June 2012 Professional Development Meeting
June 12, 2012, Jax Cafe'
Implementing Toyota Production System for Your New Product Launches
presented by: Willen van der Werf, Honeywell
Interested in how your company can integrate lean processes cross functionally to launch new products? Involving marketing, operations, engineering, sourcing and sales? In this presentation, we will review how Velocity Product Development (Honeywell Trademark) improves time to market and margin expansion via a focus on driving value to your customers.
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Events Update:
What's coming up . . .
Customer-Focused Supply Chain Management - June 6th
6Sigma Green Belt Certification Program - class June 7th & 8th
MRP & BOM Workshop- June 7th
June PDM - June 12th
Fall Term Classes start on September 4th
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Member News:
Nominations are coming! Watch your email for the 2012-2013 Board of Directors Ballot coming soon! New Board Members will be introduced at the June Professional Development Meeting.
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Certification is an Achievable Goal!
NEW for 2012-2013, the Twin Cities Chapter is launching the CPIM-1 Program to simplify the process of achieving CPIM Certification! Simply enroll in the program, pencil us in for Tuesday evenings, and you are set to go! Start in September and be CPIM Certified by August! It doesn't get much easier than that. Watch for program details coming soon!
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Online Certification Maintenance
APICS has launched an online Certification Maintenance Program application form, which will enable all certification maintenance candidates to submit applications through the APICS web site. The new submission method offers the following enhancements:
- Pre-populated contact information
- Secure electronic payment
- Automatic response to candidates that the application has been received
- Combined point tracking form and professional development journal
- Quicker response time
- Ability to update and re-submit information if required
- Electronic notification of approval or denial (with specific denial reason) within one week.
A printable form will still be available for those who wish to pay by check. The online and printable application forms can be accessed through http://www.apics.org/careers-education-professional-development/certification/maintenance.
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The Twin Cities Chapter is pleased to recognize the following members:
Board of Directors | Instructors | Volunteers | Company Coordinators |
New Members | Newly Certified Members | Executive Council |
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THE UN-COMFORT ZONE with Robert Wilson Take the Plunge
"I hate you! I'm going to kill you tonight after you fall asleep." screamed nine year old Jerry to his foster mother. It was hard to believe such hateful words could come from this adorable child with big blue eyes and an impish face.
Dee loves Jerry and wants to adopt him, but these angry outbursts frighten her (I have changed their names to protect their privacy). She tries to imagine what he will be like, if he does not learn how to control his anger, when he is a teenager and outsizes her in both height and weight. The court says she has to make a decision this month on whether or not to keep him. And, she is torn about what to do.
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