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May
2007 Professional Development Meeting
With: Doug
Mack
“Developing
Supervisory and Leadership Skill”
Tuesday, May 15, 2007
Speaker:
After 20 years in
manufacturing management roles plus another 20 years
experience as a productivity consultant in many industries
Doug Mack has developed some seasoned opinions about what
makes a professional supervisor.
Teaching Operations
Management at both Centennial and Durham Colleges, and
operating the industrial training centre for KPMG, teaching
frontline Supervisory Skills etc., has helped Doug refine
these opinions.
He believes that the
single most important industrial function today is that of
effective day-to-day “supervision”.
If you want a good
standard of living for your children and grandchildren, come
out and hear Doug’s thoughts on specifically “how” our
supervisors can be instrumental in reversing Canada’ steady
decline in productivity. We must begin a “new wave” of
professional effort at the grass roots of our management
ranks.
Location,
Timetable, Fees:
We will meet at Al Dente Restaurant – 1305 Pickering
Parkway, Pickering, Ontario L1V 3P2. The restaurant is
located on the main floor of the building S.E. of the
Pickering Town Centre and next to the 401. Included in the
dinner is: salad, main course, dessert, and tea or
coffee. Please let us know if you have a special meal
requirement.
Please register before noon on Friday in advance of event
through the chapter hot line
905-571-2994
or the visit by filling out the form below.
Meet & Greet: 6:00m -
6:30pm Members $ 30
Speaker:
7:00pm - 8:00pm Non-Members $ 35
Speaker
8:00pm - 9:00pm
Students:
$ 20
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Arpil
2007 Professional Development Meeting
With: Wade Watson PMP
“Project
Management”
Tuesday, April 17, 2007
PROJECT
MANAGEMENT: PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER
A
recent
Crucial Conversations Online Survey from Provo, UT-based
VitalSmarts indicated that eighty-two percent of employees
say there are significant organization-wide initiatives
underway in their workplace that will likely fail –
Inside Training, Feb. 22, 2007
Many
organizations underestimate the importance of project
management and fail to adequately staff or fund the project
manager role – if a project manager is named at all.
Participants in this session will learn key fundamentals to
position organizations for successful project and program
management by providing guidelines on how the project
manager fits into various organizational models; defining
the role of the project manager; and explaining the
importance of certifying project managers.
Speaker:
Wade Watson is a PMI certified project manager working as a
Delivery Project Executive for IBM, currently managing a
large outsourced account. As a Delivery Project Executive,
Wade is responsible for developing business opportunities
and overseeing the execution of projects as well application
development and maintenance activities. Wade has over 10
years of experience managing projects in the transportation,
financial, and manufacturing sectors. Prior to working as a
Delivery Project Executive, Wade managed multiple
organizational change projects culminating in the
implementation of project management offices, and
standardized processes.
Location,
Timetable, Fees:
We will meet at Al Dente Restaurant – 1305 Pickering
Parkway, Pickering, Ontario L1V 3P2. The restaurant is
located on the main floor of the building S.E. of the
Pickering Town Centre and next to the 401. Included in the
dinner is: salad, main course, dessert, and tea or
coffee. Please let us know if you have a special meal
requirement.
Please register before noon on Friday in advance of event
through the chapter hot line
905-571-2994
or the visit by filling out the form below.
Meet & Greet: 6:00m -
6:30pm Members $ 30
Speaker:
7:00pm - 8:00pm Non-Members $ 35
Speaker
8:00pm - 9:00pm
Students:
$ 20
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February 2007 Professional
Development Meeting
TOUR:
Atlantic Packaging
333 Progress Ave., Scarborough, ON.
New facility recently opened in Scarborough
Tuesday,
February 20, 2007
Atlantic Packaging has recently opened a start of the art
paper mill in Scarborough, ON. This plant employs the latest
containerboard manufacturing technology and advanced
environmental controls. Driving by, you would not realize
there is a paper mill close by. That’s because it does not
produce any noticeable odour or noise. Steam plumes, a
regular sight at most paper mills, are limited by a plume
control system that removes water from heated air leaving
the plant.
This was accomplished without government subsidies. While
other paper producers are closing mills and cutting jobs,
Atlantic Packaging has opened a new mill and created
numerous high-paying jobs. Plus, they are reinforcing the
status of Atlantic Packaging as the leading private sector
employer in Scarborough.
This project is a win-win-win. A win for Atlantic’s
customers by creating a guaranteed supply of containerboard
to meet their packaging needs. A win for the economy by
creating 100 high-paying jobs. And a win for the
environment by advancing recycling and reducing the need for
landfill.
Location,
Timetable, Fees:
We will meet at Atlantic Packaging, 333 Progress Ave.
Scarborough, ON., with the option of meeting afterward at a
local restaurant for dinner.
333 Progress Ave., (Between Brimley and Midland, south of
the 401, west of the Scarborough Town Centre).
Pre-registration is mandatory due to limited space.
Please register before noon on Friday, February 16th through
the Chapter hot line
905-571-2994
or by filling in the form below.
Time: 6:30 p.m. Meet in Atlantic Packaging’s parking
lot at 333 Progress Ave.
Tour Fee: $15.00
Dinner optional: To follow at local restaurant; location
to be determined.
Dinner fee not included in tour cost.
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November
2006 Professional Development Meeting
With: Liz Thompson PEng, CPIM
“Sales
and Operations Planning”
Tuesday, November 21st, 2006
DuPont’s Experience with Sales & Operations Planning
E.I. DuPont has had a global focus on driving business
results through the successful implementation of Sales &
Operations planning for many years. DuPont Canada’s
Performance Coatings business, centred in Ajax, currently
serves automotive markets in Canada and the US. Performance
Coatings implemented Enterprise Resource Planning including
formal S&OP processes working with Walt Goddard of Oliver
Wight starting in 1997. Through significant business,
market, company structure and information system changes,
S&OP has been a constant in the Performance Coatings
business helping the business to successfully navigate the
changes and challenges of the last 10 years.
