in any space, additional parking is available across the street.

Enter the building through the door on the left of the white roll-up door next to loading bay # 1.

Executive Message : “I Want… and Therefore I Deserve…”

As most of you know, I am a recruiter / placement professional… good or bad, that’s what I do. Recently, a young man called and announced that although he worked for a ‘good company’ and had a ‘great boss’ he was ‘on the market’. The obvious question was why… He began with the ‘fact’ that he deserved a raise; firmly stated he was ready for a management position; explained further that the company expected too much of their employees (he had to get to his children’s after-school events)… and ended again with money – the bonus was not ‘a sure thing’. As you may expect… I quizzed him a bit asking, “What more, specifically, do you plan on giving the company in exchange for the additional money?” He was stumped… and after the third inquiry mumbled something about “… well, I deserve it… and I have a mortgage now…” Looking for a different approach, I asked what courses in Management had he taken recently. His response was he had taken some management courses in college… and had been in this position for seven years, therefore he was entitled to a man-agement position. “Are you a member of APICS?” I asked and he explained he didn’t have the time because of his family obligations. So I asked him how did he plan on devoting more time to an employer as a manager with all the managerial responsibilities? As you would expect, that did not compute at all. And we never did get to the issue of bonuses and that they are based on performance AND profitability. The Sad News is he may never see the ‘big picture’ … and become a perpetual ‘victim’. The Good News is that this individual is not in the majority. The Bad News is there are more of these people than there should be. The Great News is it doesn’t take all that much to out-perform / out-shine them. If you are reading this, the odds are that you are a contributor rather than whiner. This is a good thing… but are you willing to take your efforts, career AND income to the next level? And what, specifically, are you willing to invest in return? SUGGESTIONS:

Go back to school / continue your formal education…

Enroll in an APICS or other Professional Development courses…

Take a Dale Carnegie or similar Personal Development course…

Invest an additional 2 to 4 hours per week in your current position…

Track your monthly accomplishments… why else would they pay you…

Serve in a Not-For-Profit position with APICS, your community or your church…

Identify and accept that you are not willing to invest any more than at your current rate in your career… and enjoy your newfound freedom from ‘the rat race’.

A ‘wrong decision’ can be corrected – you can always change directions… but ‘indecision’ will squander your energy and deplete your talents –

while going nowhere and achieving nothing. Michael Golf 7.62

Continued Success And Fulfillment, Gary W. Pezzuti APICS Central Jersey Chapter Education News The Central Jersey Chapter offers both Public supply chain management courses and Private courses tailored to the specific needs of individual companies. Day and evening classes are offered If you are interested in holding CPIM Classes or the CFSCM at your company , please contact Arthur Shaffer at 908-403-2803, abshaffer@yahoo.com

Education Schedule: Public evening classes 6pm to 9pm Class Date Registration Deadline

BSCM-Basics of Supply Chain Tuesday Sept 23, 2014 10 classes Class in progress

MPR-Master Planning of Resources Monday Jan 06, 2015 8 classes Dec 11, 2014

DSP-Detailed Scheduling and Planning Monday Dec 1, 2014 8 classes Nov 7, 2014

ECO-Execution and Control of Operations Monday Feb 16 , 2015 9 classes Jan 23, 2015

SMR-Strategic Management of Resources Monday May 04, 2015 8 classes Apr 06, 2015

CSCSP Certified Supply Chain Professional Monday TBD 6 classes TBD

All Public CPIM classes are held at The Hotel Somerset – 110 Davidson Avenue – Somerset, NJ 732-560-0500

For a complete description of the classes or to register for a class, go to:

http://www.apics-cjer.org/Education.html

E0817 Material Planner/Buyer - Direct the day-to-day planning, purchasing, and expediting activities that support the manufacture to order production cells to ensure uninterrupted production.

E0814 Buyer / Planner- Responsible for the direction and coordination of daily production, planning and scheduling production in work centers; maintaining a dispatch list; quoting; placing orders; expediting raw material requirements; and controlling inventory levels

E0813 Director of Quality Systems- Responsible for the Quality Systems as they relate to Investigations, Training, and Auditing of Suppliers and CMOs.

E0812 Somerset Packaging Manager- Manage the filling and packaging operations of blisters, bottles, and cartons.

E0811 Somerset Purchasing Manager- Run purchasing and sourcing functions

EXPAND YOUR SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT CREDENTIALS

Introducing the APICS Sales and Operations Planning certificate

APICS offers a comprehensive, forward-looking program that will prepare you to collaboratively participate in the sales and operations

planning (S&OP) process.

Individuals who hold the APICS S&OP certificate have received a required number of educational contact hours in core and elective

S&OP topics. By earning this certificate, you demonstrate your commitment to and understanding of the principles and functions of

sales and operations planning.

How to earn the APICS S&OP certificate

To earn the certificate, you must complete 12 contact hours of APICS education - 7 from the core topics and 5 from the elective topics.

Ways to complete educational hours:

APICS S&OP Seminars These 7-hour events give you a comprehensive look at the elements of data collection, performing demand

and supply planning, and conducting the pre- and executive S&OP meetings for your organization. They include 7 of the 7 required core

topics toward the APICS S&OP certificate.

APICS 2014, Best of the Best S&OP Conferences By attending key S&OP educational sessions at either APICS 2014 or the Best of the

Best S&OP Conferences you can earn up to 5 of the 5 required elective topics necessary to earn your certificate.

Young Professionals' Networking Event – November 13

Please join us November 13, 2014 from 6 pm to 8 pm at the Blu Lounge at the Hotel Somerset – Bridge-

water for a night of networking with local young professionals and members of the APICS Central NJ

Board of Directors! Light refreshments will be provided by the Central NJ APICS Chapter.

110 Davidson Ave., Somerset, NJ 08873.

RSVP is requested to david.j.betz1@gmail.com if you are attending the event.

New Career Opportunities…(visit our website for the complete job list)

WELCOME NEW MEMBERS Nicole Krisztan

Jessica Thompson Ferrero USA

Cesar Troconis Verizon Wireless

Diane Brooks DuPont

Prince Amoako BMS

Scott Kurtzman

David Benney Ferrero USA

Chithra Lakshmanan Paulaur Corporation

Meriem Cisse Garti

APICS CENTRAL JERSEY CHAPTER WELCOMES STUDENTS TO OUR PDM & TOUR EVENTS

Jasdeep Sandhu www.linkedin.com/pub/jasdeep-sandhu/64/698/859

Chantal Supardi www.linkedin.com/pub/chantal-supardi/a5/168/165

www.APICS-CJER.org

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