Awards

MILT COOK AWARD

Milt Cook was a member of APICS Southwest District who exemplified all the dedication and guiding principles that APICS was founded upon. Milt was enthusiastic, involved, and gave 100 percent in everything he did for his chapter and the District. Unfortunately, he died in 1990. 

The District adopted the Milt Cook Award in his honor as our highest award for service and dedication to the District and principles of APICS. This award is bestowed each year upon the member who has stood out as the kind of person that Milt Cook was.

Nominate a SW District Member for this award

Milt Cook Award Recipients

2011	Lisa Anderson, CSCP	Inland Empire Chapter
2010	Preston Blevins	San Diego Chapter
2009	Kirk Prather	LAPICS
2008	Sandy Friedman	San Diego Chapter
2007	Bill Garrison	Anaheim Chapter
2006	Ben Schlussel	Inland Empire Chapter
2005	Jimmy Zepeda	Anaheim Chapter
2004	Ray Blinde	San Fernando Valley Chapter #110
2003	Bill Montgomery	Orange County Chapter
2002	Jim Tarr	Los Angeles Chapter
2001	Dave Johnson	Phoenix #58
2000	Ellen Kane, CPIM	San Fernando Valley #110
1999	Chuck Felton	Ambos Nogales
1998	Jim Heidemann	Tucson Chapter #213
1997	Joan Walsh, CPIM, CIRM	Inland Empire Chapter
1996	Barry Solomon	Southern Nevada Chapter
1995	Bill Brennan	San Diego Chapter #100
1994	Timothy N. Szendel	Orange County Chapter #70
1993	Sue King, CPIM	Tucson Chapter #213
1992	Cheryl La Vella	Inland Empire Chapter #112
1991	Juan Aguilar	Tijuana Calafia Chapter #318
1990	Mark Wurzel	San Fernando Chapter #110

CHAPTER MINIMUM STANDARDS/CHAPTER BENCHMARKING AND REPORTING (CMS/CBAR) - additional information

CMS/CBAR is a standardized exercise that promotes action and innovation. With the assistance of an instructional template, individual organizations plan and execute a strategy of progress within the field of resource management. Specifically, they identify an opportunity for innovation; prescribe a program to address the opportunity; implement the program; measure the results; and undertake further action to improve future outcomes. It is a description of the organizations' overall experience that is submitted to a panel of veteran APICS volunteers and District leadership. The panel evaluates the programs and provides objective guidance through instructional feedback.

CMS/CBAR program encourages strong organizational management practices, including solid strategic planning, continuity among leadership, and recruiting and retaining members.

Individual members also benefit by learning management skills that translate to on-the-job success. These skills involve stronger communication techniques, enhanced writing abilities, expanded leadership acumen, and sound financial practices.

In addition to the panel evaluation and guidance, chapters also receive recognition and achievement awards at the District and International level, with special attention at the annual International Conference.

CMS/CBAR Submissions

Deadline for submission is July 31st for each year's submission. Updated versions of the CBAR Excel Workbook and CBAR Handbook are available and all chapter submissions for the program must now be reported electronically using these updated tools.

The latest version of the CBAR Excel Workbook is available for download from APICS under the Chapter Management Section.

The CMS/CBAR program is divided into two sections:

Section 1: Chapter Minimum Standards (CMS) for Chapter Maintenance Tool
Chapters are required to use the guidelines outlined in Section 1 of the CBAR Handbook and the CBAR Excel Workbook to report their annual compliance with CMS to their district manager/district staff for evaluation by July 31 of each year.

Section 2: Chapter Benchmarking and Reporting (CBAR) Tool
Chapters electing to participate in CBAR must be in compliance with CMS and complete Sections 1 and 2 of the CBAR Excel Workbook and submit to their district manager/district staff for evaluation by July 31 of each year.

Method of submission is up to the chapter. Please submit via disc, memory stick, or electronically file. If you are mailing a disc or memory stick, the postmark must be no later than July 31. If you are sending electronically, receipt of the file must be no later than July 31. It is each chapter's responsibility to ensure receipt. Please send CMS/CBAR submissions to:

Stacy Gigger at: Standards@apicssouthwest.org

The Platinum Award recognizes organizations that have consistently demonstrated superior organizational management skills by receiving the Gold Award for five or more consecutive years, indicated strong integrative and innovative skills, and demonstrated exceptional growth.

The Gold Award recognizes organizations that have demonstrated exceptional organizational management skills. These recipients have surpassed minimum requirements in all areas of concentration, employed superior teamwork techniques, and developed integrative and innovative skills in problem solving.

The Silver Award recognizes those emerging organizations that have met or exceeded the minimum requirements in each area of concentration, have demonstrated significant organizational skills, and have successfully satisfied market needs.

The Bronze Award recognizes those organizations that have successfully implemented the framework to improve their organizational management structure toward meeting customer needs. These up-and-coming chapters have met or exceeded all minimum requirements and have demonstrated a dedication to future growth.

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West Coast Scholars Take 1st Place Again!

The winners of the APICS International Case Scholars competition, held in September in Kansas City, was won by the Southwest District West Coast Scholars team that had placed second last April in the 2nd Annual West Coast Case Competition.

The winners in Kansas City were a team of 3 students composed from 2 Cal State schools - Chico and East Bay. The winners were: Gina Garitson (CSU-EB), Merrill Crowl (CSU-Chico) and Christina Tsao (CSU-Chico). They were competing against 5 other teams who were all either first or second place winners in their respective Regional Case Competitions held in the spring of 2008.

The "Unbewiiables" - 1st place winners (left to right), Christina Tsao, Merrill Crowl and Gina Garitson	Team showing their 1st place medals

The students were given a case problem concerning the Wii game system which involved distribution problems for Sony. Each team had approximately 24 hours to come up with a 5-minute PowerPoint presentation to solve the problem. They then gave their solutions orally to a crowd of about 250 people, including 3 judges, on the 2nd day of the APICS International Conference.

All case scholar students were then called on stage on the 3rd day of the conference at the closing General Session where the first and second place winners were announced. Second place was taken by a team from Bowling Green State University in Ohio.

This win marks the second consecutive first place finish at the International Conference for the West Coast scholars. In 2007, the winning team was from Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo.

Way to go, west coast! Start getting the word out now for the 3rd Annual West Coast Case Competition which will be held in the LA area on Feb. 6-7, 2009. Details will be announced shortly.

Terry Finefrock, CPIM, a 30 year founding member of the Tucson Chapter is also a member of Pima County's Sustainable Community Executive Steering Committee and was the sponsor responsible for the development and submittal of the application for the Corporate Award for Innovation in Sustainability. Terry is employed by Pima County as their Chief Contracts and Procurement Manager and is active in leading the County's efforts to establish Power Purchase Agreements for Solar Electric generating facilities and Performance Contracts to implement energy conservation. These actions demonstrate that APICS methodologies can als be applied to add value to Service sector business processes.

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