The presentation will provide an overview of DuPont’s
principles around S&OP. We will then review the details on
how the process was implemented for Performance Coatings,
how it functions and has evolved to continue to meet the
business’s needs. There will be a particular focus on how
information systems were used to support the process and how
the Ajax Operations focus on lean has been taken into
account in the S&OP and supporting processes.
Speaker:
Elizabeth Thompson, P. Eng, CPIM
Liz Thompson is the Supply Chain Manager for DuPont’s OEM
Performance Coatings in Canada. She graduated from Queen’s
in 1987 with a degree in Chemical Engineering. She began
her career with DuPont in 1987 as a process engineer in the
Packaging business. Since then Liz has held a variety of
roles within DuPont including Product Safety Manager and
Demand & Inventory Planner. She has worked in the planning
and supply chain area for 10 years and was part of the
project team that implemented formal ERP systems for the
Performance Coatings business starting in 1997.
Liz became CPIM certified in the spring of 2006.
Location,
Timetable, Fees:
We will meet at Al Dente Restaurant – 1305 Pickering
Parkway, Pickering, Ontario L1V 3P2. The restaurant is
located on the main floor of the building S.E. of the
Pickering Town Centre and next to the 401. Included in the
dinner is: salad, main course, dessert, and tea or
coffee. Please let us know if you have a special meal
requirement.
Space is limited! Please register before noon on Friday,
November 17th through the chapter hot line
905-571-2994
or the visit by filling out the form below.
Meet & Greet, Pizza & Pop: 6:00m -
6:30pm Members $ 30
Speaker:
7:00pm - 8:00pm Non-Members $ 35
Speaker
8:00pm - 9:00pm
Students:
$ 20
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October
2006 Professional Development Meeting
With: Cal West
“Performing
Kaizen’s and Implementing Lean”
Tuesday, October 17, 2006
EXPRESS
MEETING...SHORTENED
AND
REDUCED
COST
FORMAT!
A
culture of change and sustainable process improvement is
invaluable to the growth and success of any business. Hear
how Hubbell Canada is applying LEAN (a.k.a Toyota Production
Process) as its facilitator and utilizing Kaizen’s as the
tool. They have realized productivity gains of up to 25%
within a WMS/RF controlled warehouse with a unionized
workforce.
1 Do you really want a culture of change, do you
know what it means and are you prepared to do it?
2 5S and how it can be applied.
3 The seven wastes (Muda) and how do you get rid of
them.
4 Realize the benefits of empowered employees.
5 Value-Add activities and process flow mapping.
6 Kaizen methodology, selection & application.
Speaker:
Calvin West is the Distribution Manager for Hubbell Canada
LP located in Pickering Ontario. He has 20 years experience
in manufacturing and distribution, the last 10 years with
Hubbell Canada. While at Hubbell Canada his responsibilities
have included warehousing, purchasing, transportation,
ERP/WMS system implementation and the creation of the Kaizen
Promotion Office. He is a member of Supply Chain and
Logistics Canada and serves as a director for the Durham
Chapter of APICS.
Location,
Timetable, Fees:
This months PDM will be presented in an “Express” format
allowing for completion by 8:00 p.m.
We
will meet at Hubbell Canada, 870 Brock Rd. South, Pickering
L1W 1Z8. Please enter through the front doors facing Brock
Road. Refreshments will be provided.
Space is limited! Please register before noon on Friday,
September 22nd through the chapter hot line
905-571-2994
or the visit by filling out the form below.
Meet & Greet, Pizza & Pop: 6:00m -
6:30pm Members $ 10
Speaker:
6:30pm - 7:30pm Non-Members $ 15
Optional
Tour (for 30 minutes after speaker)
Students:
$ 5
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November Professional
Development Meeting
“Selling Your Skills in Today’s Labour Market”
Tuesday, November 19, 2002 6:30 PM
The role
of the resume has changed in the past five years. In the
“good old days” what mattered most in the resume was
CONTENT. Today, an ad in the local paper coupled with an
Internet posting linked to half a dozen monster boards may
draw 500 to 1,000 responses. And with time at a premium, the
hiring authority cannot possibly read them all. He/she has
to reduce the pile arbitrarily to a manageable 20-30 to be
read.
Thus, the goal of the first
pass through the pile is not to “read to accept” but to
“skim to reject”. What matters most here is not content but
FORMAT. Your resume must be so clearly laid out and so
compelling to read, that it literally forces itself to be
moved to the “to be read” pile. Only then will content be
important again.
In tonight’s presentation,
attendees will learn about what is required to write a “See
Me First” resume. Silvio Rossi will underline that the role
of the resume is not to get you a job, but simply to get you
an interview. He will discuss how it must tell the
interviewer that you are a “good fit” for the job, and how
it must address Five Key Questions. Further, Silvio will be
covering those skill sets that are most attractive to
potential employers in today’s competitive labour market, as
well as the differences between “placement firms” and
“recruiters”.
Silvio Rossi, CPC, is a Senior
Associate with the Keith Bagg Group, who specializes in the
field of recruiting for the supply chain, logistics, and
resource management professions in the Greater Toronto Area.
We will meet at the Fox &
Fiddle Mansion (formerly the Old Liverpool House), 1294
Kingston Rd, Pickering, at the NW corner of Liverpool Rd &
Kingston Rd. This venue offers a selection of three menu
items, We will have door prizes and other giveaways! Fees
shown below include dinner, dessert, coffee / tea. Please
join us for what promises to be an exciting evening.
Please register before
November 18th at the contacts below:
For More Information Contact:
CompanyLongName
CompanyAddress
Tel:
CompanyPhone
FAX:
CompanyFAX
Internet:
CompanyEmail
Modern Steelmaking – A Model for
Recycling
Gerdau AmeriSteel Whitby –
Presentation and a Plant Tour
The presentation will focus on modern
vs. conventional steelmaking, will overview plant material
flow and procurement of raw materials and supplies.
