The Southern Willamette Valley Chapter of

APICS

The Association of Operations Management
Presents
A 10 week course 4 hours per day

Certified Supply Chain Professional (CSCP)

Instructors: Daniel Castle, Lean Sigma Master Black Belt PE, PMP, CFPIM, CIRM, CSCP
When:Beginning January 7^th, 2009  @ 4:00pm.
Where:Data Logic, Inc. Eugene, OR

The Certified Supply Chain Professional (CSCP) program is a new industry educational and certification program created to meet the rapidly changing needs of the supply chain management field.

From the manufacturing to the service industry, regardless of whether a company is serving business or consumer markets or is for profit or not-for-profit, the increasingly important role of supply chain management is affecting all organizations. Customers already expect good quality at low prices, and speed of delivery is becoming more important. As a result, effective supply chain management has become essential to successfully compete in today's global marketplace.

The CSCP program takes a broad view of the field, extending beyond internal operations to encompass all the steps throughout the supply chain—from the supplier, through the company, to the end consumer—and provides you with the knowledge to effectively manage the integration of these activities to maximize a company's value chain.

Benefits of the CSCP Program

After earning your CSCP designation, you will

• Learn to boost productivity, collaboration, and innovation
• Discover how to positively affect lead times, inventory, productivity, and bottom-line profitability
• Understand how to manage the integration and coordination of activities to achieve reduced costs and increase efficiencies and customer service
• Gain the knowledge to effectively and efficiently manage worldwide supply chain activities
• Achieve greater confidence and peer and industry recognition
• Enjoy the potential for career advancement and increased earnings

Who should pursue the CSCP education and designation?

The CSCP program is for professionals in operations and supply chain management. This designation is ideal for you if you are:

• Interested in more depth of knowledge and understanding in the areas of supplier and customer relations, international trade, the use of information technology to enable the supply chain, and physical logistics.
• A professional who is consulting or teaching supply chain functions
• Working with enterprise resources planning (ERP) systems.

The CSCP program will help you advance your career while giving you the foundation to improve your company's competitive position and profitability.

CSCP Domains

The APICS CSCP Learning System contains four print modules offering more than 800 pages of material. The following is a brief overview of what you will learn.

Registration Deadline: December 17th, 2008

Registration Information: click here

The Southern Willamette Valley Chapter of

APICS

The Association of Operations Management
Presents

A 10 week course 3 hours per evening

APICS Lean Enterprise Workshop Series

Instructor: Pat Belding, CPA, CPIM, Business Coach, Jones and Roth, CPA’s
When: Beginning January 7^th, 2009 @ 5:00pm.
Where: Jones and Roth, CPA’s, Eugene, OR

As more organizations decide to go lean, demand is escalating for a skilled team and systemwide approach for developing and implementing lean project plans. This course is designed to equip you with the broad knowledge and tools to map the transformation for developing a lean culture at your organization.

This workshop will allow you to

• Complete a self-assessment to determine your organization's readiness to implement lean
• Gain practical experience analyzing how to incorporate lean into organizations
• Leave with a project plan for implementing lean into your organization

The APICS Lean Enterprise Workshop Series is organized to enable you to approach and understand the lean transformation process systematically. Using scenarios from a fictitious company, Murphy's Toys, you will be tasked with finding lean solutions to a myriad of challenges. This method will provide you with the flexibility to immediately customize what you've learned and implement it at your own organization.

There are seven workshops in the series:
Introduction
You will gain an overview of the many components of implementing
a lean transformation in your organization and gauge your
organization's readiness through a hands-on assessment.

Lean Culture
Explore the effects of a lean implementation on your employees
and learn about the importance of teams. The Kaizen, a team-
oriented continuous improvement event will be introduced in this
section.

Value Stream Mapping
Learn about value stream mapping and this tool's value for
viewing processes and determining potential areas of
improvement. Draw a current state map and then learn about
concepts to help you improve your future state.

