Articles of Interest

Sometimes the Portland Chapter finds articles or collects documentation of interest to our membership. We have created this web page as an archive, to preserve access to this information even after an event is long past.

Please email us if you have documentation you would like to add to our archive.

Event Information

Event	Documents & Articles
April 2011 PDM	Top Management Night Presentation - by Frank Jones - Intel Vice President and General Manager (pdf, 3.03MB)
February 2011 PDM	Port of Portland Update by Keith Leavitt - G.M. Business Development/Properties (pdf, 6.5MB)
January 2011 PDM	Culture of Action Presentation - by Rick Pay - The R. PAY Company, LLC (378KB)
September 2010 PDM	Inventory Management in a World Class Company Presentation by Rick Pay - The R. PAY Company, LLC (pdf, 1.15MB)
May 2010 PDM	Business Continuity Management Presentation - by Peter Zwingli, MBA (1MB)
April 2010 PDM	Strategic Sourcing Presentation - by Gary L. Hopper MBA, CPM, OPBC - Total Cost Solutions (97KB)
January 2010 PDM	Presentation - Adapting Project Management to a Non-Project Organization (pdf) Article - Backpacker’s Guide to Lightweight Project Management (pdf) Other resources available at http://www.spspro.com
March 2009 PDM	DEQ Office LEAN/Kaizan Presentation (2.3MB) SharePoint software tool overview (1.1MB) SIPOC tool overview (800KB)
January 2009 PDM	LEAN Presentation (11MB) LEAN Supplier Assessment Tool (82KB) LEAN Scorecard (20KB) LEAN Cover Letter (25KB) LEAN Assessment Results and Action Plan (134KB)

Reference Links & Articles

Title & Link	Date
Demand driven MRP: Standing on the shoulders of a giant to see the future of formal planning. Provided by Carol Ptak	January 12
Deciding on an APICS Certification - Why to get one, and CPIM vs CSCP	September 10
An extensive list of local and national online Job Search and Networking resources. Provided by Kathy Fitzgerald	January 10
Keep your job-search momentum throughout the summer to avoid frustration in the fall. Written by Deborah Walker, CCMC	June 09
Sign up for a free weekly Operational Excellence E-zine of easy Improvement Strategies to implement now that will make things happen to put more dollars on the bottom line every week. Written by Ron Crabtree, CPIM, CSCP, MLSSBB	May 09
Salary Survey Results from Logistics Management (1.2MB)	March 09