Attention will be given to the scrap division – an integral
part of materials management. Our host will present
different ways of recycling materials: in-house recycling,
off site recycling and waste management as well as discuss
environmental challenges and solutions.
The presentation will be followed by
the plant tour with special focus on recycling and waste
management.
Our host at Gerdau AmeriSteel Whitby
will be Tomasz B. Wesolowski, Manager
of Engineering & Environment. He graduated in Engineering
Physics and Material Science (AGH, Krakow, Poland) and he’s
been with the company for 17 years, the last 5 years in a
corporate environmental role.
The plant tour will be followed by a
dinner at the Krebs in Whitby at approx. 8:00 PM
Cost: Members $30, Non-members = $35,
Students (ASC) = $20
When: April 15, 2003 at 5:45 PM
Where: Gerdau AmeriSteel Whitby,
Hopkins St. South, meeting at the main gate.
The plant is located south of 401
between Thickson and Brock St. Take either exit, go south to
Victoria St and take Hopkins St. South.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
The Durham Chapter of
Presents a unique learning opportunity
Please join us for
our:
May 2003 Professional
Development Meeting
With:
Michael Ford, CFPIM
“Personal and Professional Ethics:
Defining Your Values”
Tuesday, May 20, 2003,
6:30 PM
The challenges
of increased market competition often tempt professionals to
cut corners or bypass formal policy. As an example, ENRON
twice voted to "temporarily" set aside their Code of Ethics.
The same can be true in our personal lives, as we struggle
to balance family needs, work requirements and social
commitments. This presentation will discuss these issues.
Participants will learn:
Formal and
informal definitions of ethics.
The
role of ethics in business and our personal lives
"The
Ten Commandments of Ethics"
The
value of perspective by playing a round of "Ethical Dilemma"
This
presentation is conducted as an interactive workshop and
will include discussion of how ethics plays a role in the
business arena (supplier selection, placing purchase/sales
orders, hiring/firing/promotions, reporting statistics,
etc.). Attendees should come prepared to PARTICIPATE
and share examples of "Ethical Dilemmas" from their work
history or personal lives.
Speaker:
Michael D.
Ford, CFPIM, CRE, EI, is a business consultant in upstate NY
for TQM Works Consulting. His work includes software
implementation, business planning, inventory control,
distribution planning and corporate training. Ford
specializes in providing "outside the box" solutions for his
clients. He holds an AS in Engineering, BS in Industrial
Engineering, and is currently pursuing his Master's in IE.
Ford is an APICS Certified Fellow in Production and
Inventory Management, an ASQ Certified Reliability Engineer,
and also Engineering Intern by a state board. Ford has a
combined work history of 17 years experience in retail,
distribution, manufacturing and consulting. He is a member
of Binghamton ASQ, is the Programs Director for S. Tier
APICS in Binghamton, NY and is in his fourth year as
Education Director for Region 2 APICS. He presented at this
year's Congress for Progress, Seminar 1 and many
organizations across the Eastern U.S. and Canada. Mike can
be contacted at
mf7610@aol.com,
607.648.7216
We will meet at Regalis
Restaurant, 1305 Pickering Parkway, Pickering, at the NE
corner of Hwy 401 and Liverpool Rd. We will have door prizes
and other giveaways! Fees shown below include dinner,
dessert, coffee / tea. Please join us for what promises to
be an exciting evening.
Socializing: 6:00pm Members: $35
Dinner: 7:00pm Non-members: $40
Speaker: 8:00pm Students: $25
Please
register before noon on Friday, May 16 through the Chapter
hot line: 905-571-2994 or by submitting the following
form.
APICS Durham
Chapter
Annual Golf
Tournament
Location: Winchester Golf & CC, Oshawa, Ontario (north
side of Highway 7)
Date:
Tuesday June 24, 2003
Tee-off: starts at 2:00pm
Limitation: 48 golfers
Fees:
(for 18 holes of golf and steak dinner) - CAPIC Members:
$55,
Non-members: $60, Members of Durham College Student
Chapter: $50. Cart
Optional
at $15 per player
Format: best-ball
Prizes: Waterford Crystal, Rosenthal Crystal, APICS
paraphenalia, books, and
other
giveways
Register: on or before June 10, contact Peter Smith.
e-mail:
smithp@aavid.com, Bus. 905-850-9595 ext 227 (in
Mississauga), Home (in
Oshawa)
905-432-2170 or by completing the form below.
Note for
rookies and duffers: relax, this is a fun tournament. Most
of us
have
trouble breaking 100!
“Transportation Management
Software”
Tuesday, September 16th, 2003
Today's TMS
provides a series of limited carrier specific functions. The
TMS of the future will provide significant savings by
integrating deeply into your heartland systems, performing
intelligent transportation planning programs and offering
visibility in unheard of ways.
The TECSYS Transportation Management
System (TMS) is an industrial-strength shipping software
application that empowers shippers by optimizing the rating,
routing, manifesting, tracking and post-shipment analysis
for all small package and LTL shipments.
Founded in
1983, TECSYS Inc. has become an
industry-leading Supply Chain Management software company
that provides powerful enterprise business and logistics
solutions. Their products are a Web-based suite of
Enterprise Performance Management, Distribution Management,
Warehouse Management, Transportation Management, and
E-Commerce solutions, which can be deployed as an integrated
suite or as stand-alone best-of-breed components.
Bill
Denbigh and Nicholas Medwyk, TECSYS
Inc., will present what to look for in a world class TMS and
how a company can justify the installation of such a
product.
Please pre-register by noon
on Monday, September 15th via the Chapter hotline
at 905-571-2994 or by submitting the web form below.
