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San Fernando Valley APICS
PO Box 802977
Valencia, CA 91380-2977

Professional Development Meeting

"Outsourcing: Pros and Cons"
Presented by Tim Norris, Partner, Pan Pacific Sourcing, Inc.
Thursday, February 11th, 2010
Odyssey Restaurant 6 p.m (map)

Many people today are confused about outsourcing. Is it a way to save money for your firm? Will quality be sustained? How difficult is it to set up? How do you decide where and with whom to outsource? What processes and steps should be employed, once you decide to outsource, to ensure that you do it successfully?

If you are concerned about these questions or have others, please attend this presentation. Our speaker is an expert in outsourcing. The presentation is an overview of the outsourcing process. Lots of time will be devoted to your questions.

About our Speaker:

Tim Norris, Partner, Pan Pacific Sourcing, Inc. Tim has over 25 years of manufacturing and outsourcing experience as a manager in facilities and operations and as an outsourcing consultant. He has held management positions as Facilities Manager, Production Manager, and Plant Manager for Sensortech Systems and Foster Electric Corporation (Acoustic Authority Division) a company with 11 factories in 8 countries. While at AAI, Tim worked with many Asian vendors concerning product development and factory qualification. He also spent much of his time working with customers like Sony, Mitsubishi, Harman/JBL, Sharp and many others to develop production standards and controls as well as quality control mechanisms.

In April of 1996 Tim and his partner Mike Denney founded Pan Pacific Trading and Marketing. Later that year Tim received his BS in Business Administration, graduating with honors from the University of Phoenix. In December of 2000 Pan Pacific was incorporated and the name became Pan Pacific Sourcing, Inc. Pan Pacific currently works with customers such as Ampex Data Systems Corporation, Smith and Wesson, SoundTube Entertainment, 3M, Graco and Camco. Tim currently serves as a Director on the San Fernando Valley chapter of APICS.

Who should attend: Any professional or student interested in furthering your career in a business or a non-profit organization. You are encouraged to invite colleagues who are also interested in furthering their careers. Stay ahead of the competitive curve.

Click here to learn more and register.

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Certification in Production & Inventory Management (CPIM) Explained in FREE 3-hr seminar

Do you need to improve your Operations Management Skills? Could APICS Certification in CPIM allow you to increase your salary? Come to a FREE 3-hr seminar to answer all your questions about CPIM and learn about the new classes we are offering at Pierce College in the west valley.

• Saturday morning, March 13th, 2010 at Pierce College from 9-Noon. Room: VLGE 8111.

For more information, click here.

West Coast Student Case Competition Winners announced!

36 students from 7 different schools competed as 9 teams in the 3nd Annual Student Case Competition hosted by the Southwest District of APICS during the February 6-7, 2009 district meeting in Torrance, CA. This year, there were 2 separate divisions – a graduate and an Undergraduate division. 5 Undergrad teams competed for the honor of representing our district at the Fall APICS/FedEx Undergraduate Case Competition which will be held in October, 2009. Our own CSUN Undergraduate team took 1st place and will get to travel to the University of Memphis in the fall where they will compete against 15 other schools. The winning team members are: Christa Elias, David Roman, Eric Bair, Kaloyan Borisov, and Roger Grato. 2nd place in the Undergrad division was won by Arizona State University (team 3). In the Graduate division, 1st place was taken by University of Arizona, and 2nd place was the graduate team from Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo.

The competition was fierce as all teams had about 15 hours to work on the case study which was a real-life Inventory problem. They 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. Other schools represented were Chico State, Thunderbird School of Global Management, and University of Nevada at Las Vegas (UNLV). Some of the 2007 participants and 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!

President's Letter

A Call for Volunteers to the SFV APICS Chapter Board of Directors

Dear Members and Friends,

The programs and activities presented by SFV APICS chapter are accomplished by the many efforts of a dedicated group of volunteers that make up the Board of Directors.

There is now a need for new Board volunteers in many areas of our chapter operations and management, especially Chapter Marketing, Publicity and Administrative Services. No prior experience is necessary.

The benefits to you are:

1. Increasing your professional network through various Chapter and Regional Activities that can make your future job searches easier.
   
   
2. Personal & professional growth; making you more valuable to present and future employers.
   
   
3. Three points per year of service for CPIM Certification Maintenance.

The time commitment is one meeting per month (usually the first Thursday of the month), and we provide you with a free dinner.

In my 10 years of being a member and active volunteer for this Chapter, it has been a huge benefit to me both personally and professionally.

If you are interested, please contact me at nick@nickmatonak.com

Sincerely
Nick Matonak, CPIM, CIRM, CSCP
President, San Fernando Valley APICS

New APICS Industry Certification

On March 8, 2005, APICS announced the creation of a new industry certification to address the rapidly changing educational needs in supply chain management. The Certified Supply Chain Professional (CSCP) designation will be designed for professionals interested in increasing their knowledge of supply chain management, those currently working in the field of supply chain management, and those working with enterprise resource planning systems.

The CSCP learning system will consist of a blended learning approach incorporating self-directed study courses, Web-based learning, and classroom-based education offered through the APICS network of local chapters throughout North America and International Associates, colleges and universities, and corporations.

The CSCP program will be launched in conjunction with the 2005 APICS International Conference and Exposition, October 16-18, in New Orleans.

Go to the Volunteer Resources page of the APICS Web site to download FAQs on the program. APICS will continue to provide you with updates on the CSCP program's developments through this newsletter and in other communications.