Stability and Process Improvements
Learn how to improve process stability, achieve demand stability
and improve manufacturing process efficiencies.

Just-in-Time
Determine customer demand, standard work, line balancing and
many other tools to meet customer demand. Participants will
explore the use of a heijunka system to meet customer demand
through a hands-on activity.

Measuring
Review the way a lean company measures and align measurements
with objectives. Topics include lean accounting, inventory
costs, target costs and lead time.

Sustaining
Learn about the long-term changes to sustain the gains made.
Topics include lean design, analyzing failures and ensuring
ongoing quality control and continuous improvement.

Registration Deadline: December 17th, 2008

Registration Information: click here

THE UN-COMFORT ZONE with Robert Wilson

                                                What Drives Your Desire?

It was love at first sight.  I was a 15 year old working as a parking lot cashier, when a brand new car pulled up to the booth.  I’d never seen anything like it; it was a new model from Toyota called Celica.  Approaching the legal driving age, I dreamed of owning a car.  Now my dream had a form.  For the next two years, I saved all my money and during that time a Celica couldn’t come within my peripheral vision without my noticing it.  It was the only car I wanted.  I went to the showroom dozens of times to sit in it, feel it, smell it.  I talked with every owner of one who passed through my parking lot.  I was driven.

 Unfortunately, a new one was too expensive, so I looked in the newspaper every day for a used one, but I was always more than $1,000 short.  At 17 and half years old, borrowing my parents car was painful.  The desire and the peer pressure to own a car – any car – was nearly overwhelming, and my dream was wavering.  My friends began suggesting cars that I could afford.  Then my Dad introduced me to a car wholesaler.  When I met with him, I reluctantly gave him a list of cars I thought I could afford.  As we talked about them, he seemed to sense my lack of enthusiasm.  He pressed me, “Are there any others you’re interested in?” “Well... there’s the Toyota Celica,” I replied, “but I know I can’t afford it.”  He jotted it down and said, “You let me worry about that.”  My eyes lit up as he asked me about colors and options.  Then he drew a big circle around the word Celica.  Less than a week later, he phoned me.  He found one I could afford.  It had a small dent in the fender which I could fix for under $100.  Cha-ching Desire satisfied.

 When was the last time you were obsessed with something?  Desire is a powerful motivator, but unlike Fear it cannot be easily triggered. Oh, sure, I can create a television ad depicting a thick juicy steak sizzling on a grill and make your mouth water.  Maybe I can even get you off the couch and into your car to go get one.  As a marketer, an employer, or even as a parent, I can plant the seeds of desire, but in order for it to blossom, it must develop from within.  Once it takes root, Desire has the amazing ability to drive itself.  When it becomes very powerful, we call it Ambition.  So few people reach this level that we use the word Hunger to describe it because that is a Desire that everyone can understand.

When you observe the world’s most successful people - - in business, sports, or politics - - you see that Desire takes precedence over every other aspect of their lives.  As Frank Sinatra sings in I’ve Got You Under My Skin: “I’d sacrifice anything come what might.” Most us have many things we are unwilling to sacrifice.  Family and friends are two of the most common.  Winners give their Desire complete attention, focus and energy.  Michael Jordan is an excellent example; he became one of the greatest basketball players by making 2000 practice shots everyday.  Are you that dedicated to your dream?

On the other hand, perhaps you gain more satisfaction from your hobbies than your work.  In that case, you probably wish you could spend more time pursuing them instead of your job.  That is because pleasure is the force that fans the flames of Desire.  Marsha Sinetar in her book Do What You Love the Money Will Follow writes: “When you study people who are successful...it is abundantly clear that their achievements are directly related to the enjoyment they derive from their work.”  Are you ready to give up everything for your Desire?

Robert Evans Wilson, Jr. is a motivational speaker and humorist.  He works with companies that want to be more competitive and with people who want to think like innovators.  For more information on Robert's programs please visit www.jumpstartyourmeeting.com.

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