Timing: Fees:
Socializing 6:30 p.m. Member $35.00
Dinner 7:00 p.m. Non-members $40.00
Speaker 8:00 p.m. Students $25.00
PDM Location:
Regalis
Restaurant
1305 Pickering Parkway, Pickering, at
the NE corner of Hwy 401 and Liverpool Rd. We will have door
prizes! Fees shown include dinner, dessert, coffee / tea.
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October 2003 Professional
Development Meeting
With: Debbie Drozda
“Collective
Bargaining”
Tuesday, October 21, 2003,
6:30 PM
Whilst there is no single best approach for collective
bargaining negotiations, Debbie Drozda will certainly make
the experience a little easier by providing you with a
process to get you started. The ease and thoroughness of
preparation can be significantly affected by how well
developments during the life of the agreement are
documented. She will share with you a process beginning
with review of the collective agreement, create union
proposal, ensuring you take into account the business needs
and changes including how to start with total compensation.
You will be able to take this approach and build on it to
ensure you have a position at the table and meet your
business needs.
This presentation is conducted as an interactive workshop
and will include discussion of choosing a team and the roles
of each member at the bargaining table (interaction and
response).
Speaker:
Debbie Drozda, MBA, Certified in Production and Inventory
Management, currently works as Director of Operations for
Hubbell Canada Inc. Her work includes software
implementations, business planning, inventory control,
distribution planning and manufacturing. Debbie has a
combined work history primarily in plant management of 20+
years experience in manufacturing and distribution. She has
successfully worked with different unions, CAW, Teamsters,
IBEW and CSD in collective bargaining. Debbie will share
with her audience, steps to successful bargaining including
preparation work prior to meeting with union members. This
is a valuable session to anyone working within a union
environment. It will provide insight to beginners of
collective bargaining and a step-by-step process including
strategies for the more experienced manager.
We will meet at Regalis
Restaurant, 1305 Pickering Parkway, Pickering, at the NE
corner of Hwy 401 and Liverpool Rd. We will have door prizes
and other giveaways! Fees shown below include dinner,
dessert, coffee / tea. Please join us for what promises to
be an exciting evening.
Thank you to all attended our October PDM
at Regalis Restaurant. Debbie Drozda from Hubbell Canada
shared her experience and knowledge on the subject of
Collective Bargaining. A fun and informative night was
had by all.
Timing:
Fees:
Socializing:
6:00pm Members: $35
Dinner:
7:00pm Non-members: $40
Speaker:
8:00pm Students: $25
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Please join us for our:
January Professional
Development Meeting
With: Palle Skaade and Chris Prosser
“Integrating the Shop Floor with Management Systems”
Using an information Dashboard to drive
your plant
Tuesday, January 20, 2004
Much as you use the dashboard to obtain the information
required to drive your car, today’s modern factories are
using modern business intelligence software to provide
virtual “dashboards” to “drive” their business. To support
the rapid changes in the marketplace, today’s manufacturing
facilities need to be flexible, responsive and integrated
into the management systems of the enterprise. With the
demands of customers and suppliers, executives can no longer
guess at what is happening on their plant floor, they need
to know what is happening and they need to know now, not at
the end of a shift or day or week. They need answers to
questions such as:
1. Is
my #1 Line performing at its rated speed?
2. Why
is Machine #1234 not running?
3. Is
machine #3456 on track to meet its production target for
this shift?
4. Are
the process specifications for Operation #4356 within
specification?
5.
Etc, etc.
You will take away an understanding of the leading
technologies being deployed today in the area of plant floor
integration. Our speakers led the implementation of the
solution to Honda Canada’s requirements at their Alliston
plant. You will learn how the plant manager can now see -
within 2 minutes - which sections of the line are performing
normally, which are behind schedule and which are stopped.
You will also learn how the suppliers are using this
technology to meet the quality demands of their customers
and so prevent containment orders.
Speakers:
Palle Skaade: is a Vice-President and co-owner of
Supremesoft Corporation. Before joining Supremesoft
Corporation, Palle spent over thirty years with IBM Canada.
While with IBM, his experiences include; project management,
BAAN Implementation, I/T strategic planning, business
process reengineering, systems analysis, design,
architecture, implementation, application adaptation,
application development and operations.
Palle specializes in designing
business application solutions with a clear migration path
to an open environment well positioned for the future. His
areas of expertise include manufacturing, marketing,
customer service, order fulfillment, inventory forecasting
and replenishment, distribution center operations and
electronic commerce. His proposals have gained both local
and international acceptance and recognition for innovation
and high strategic value.
Palle’s involvement in the manufacturing environment
culminated with his successful implementation of the
Assembly Line Control (ALC) system at Honda Canada. As
Project Manager of a joint US and Canadian team, this 2-year
commitment resulted in the successful implementation of
leading edge technology in an advanced new production
facility. Prior to this, Palle led the development and
implementation of the plant scheduling system at
Mercedes-Benz first North American assembly plant in
Tuscaloosa , Alabama
.
Chris Prosser is a Project
Leader for Supremesoft. He has over 25 years of experience
in the information processing industry assisting clients
with the application of technology to achieve their business
objectives. He builds on his solid base of interpersonal
skills, business ability and technical knowledge to provide
marketing and consulting expertise to all levels of customer
management in issues related to information processing.
In his roles as practice leaders for KPMG and E&Y, he was
responsible for preparing business cases on the starting and
development of consulting practices in ERP implementations.
In this role, he led implementations and trained individuals
in proper project management techniques.
Chris has extensive experience in the implementation of
packaged software. This experience has ranged from the
implementation of manufacturing systems in the Automotive
Sector to the implementation of distribution systems in the
food, steel and distribution industries. Chris let the
logistics implementation team at Mercedes-Benz first North
American Assembly operation in
Tuscaloosa , Alabama
.
