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January 13, 2009 Speaker: Dick Verbeek, CPIM CIRM CSCP Tucsonís, Clearwater MAP 13563 Icot Blvd Clearwater, FL 33760 5:30 - 6:30 Social Hour 6:30 - 8:00 Dinner and Speaker Presentation TOPIC: Challenging Your Supply Chain Carbon Footprint Paradigms Be prepared for a highly interactive event as Dick Verbeek CPIM CIRM CSCP explores and challenges many of your beliefs as they relate to "green supply chains". Do some of these paradigms prevent us from achieving our desired organizational goals? Audience input will be combined with North American survey data to identify several critical concepts concerning the measurement, and subsequent reduction of the carbon footprint of global supply chains. Utilizing government, industry, and environmental data, he will help you to understand the carbon footprint generated by global supply chains. Subsequently, Mr. Verbeek will present a series of thought provoking optimization paradigms that will help you to enhance your supply chain performance. [CLICK HERE] To read the full details.... Keith J. Chaisson From everyone of the APICS Florida West Coast Chapter Board of Directors, we wish you a very Happy New Year. As we head into 2009, we foresee a very challenging time for industries. We've seen so much in the news about the troubles with the economy, we won't go into details here. However, on thing that APICS provides is a method to level the playing field between customers and vendors. Using a common vocabulary and a consistent body of knowledge, companies have a distinct advantage over their competitors who are not as business savvy. Historical records show that downturns in the economy have proved that companies using strategies incorporating the APICS philosophy have a distinct advantage. [CLICK HERE] To read the full details.... Visit the Chapter's job postings 
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