Welcome to APICS Portland Chapter

APICS builds operations management excellence in individuals and enterprises through superior education and training, internationally recognized certifications, comprehensive resources, and a worldwide network of accomplished industry professionals.

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Upcoming Events

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Date/ Time	Sign-Up	Description
Feb 9th	Board Meeting	February Board Meeting
Feb 16th	Announce- ment	APICS Extra FREE online seminar: Increasing Competitive Advantage and Agility through Lean Ops
Feb 25th	PDM	Tyco Electronics Medical – A Sales and Operations Planning Success Story

February PDM - A S&OP Planning Success Story

More and more companies are starting to recognize the power of the Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) process but few have really realized it. Tyco Electronics Medical is one of the few companies that has not only implemented S&OP in its most advance state (Integrated Business Planning) but has achieved incredible results in less than a year. This presentation will describe the advanced state of S&OP and show how Tyco Electronics Medical followed the “proven path” to implement S&OP. It will explain the trials and tribulations they experienced, share their “lessons learned” and reveal their bottom line results. We are lucky enough to have three speakers presenting the Tyco Success Story: Jim Correll – Principal from Oliver Wight Americas, a global ERP and SCM consulting and education company. Also we will have James Bentzley – Director of Customer Service, and Shannon Patterson – S&OP Coordinator both from Tyco Electronics Medical.
Topic:	Tyco Electronics Medical – A Sales and Operations Planning Success Story
Speaker:	Jim Correll James Bentzley Shannon Patterson
Date and Time:	February 25th 6-9pm
Location:	Kells Irish Restaurant/Pub 112 SW 2nd Ave Portland, OR 97204
Cost:	Members: $30, Non-members: $35, Students: $15
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Education

CPIM

Since 1973, the CPIM program has educated more than 75,000 manufacturing professionals on essential terminology, concepts, and strategies related to demand management, procurement and supplier planning, material requirements planning, capacity requirements planning, sales and operations planning, master scheduling, performance measurements, supplier relationships, quality control, and continuous improvement.
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CSCP

The Certified Supply Chain Professional (CSCP) program is a new industry educational and certification program created to meet the rapidly changing needs of the supply chain management field.

From the manufacturing to the service industry, regardless of whether a company is serving business or consumer markets or is for profit or not-for-profit, the increasingly important role of supply chain management is affecting all organizations.
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Job Board

Check out our Job Board for the latest Operations and Supply Chain Jobs. Jobs are held active for 2 months and then archived

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What's New

2 Jobs posted 2/5
Congrats to a Portland APICS job board user who was recently hired on at InFocus. Best of luck to you both!
Job posted 1/27
January PDM event materials and review
2 jobs posted 1/25
February PDM 2/25
Tyco Electronics Medical – A S&OP Planning Success Story
APICS Extra Webinar: Increasing Competitive Advantage and Agility through Lean Operations 2/16

APICS Certifications

In an increasingly fast-paced global industry, operations and supply chain professionals must stay competitive to survive.

An APICS Certification can benefit you by:

Differentiating You From Competition
Increasing your salary potential: Average compensation for CPIM certified workers is 9% more vs. non-certified professionals
(08 Salary Survey, Purchasing.com)
Validating your knowledge

Check out our educational offerings today!

APICS Extra Webinar: Increasing Competitive
Advantage and Agility through Lean Operations

Attend APICS Extra Live to gain deeper insight into Steve Cimorelli’s January/February APICS magazine article, which demonstrates how lean lot sizing can help a company be more agile. In this APICS Extra Live, learn how lean operations can increase a company’s agility and competitive advantage through an effective sales and operations planning foundation, pull systems, and a sound prioritization scheme to initiate pull based on actual customer demand.
Host:	Steve Cimorelli
Date and Time:	February 16 1-2pm CT
Cost:	FREE
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January PDM Event Review

First of all, thanks to every one who attended our January PDM.

Please review the links below for those items you are interested in downloading, generously provided by our speaker Jeff Oltmann:

Presentation - Adapting Project Management to a Non-Project Organization (pdf)
Article - Backpacker’s Guide to Lightweight Project Management (pdf)
Other resources available here...

One last favor to ask - tell your friends in operations management about our events! Hope to see you next month at our February PDM...

Membership

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Chapter Events

Development Meetings

Professional Development Meetings are typically held on the second Tuesday of each month from September through June. Local, regional and national speakers are featured presenting assorted topics of interest to today's operations professionals.
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Plant Tours

Our plant tours feature leading companies from across Oregon and Southern Washington and provide the opportunity to learn by seeing how theory is put into practice. They also provide benchmarking opportunities and foster the sharing of best practices and professional networking. Questions regarding plant tours? Send us an Email!
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In-House Courses

We offer on-site training in a variety of formats. Your company pays one fee and class size can be as large as 30 students.
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