Directions: The New Globe Restuarant
Take 401 to Simcoe Street exit in Oshawa. Head North on
Simcoe Street until
reaching Athol Street. Turn
right onto Althol. The New Globe Restaurant is the first
building on the left past the second set of lights.
Dinner: New Globe Restaurant -
Chinese Buffet
Please register before noon
on Friday, Janurary 16, 2004 through the Chapter hot line
905-571-2994
or the website www.APICS-Durham.org
Cocktails and Social:
6:00pm
Dinner:
6:30pm
Speaker:
7:00pm
Members: $20
Non-members: $25
Students: $15
Monday, February
16, 2004
Please join us
for our:
February
Professional Development Meeting
and Tour
With:
Ambrose Samulski
and
Terry Dragomatz
"The Dream of
Integrated Manufacturing"
Monday, February 16, 2004
As manufacturing jobs in
North America
continue to be exported to ‘low cost geographies’, the
question that arises – ‘How will our society create wealth
without making anything?’ If there is an answer it lies in
the application of advanced manufacturing.
The showcase Integrated Manufacturing Centre (IMC) is a
unique educational facility located on the campus of
Durham
College
and the
University of the Ontario Institute of Technology (UOIT) in
Oshawa
.
When all phases are complete, the IMC will be a fully
automated, working, industrial grade, flexible manufacturing
facility capable of fabricating and assembling a wide range
of products from raw materials to finished product with
limited human intervention. The IMC will serve as a model
of the new standards in education in the field of advanced
manufacturing.
You will gain an understanding of the leading technologies
being deployed today in the area of advanced manufacturing.
Not just what those technologies are but how are they being
used and what they promise to deliver in the future.
Some
of the knowledge and skill areas supported by the IMC
include:
·
Product design for manufacurability.
·
Enterprise Resource Plannning, supply chain management,
quality assurance and inventory control
·
Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC) selection,
applications, programming and integration.
·
Computer Numerical control (CNC) for milling and lathe
operations
·
Robotic assembly of mechanical and electrical components and
products
·
Rapid tooling and Rapid Prototyping
Speakers:
Ambrose Samulski
,
has been Dean of the
School
of
Technology
at
Durham
College
and is
presently Director of Partnerships and Enterprise
Development at Durham College/UOIT. Ambrose will be
speaking on the vision of the IMC.
Terry Dragomatz , joined
Durham
College in 1989 as a support
Technician in the Technology Division. He now teaches
Computer Aided Manufacturing and Computer Operating Systems
in the
School of
Technology . In addition, I am
currently acting as the Mechanical Coordinator and Project
Manager for Phase II of the Integrated Manufacturing
Centre. Terry will be leading the tour of the facility.
Directions:
Durham College/Uoit.
2000 Simcoe St. North
,
Oshawa
The campus is located North of Taunton Road. Enter the
campus by the
Simcoe St
entrance, access the South parking lot by turning left at
the first road intersection on the property. Visitors should
wait at the main building entrance (security) for an escort.
Dinner:
The meal, which is included in the fee, will be a catered
cold ‘Deli style’ buffet to be served at
Durham
College
immediately before the tour.
Please register before
noon
on Thursday, February 12 through the Chapter hot line
905-571-2994 or submit the following form.
Dinner:
6:00pm
Speaker:
6:30pm
Tour:
7:00pm
Members: $20
Non-members: $25
Students: $10
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April 2004 Professional
Development Meeting
With: Dennis Lord, CPIM
"Cycle Counting and Inventory Record Accuracy "
Tuesday, April 20, 2004
Manufacturing, distribution and retail operations in the
modern economy have no tolerance for excess inventory or
inaccurate information. Achieving high levels of performance
through continuous improvement initiatives demands high
levels of inventory record accuracy. Cycle counting is a
proven, effective tool that can help the supply chain
practitioner identify and remove the inefficiencies that
plague many inventory systems.
Attendees will start to learn how to develop and maintain a
cycle counting program that will produce a minimum 98%
record accuracy in 90 days, eventually eliminating the need
for the dreaded “Annual Physical Count”
Speaker:
Dennis Lord is an internationally known practitioner,
speaker, educator and consultant in production and inventory
management. He is the Executive Director of Inventory
Management Solutions.
Dennis has 25 years of practical industry experience and
became an independent consultant in 1985, specializing in
Production and Inventory Management.
Dennis is an active member of APICS and has held the
following positions: President of the APICS Toronto Chapter,
Chair of APICS Small Manufacturing SIG (Specific Industry
Group), VP Education for the APICS Peel Chapter, and is
currently a Director on the Board of The Operations
Management Education and Research Institute of
Canada(OMERIC).
El Stavro's Steak
House
557 King Street East,
Oshawa, ON
L1H 1G3
Space is limited so please register before
noon
on Friday, April 16 through the Chapter hot line
905-571-2994 or by using the webform below and paying
with your VISA or Mastercard.
Meet & Greet:
6:30pm
Dinner:
7:00pm
Speaker: 8:00pm
Students (ASC Members):
$20
Members $ 30
Non-members $ 35
Here is the link of who came -------------------->Dennis
Lord Attendance
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May 2004 Professional
Development Meeting
Manufacturing, distribution and retail operations in the
modern economy are experiencing shrinking profit margins.
Subsequently many have re-focused their efforts to improve
throughput while maximizing value -adding activity by
reducing / eliminating waste.
Attendees will learn the basic theories and principles
behind Lean systems and will see how the Lean theory in
combination with TOC can improve a company’s bottom line.
Speaker:
Eric holds a Bachelor of Applied Science in Mechanical
Engineering from The University of Waterloo. He has
extensive experience in teaching and implementing LEAN
concepts, and is certified in all fields by the Theory of
Constraints International Certification Organization.
Prior to starting CMS Inc., Eric was a Vice President of
Manufacturing for Tiger Brand Knitting Company (vertically
integrated apparel manufacturer), a Plant Manager for DBG
(automotive stamping), a Principal with Ernst & Young
Management Consulting, and a manufacturing engineer for a
number of manufacturing industries.
