AUGUST 2007 e-NEWSLETTER

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APICS Florida West Coast Chapter
September 2007 Professional Development Meeting
Speaker: Barry Blood, CPIM
Topic: Cleaning up your ERP/MRP Painlessly

Tuesday, September 11th, 2007
Tucsonís, Clearwater
13563 Icot Blvd
Clearwater, FL 33760
5:30-6:30 Social/Networking Hour
6:30-8:00 Dinner and Speaker Presentation

Most people do not pursue advancing their skill set through out side of work education once they are settled into a job. The Personal Development Program (PDP) is an opportunity to stay abreast of the leading edge theories and techniques of operations management. The advancing of your skill set is a step to winning in the competitive world of employment.

The next Personal Development Program is September 11, 2007. The topic is: Cleaning up your ERP/MRP Painlessly.

One of the biggest problems MRP/ERP users must deal with on a day-to-day basis is Ö.. 'bad', inaccurate data. Data that contaminates the system and causes the output to be 'questionable' at best, 'completely unbelievable' at worst. This presentation will offer a 'painless' process for remedying this situation once and for all. A process that proposes to improve the integrity and usefulness of the MRP/ERP database and therefore improve the believability of the entire MRP/ERP system.

Participants will learnÖ..

how to detect 'bad', inaccurate data in their MRP/ERP system.
how to recognize problems caused by a contaminated database.
a simple 'painless' process that can assure a 'clean', accurate, believable database.

No MRP/ERP system is immune to this problem of 'bad', inaccurate data yet over the years, very few solutions have been proposed. This presentation offers such a solution. One that has been tried and tested and can be used with any MRP/ERP database. [View More....]

Linda Hermann CSCP
Vice President of Programs

PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE

AUGUST 2007

Keith J. Chaisson

As I begin my presidency of the Florida West Coast Chapter, I think of how fortunate I am to be affiliated with such a strong and dynamic chapter. Recently I have been fortunate to visit with other chapter presidents at region meetings. The reorganization of APICS's national structure merges our region with two others forming the new Southeast District. This district includes three chapters that were devastated by Hurricane Katrina - New Orleans, Southern Mississippi and Southern Alabama. When asked to help, our own Jerry Kilty is working with these chapters as their representative and mentor to the region. That shows the level of innovation and organization within our chapter. [View More....]

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