SEPTEMBER 2008 e-NEWSLETTER

This month's PDM is themed based on the Tampa Bay Rays. They are having such a great year, we'd like to have everyone wear their Rays gear in honor of their "run to the pennant". Door prizes will include Rays gear.

Greetings to my fellow APICS Florida West Coast Chapter members, guests and friends.

As we wind down from summer and head into fall, itís time to prepare for our 2008-2009 Professional Development Meeting season. I have put together a great set of presenters for our meetings, with both local and national speakers in the mix. Kicking off our Tuesday, September 9th PDM at Tucson's Restaurant is Kevin S. Gerrish, Director of Operations for Conax Florida Corporation, a division of Cobham. Kevinís presentation will be on ìChange Management ñ Bringing LEAN Into An Organizationî.

Specifically Kevin will be addressing how to bring LEAN/6-SIGMA into an organization from the initial strategic direction to the tactical-level implementation. He will offer stories and results from the LEAN transformation (still in progress) of Conax Florida Corporation ñ setting up Value Streams and integrating the functionalities of Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Engineering, Quality, Finance, Business Development.

Kevinís background includes a BSEE (Rochester Institute of Technology) and MBA (Pepperdine University), 14 US Patents, and the following affiliations:

Member IEEE
Member Tau Beta Pi (National Engineering Honor Society)
Served on Board of Directors for Arnold Electronics (2005 ñ 2007)
Served on Electrical engineering Department Advisory Board for the Rochester Institute of Technology (2004 ñ 2006)
Member of Professor for a Day Program for California State University at Fullerton (2006 ñ 2007)

Kevinís professional focus and interests revolve around organizational development of LEAN in multiple enviroments, (front office, back office, assembly, supply chain, etc.) and Electronics / embedded control systems.

Please make plans to attend our PDP. Reservations can be made by clicking on the link to the right

Best regards,
Craig Williams, CPIM
VP Programs APICS ñ FLWC

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PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE

September begins the new season for the Florida West Coast Chapter of APICS. As we begin our season, I can't help but consider another season that is coming to an end with GO RAYS!!!!!! Rays

They have become an inspiration to us to constantly strive for improvement.

During our strategic planning session at our transition meeting, we established a plan to make sure that you, our customers, are achieving maximum benefit from your membership. You may see some things change as we begin to implement feedback from our members. Don't be surprised to see some surveys during the PDM as well as future electronics surveys. [Read the entire message...]

Keith Chaisson
APICS-FLWC
Chapter President

New members

Guillermo Romero
Linda Jagnow
Aimee Ayers

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