CMS helps clients focus their improvement efforts to get
started on the path of exponential growth and profitability
through a system-based approach to business management.
El Stavro's Steak
House
557 King Street East,
Oshawa, ON
L1H 1G3
Space is limited so please register before
noon
on Friday, May 14 through the Chapter hot line
905-571-2994 or by using the webform below and paying
with your VISA or Mastercard.
Meet & Greet:
6:30pm
Dinner:
7:00pm
Speaker: 8:00pm
Students (ASC Members):
$20
Members $ 30
Non-members $ 35
Here is the link to those who came--------->Theory
of Constraints and Lean Seminar
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November 2004 Professional
Development Meeting
With: Clark Weddell, CFPIM, CIRM
Getting a Grip on Your Excess & Obsolete Inventory
Tuesday, November 16, 2004
Manufacturing, distribution and retail organizations have
persistently been plagued by excess and obsolete
inventories.
Achieving
high levels of customer service performance and the impact
of continuous improvement initiatives make demands on
attention that can hide the causes of these inventory
problems until they reach enormous proportions.
There
are proven, effective tools that can help the supply chain
practitioner identify and remove the causes of these plagues
upon many inventory systems.
Attendees will start to learn how excess and obsolete
inventories develop, and what business practices can be
adopted to reduce, or even eliminate them.
Speaker:
Clark
Weddell is an internationally known practitioner, speaker,
educator and consultant in operations and systems
management. He is the Principal Consultant / Educator of
MDL - Manufacturing / Distribution Logistics based in
Whitby, Ontario
Clark
has over 35 years of practical industry experience and
became an independent consultant in 1991, specializing in
providing Quality AssistanceSM to clients with operations or
systems challenges.
Clark has
been an active member of APICS since 1965 and has held
numerous positions in APICS, including: President of the
APICS Durham and Montreal Chapters, Vice-President of APICS
for Region VIII (Canada), Executive VP of Region VIII and as
Region Ambassador, an active Education Committee member for
the APICS Durham, Toronto and Montreal Chapters, and has
served as a Director of The Operations Management Education
and Research Institute of Canada (OMERIC) and as well as CEO
of that body for 2001 & 2002..
Location, Timetable, Fees:
We will meet at Regalis’ Fine
Restaurant – 1305 Pickering Parkway, Pickering, Ontario .
The restaurant is located on the main floor of the building
S.E. of the Pickering Town Centre and next to the 401.
Included in the fees detailed below are, salad, dinner
entrée (choice of Roast Loin of Pork or Orange Roughy)
desert, and tea or coffee.
Meet & Greet:
6:30pm
Dinner:
7:00pm
Speaker:
8:00pm
Members $ 30
Non-Members $ 35
Students $20
Space is limited! Please register
before noon on Friday, November 12 through the Chapter hot
line 905-571-2994 or by filling out the form below.
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January 2005 Professional
Development Meeting
With: W.E. (Bill)
Wilson
"Lean
Manufacturing uses Industrial Engineering Techniques"
Tuesday, January 18, 2005
Attendees will learn how to apply
Industrial Engineering Techniques in a Lean Manufacturing
environment. Focus areas include Material Flow, WIP
Inventory, Self-Directed Work Cells, Efficiency Measures,
through discussions, a DVD, and practical case examples.
Speaker:
Bill has an extensive background in
operations, principally in the automotive sector. He has
also done work in the corrugated box business, food
processing, chemical, and steel. Bill’s thorough
understanding of operations has made him invaluable to
numerous clients in introducing new processes and making
dramatic operation changes.
Bill has implemented continuous
improvement and statistical process control in a variety of
settings as well as introduced lean manufacturing, achieving
cycle time reductions and increased through-put. His
manufacturing seasoning has complemented his rare ability to
demystify complex and complicated subjects, making them
understandable, practical and fun to learn. Bill has
participated in the design of many training programs such as
Ford Windstar.
Bill taught industrial
engineering at Mohawk
College and was a leading consultant
for the (Ontario Centre for Automotive Parts Technology -
Ministry of Industry).
Space is limited! Please register before
noon
on
Friday, January 14th through the Chapter hot line
905-571-2994
or the visit our chapter web site at
www.apics-durham.org.
Location, Timetable, Fees:
We will meet at Regalis’ Fine
Restaurant – 1305 Pickering Parkway, Pickering, Ontario .
The restaurant is located on the main floor of the building
S.E. of the Pickering Town Centre and next to the 401.
Included in the fees detailed below are, salad, dinner
entrée (choice of Roast Loin of Pork or Orange Roughy)
desert, and tea or coffee.
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May 2005 Professional
Development Meeting
The Sarbanes-Oxley Act
of 2002
Perspectives
on Internal Control Reporting
With:
Tuesday, May 17, 2005
Recent corporate scandals have
dramatically eroded investor trust in corporate reporting, a
factor contributing to a slowdown in U.S. capital market
performance that began even before the first of many
companies started to unravel. Responding aggressively to
the situation, the United States Congress enacted the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (SOX), intending as it did so to
reduce corporate malfeasance and protect investors. This
hallmark legislation set forth a new system of checks and
balances, and is seen by many as a foundation for rebuilding
investor confidence.
SOX rewrote the rules for corporate
governance, internal control, and financial reporting. It
aims to restore public confidence and protect the public
interest by improving the integrity of financial reporting –
the foundation on which the U.S. capital markets system is
built and thrives. Section 404 of the Act focuses heavily on
the critical role of internal control over financial
reporting, re-emphasizing the importance of ethical conduct
and reliable information in the preparation of financial
information reported to investors.
Speaker:
Our speaker is a senior manager in the
Compliance Department of Barrick Gold Corporation, a public
company traded on the Toronto and New York stock exchanges.
