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Southwest District Meeting
West Coast Student Case Competition Winners announced!
40 students from 7 different schools competed as 9 teams
in the 2nd Annual Student Case Competition hosted by the Southwest
District of APICS during the April 11-12, 2008 district meeting
in Buena Park, CA. The first and second place winners were
a team from UNLV and a combined team from Cal State East Bay
and Cal State-Chico, respectively. The winning students will
travel in September to Kansas City to the APICS International
Conference and Expo, where they will again compete against
the winning teams from the Midwest and East Coast case competitions.
All the students did very well under tremendous pressure
– they had about 15 hours to work on the Case study.
Each team had to write a 3 page paper and create a 6-minute
PowerPoint presentation. Then, they presented their solutions
orally to the chapter leaders of the Southwest district APICS
chapters where they were judged by 3 oral judges, while their
papers were judged by 3 written judges. Only 1 point separated
the 1st and 2nd place teams.
Other schools represented were Arizona State, Boise State,
2 teams from Cal State University-Northridge, and 2 teams
from Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo, the school whose team won the
International Case Competition in 2007. The 2007 winners were
present to assist district staff with this competition.
Congratulations to all the students who competed! You are
a credit to your schools and will make wonderful Operations
Management professionals very soon! Our 2009 3rd Annual Student
Case Competition is currently slated for Feb. 5-6, 2009 in
the Los Angeles area. More information soon!
The growth in this program has been phenomenal over the last
2 years. In the first year, we had 9 students from 3 schools
competing on 2 teams. The growth this year to 40 students
can be directly attributed to the efforts made by the District
to reach out to Operations Management professors at schools
within and outside the Southwest District area. To learn more
about how the Southwest District put on this successful event,
contact Barry Solomon, Director of Student Development at
solombar@cox.net or Ellen Kane, Executive Council at: ek@theacagroup.com.
Names of the 1st place team members from UNLV are:
Cole Shinn
Denis Khantimirov
Joe Pignatiello
Nate Curtis
Shaena Friedman
Names of the 2nd place team members and their schools are:
Christina Tsao CSU-Chico
Gina Garitson CSU-E/Bay
Merrill Crowl CSU-Chico
There are 2 links to photos from the event. The first link
shows the photos of each team as they were taken immediately
following their presentations. The 2nd link shows 2 albums
of candid photos from the event. Both are on Walgreen’s
photo site and you do need to create a user ID to see them.
But you can opt out of their advertising. Feel free to download
any of the photos you like for your personal use.
Link to album of teams after their oral presentations: Click
here
Link to photos taken by Darlene Morris (2 albums): Click
here
MILT COOK AWARD NOMINATIONS
Milt Cook Award Nomination Process
It is time to submit nominations of the Milt Cook Award for
2008. The award is presented annually to the individual who
best exemplifies the performance standards set by Milt Cook,
a long time, dedicated APICS member of the San Fernando Valley
Chapter who passed away in 1990. Anyone may nominate any APICS
member they deem worthy of consideration. See the District
SOP (available on the District Website) for information concerning
the award and a list of those who have had it presented to
them in the past.
The 2008 Nomination Form is available on the website. Click
here for nomination form. Please carefully consider any
APICS member you believe may be worthy recipient of this reward
and complete the form outlining the accomplishments of the
individual which makes him or her worthy of consideration.
Please give this process the widest possible dissemination
across SW District – dedicated volunteers are, after
all, what makes APICS “go”. Jimmy Zepeda, SW District
staff has agreed to chair this important activity so, please,
return the completed form to him at jimmeyzepeda@sbcglobal.net
not later than 7 June 2008.
LAPICS Grand Prize Winner
LAPICS has been recognized by APICS as among the 4th Quarter
2007 winners of the Chapter Incentive Program and was also
named the Grand Prize Winner. The Incentive Program recognizes
chapters for their contribution to increase the APICS presence
in their local markets. Chapters across APICS are divided
into 4 groups by size to ensure fairness and winners are selected
based on reports of APICS certification, new members, and
APICS Bookstore sales. The LAPICS Chapter was recognized as
a winner in the area of new members.
As a quarterly winner, the LAPICS Chapter received a prize
and became eligible for the quarterly Grand Prize Drawing.
As the quarterly Grand Prize Winner, the Chapter was able
to select either a laptop computer or an LCD projector for
the Chapter; LAPICS selected the laptop computer.
New Web Address
Accompanying the change from Region 7 to Southwest District
is the coming change of the web address from apics7.org to
apicssouthwest.org. The official changeover will take place
after the April District Meeting to allow everyone to become
familiar with the new URL and to facilitate changes in the
website itself that are not disruptive. In the meantime you
can reach our website by using either
Welcome
Hello
and welcome to the Southwest District of APICS
APICS
Southwest District represents the members and customers of
Southern California, Arizona, Southern Nevada, and Baja Mexico.
We have an active membership that includes over 4500 individuals
and companies supporting APICS's vision of life long learning
for lifetime success.
Each
of the Southwest District's 15 Chapters allow members to hear
real life success stories of production and inventory improvements
through professional development meetings, workshops and seminars,
and CPIM and CIRM certification preparation.
We
at the Southwest District are working diligently to assist
the local chapters with information, training, education products
that will assist you and your company in the coming months
and years. Your local Chapter professionals can provide classes,
networking opportunity, in-house training and seminars to
target and support the continuous improvement process that
many of us are undertaking.
The
Southwest District Staff is ready and able to assist you with
any questions or suggestions that you might have as well as
direct your inquiries to your local Chapter for more personalized
service. Please give us a call or email to let us know how
we're doing or how we may better serve your needs.
Sincerely,
About APICS
APICS
-THE ASSOCIATION FOR OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT
APICS
The Association for Operations Management is the global leader
and premier source of the body of knowledge in operations
management, including production, inventory, supply chain,
materials management, purchasing, and logistics. Since 1957,
individuals and companies have relied on APICS for its superior
training, internationally recognized certifications, comprehensive
resources, and worldwide network of accomplished industry
professionals. To learn more about the APICS community, visit
www.apics.org.
The
organization is divided into fourteen regions consisting of
over 270 chapters. The Southwest District consists of sixteen
professional chapters in California, Arizona, Nevada and Mexico.
In addition, there are student chapters at universities and
colleges within the region.
Membership
Membership
applications for APICS are available on-line. Before
submitting your application we suggest you contact your local
APICS
Chapter to learn more about the membership process
and fees as well as the locations of meetings and classes.
District Meetings
Chapter
presidents and volunteers meet three times a year to exchange
ideas, techniques and methods to improve chapter operations
and the delivery of educational and training services to the
business community.
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