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Our mission is to develop and to provide superior training, education and programs in resource management and related areas that are needed to assist our customers in achieving competitive excellence in a global economy. And to be "future-oriented" to meet changing market and membership requirements and to maintain an eminent position in the marketplace.

APICS, The Association for Operations Management, is a worldwide, respected, not-for-profit organization with nearly 60,000 members. Our chapter (#19) is one of 270 chapters in North America. We have approximately 300 members and more than 100 member companies. We are dedicated to help you.

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Joining APICS is quick and easy. Join today and start start enjoying benefits of membership. Contact: Cheryl Denoncourt @ (413) 569-9444 / Ext 167
or cdenoncourt@wgi.us.


President Bruce Chartier presents the Company of the Year award to MADIX, Inc. representatives Dawn Broga, Rich Trumbull, and Kim Burdon.


President Bruce Chartier congratulates John Koski for his selection as Member of the Year.


President Bruce Chartier offers his congratulations and a CPIM pin to Betsy Martin for achieving Certification.


President Bruce Chartier presents a CPIM pin to Marsha Andross recognizing her recent Certification.


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Current & Recent Events
Plant Tour and Professional Development Meeting: Tuesday, September 16, 2008
 Plant tour at OnCore Manufacturing, followed by a short presentation and dinner at Savatore's Restaurant
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Dr. Jeffrey Liker's Executive Roundtable PowerPoint presentation entitled, "Sustaining Lean Implementation or Sustaining the Journey?"
details (797kb - .ppt)
Dr. Jeffrey Liker's Western Mass. APICS Executive Keynote Address PowerPoint presentation entitled, "Lessons Learned from the Toyota Way"
details (2.7mb - .ppt)
A New Slate of Officers and Members for the Chapter's Board of Directors, 2008-2009, have been elected.
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Member Needs Survey Results
During November, your Chapter management conducted a Member Needs Survey via the internet. The data has been tabulated and the very interesting results can now be shared with you, as promised.
Bruce Chartier, Executive VP
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Western Mass Chapter #19 APICS "Onward!" newsletter:
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Western Mass Chapter #19 APICS "Onward!" newsletter:
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Western Mass Chapter #19 APICS "Onward!" newsletter:
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We would like to congratulate Sabra Billings for receiving her CPIM certification. Sabra is currently working at Lightlife Foods – ConAgra in the position of Supply and Distribution Planner. Sabra earned her cerification on May 11, 2007.

For three of the five exams, Sabra enrolled in the Chapter #19 CPIM workshops before taking the exams. Sabra had the following to say about the workshops “…. The classes were definitely the best way for me to learn, as proved out by my test scores on the 3 exams.”
2006-2007 Membership Longevity Awards (123kb - .pdf)
Becoming an APICS Certified Supply Chain Professional (CSCP) - a new APICS certification
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Workforce Training Fund Can Pay For APICS Training
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