Our speaker has had more than 16 months of experience
working on Sarbanes Oxley compliance at both Barrick Gold
and, before that, BMO Bank of Montreal. Her focus is on
readying the company for compliance with the Sarbanes Oxley
Act of 2002 effective for their December 31, 2006 year-end.
Her main activities involve design of documentation
standards, procedural policies to be employed at both the
corporate and regional offices, quality assurance and entity
level controls including the anti-fraud program.
Prior to joining Bank of Montreal, our
speaker worked at Ernst & Young as a public accountant for 8
years, spending 2 of them in Barbados working on offshore
and international business companies and another 16 months
in the United States focusing on public company offerings
and US GAAP financial reporting.
Space is limited! Please register before
noon
on
Friday, May 13th through the Chapter hot line
905-571-2994
or the visit our chapter web site at
www.apics-durham.org.
Location, Timetable, Fees:
Regalis’
Fine Restaurant
1305 Pickering Parkway, Pickering, Ontario
Salads
Tossed Green Salad
(3 Choice of House Dressings)
Entrées
(Guest will have the
following choices)
Roast Top Sirloin with Au Jus & Horseradish
or
Grilled Chicken Breast in Wine Mushroom Sauce
or
Pasta
Linguine Primavera
Accompaniments
Potatoes & Mélange of Vegetables
Dessert
Cheese Cake Regalis
(Above accompanied with by Fresh Bread Rolls & Butter,
Coffee & Tea)
Meet & Greet: 5:30 to
6:15pm
Dinner: 6:30 to
7:15pm
Awards: 7:15 to 7:45pm
Speaker: 7:45 to
8:45pm
Members $ 35
Non-Members $ 40
Students $20
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October 2005 Professional
Development Meeting
Featuring: Melanie Beaumont, Senior Advisor, Lean Advisors
Inc.
LEAN SERIES Session
3
“Starting the Change Management Process”
Tuesday, October 18, 2005
“To manage change ‘the
right way’, executives need to set clear targets
for measurable return even in the so-called ‘soft skills’
training associated with change. Too often Change Management
programs seem to focus on ‘feel good’ platitudes rather than
on creating behavioral benchmarks”.
“Motivating employees for successful change management is
not about installing coke machines on every floor or day
care facilities – it’s not about touchy-feely new age
togetherness. It’s about creating a pragmatic working
environment of trust, good communications and mutual
respect”. It doesn’t happen over night; it is a
wide-ranging change effort that takes time but starts with
small, easy to do steps.
Join us for an interesting evening, providing insights and
techniques for initiating the change management process in
your dynamic business environment. “From the employee or
team perspective, management of change is not just about
managing your individual reactions and efforts; it’s
most often about learning the right way to ‘manage up’”.
Speaker:
Melanie has
been a senior executive in the broadcasting, consumer
goods/services and educational sectors. She has particular
expertise in change management, communications,
restructuring, coaching and motivation. She is the former
Assistant General Manager at TV Ontario. While at TV
Ontario she improved efficiencies in production operation
and her new media team won the prestigious international
Milia D’Or award for excellence for web-based educational
products
She is an experienced facilitator for Change Management
programs at both the team and senior management level.
Equally familiar with union and non-union environments,
Melanie’s approach to change management is pragmatic and
focused on results rather than rhetoric.
For Lean Advisors Inc. (LEAD®), she created and delivered
the ‘Cultural Value Stream Process’ at the Royal Canadian
Mint. Melanie also created and delivered LEAD’s ‘Lean
Leadership’ program for Wachovia Securities, Richmond
Virginia, and Masonite Canada to enable their Lean
Enterprise initiatives. Also for (LEAD®), she created and
delivered ‘Customer Service in a Fast Paced Environment’,
‘Leading Change Management’, and ‘Managing Change for Teams’
programs at Ottawa Airport.
Location,
Timetable, Fees:
We will meet at Harpo’s – 44 Stevenson Rd. S., Oshawa L1J
5L9. The restaurant is located on the west side of
Stevenson Rd. just south of King St. (Hwy 2) and directly
across from the Oshawa Centre.
MENU
Dinner served with Garlic Brad and
choice of Caesar or House Salad.
Entrées
(Guest will have the following
choices)
Prime Rib
OR
Herb
Stuffed Chicken
OR
Atlantic Salmon
OR
Pasta Primavera
OR
Veal
Parmesan
Dessert
An assortment of berries over French Vanilla Ice Cream
topped with Roasted Almonds and Grand Marnier
Tea or Coffee
Space is limited! Please register before noon on Friday,
October 14th through the Chapter hot line
905-571-2994
or the register right here on-line!
Meet & Greet: 5:30pm -
6:15pm Members $
35
Dinner: 6:30pm -
7:15pm Non-Members $ 40
Speaker: 7:30pm -
8:30pm Students (ASC Members):
$ 20
Select the items that apply and then let
us know how to contact you.
Once you submit this form, you will be
taken to our link for a secure link to Paypal. Please have
your credit card handy.
Please print out your receipt email from
Paypal and bring to the event as your proof of payment.
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November 2005 Professional Development Meeting
Featuring: Mike Smith, Project Manager/Manufacturing
Operations Lean Coach Messier-Dowty Canada Inc.
“The Lean Journey” Presentation and TOUR
Tuesday, November 15, 2005
What is your roadmap for
lean success? How does your firm measure success, set
targets, and identify new opportunities to eliminate
wasteful activity? “Success in a company’s lean journey
requires an impressive leadership team”. Join us at
Messier-Dowty for an exciting presentation and plant tour
focused on success and lessons learned as they continue to
move forward with lean efforts.
Is your company’s lean
philosophy driven from the top down? Creating a culture of
change is a key factor to success on any firm’s lean
journey. Motivating employees to partake in a successful
lean implementation is not about trite expressions or the
most current trends; it’s about empowering your staff and
creating a culture that is both dynamic and flexible.
Join us for an
interesting evening, providing insights and techniques, shop
talk, and discussion of real life examples followed by a
tour of the shop floor.
About the Speaker
Mike has 15 years
experience in Manufacturing and Operations. Messier-Dowty
Incorporated is a world leader in the design, manufacture,
assembly and integration of aircraft landing gear systems.
Having held positions in Procurement, Production Control &
Planning, Program Management, and Lean Supply Chain
Development; Mike has been exposed to the complete value
stream of his company’s product. Mike is presently
coordinating an internal lean transformation of the machine
shop known as “Focused Factory” where setting a lean vision
strategy with strong leadership support is the key to the
success of this project and the challenges which lay ahead.
Location, Timetable, Fees:
We will meet at Messier-Dowty, 574 Monarch Avenue,
Ajax, ON L1S 2G8
(905)683-3100
at
5:00pm. Presentation and Tour will commence at 5: 30pm
sharp and will conclude at 6:45 pm.
Dinner will follow immediately at Mandarin Restaurant - 1725
Kingston Rd. Pickering, Ontario L1V 4L9 (905)619-1000.
Space is limited!
Please register before noon on Friday, November 11tth
through the Chapter hot line
905-571-2994
or
by filling out the
form below
Meet & Greet:
5:00pm 5:20pm
Presentation:
5:30pm. – 6:45pm
Dinner:
7:15pm
Members $ 35
Non-Members $ 40
Students (ASC Members):
$ 20
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January 2006 Professional
Development Meeting
Featuring: Glen Tolhurst, Lean Advisor, Lean Advisors Inc.
LEAN SERIES Session
3
“The Need for Lean”
Tuesday, January 17th, 2006
Lean is simply about creating more value for customers by
eliminating activities that are considered wasteful. Any
activity or process that consumes resources, adds cost or
time without creating value becomes the target for
elimination. In today’s competitive global environment lean
is quickly becoming essential to a firms survival.
Speaker:
A "turning point" in Glen's lean journey occurred in the
late 1980's when he attended a World Class Manufacturing
seminar given by Richard Schonberger. As Glen’s Career
progressed he has brought SMED into a Tier 1 and 2
automotive supplier feeding a Saturn plant with "line side"
parts on a Kanban basis. Further application of focused
factory work cells to a 'consumer electrical products' plant
supplying the "big box" stores in his role as Director of
Operations followed. Chosen as the first Canadian employee
and Plant Manager for a Greenfield site of a Japanese
automotive subsidiary, Glen oversaw the building of the
plant, installation and start up of equipment, the hiring &
training of all plant employees, and the bringing up to
production with 0 ppm defects, 100% on time delivery, while
meeting budget for a full blown TPS operation running with 2
hours WIP in a Heijunka load leveled mode.
Glen is now a Lean Advisor with Lean Advisors Inc. (LEAD)
which is a leading international Lean consulting firm with
clients throughout North America, Europe, and China. LEAD
emphasizes the importance of the Future State Implementation
Plan using the discipline of “Enterprise Value Stream
Mapping” in creating planned and systemic Lean practices
with sustainable improvements.
Location,
Timetable, Fees:
We will meet at Al Dente Resaturant (formerly Regalis)
1305 Pickering Parkway, Pickering Ontario (905) 839-1200.
MENU
Appetizer course
Bruschetta and Caesar or House Salad. Entrée choice of
Chicken Marsalla, Veal Parmigiana, or Penne Arrabiatta.
Tartufo for dessert and tea or coffee.
Space is limited! Please register before noon on Friday,
January 13th through the Chapter hot line
905-571-2994
or the register right here on-line!
Meet & Greet: 5:00pm -
5:45pm Members $
35
Dinner: 6:00pm -
7:15pm Non-Members $ 40
Speaker: 7:15pm -
8:30pm Students (ASC Members):
$ 20
Select the items that apply and then let
us know how to contact you.
Once you submit this form, you will be
taken to our link for a secure link to Paypal. Please have
your credit card handy.
Please print out your receipt email from
Paypal and bring to the event as your proof of payment.
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May 2005 Professional
Development Meeting
With: Pam Somers, CPIM
"The Lean Game"
Wednesday, May 17th, 2006
The Lean Game
is an interactive event where attendees will learn critical
Lean concepts by participating in the simulation of various
manufacturing environments. Through an incremental redesign
of a simple manufacturing process, participants will
immediately see the impact of Lean on quality, cost and
delivery performance.
The Lean Game
will also demonstrate the importance of integrated
performance measurements and their impact on the decisions
made during the deployment of Lean initiatives.
Dress
comfortably because the Lean Game will get you up and
moving, with Lean Lessons you’re sure to remember!
Pam
has a warm and inviting
style that will give participants a real understanding of
the dynamics and benefits of Lean as applied to any
productive environment.
Pam Somers,
CPIM
is an operations
management professional with more than 17 years of
experience in complex manufacturing environments, including
various operations management roles in the aerospace and
defense industry.
Previous assignments have
included ERP Implementation Team Leader, and Manager of
Operations Scheduling. Pam has been an active APICS
volunteer and presenter at the Chapter, Region and Society
levels for 15 years. She currently serves the association as
Vice President for Region VIII, which encompasses all of
Canada.
We will meet at Al Dente Restaurant –
1305 Pickering Parkway, Pickering, Ontario . The restaurant
is located on the main floor of the building S.E. of the
Pickering Town Centre and next to the 401. Included in the
fees detailed below are, salad, dinner entrée ,desert, and
tea or coffee.
Meet & Greet:
5:30pm
Dinner:
6:00pm
Speaker:
7:00pm
Members $ 30
Non-Members $ 35
Students $20
Space is limited! Please register
before noon on Friday, May 12th through the Chapter hot line
905-571-2994 or by filling out the form below.
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