APICS Brandywine Valley Chapter President
Al Leigh
CPIM CSCP
It’s nearly time for back-to-school and it’s nearly time for the APICS-Brandywine Valley Chapter’s fall schedule of Professional Development Meetings and Course offerings. Among the topics and speakers we are lining up for our monthly Professional Development Meetings are the subjects of Change Management, an S&OP Role Play, Global Supply Chain Planning, and Stadium/Team Operations at the new professional soccer team, the Philadelphia Union. Also in the works is a tour of the Tastykake Factory in South Philly. Stay tuned to our website for more information.
The first Professional Development Meeting will be Tuesday, September 14th. Save the date!! Details on the location and speaker will be posted on our website in the next week or so.
We also are scheduling a full lineup of Certified Supply Chain Professional (CSCP) and CPIM courses beginning in September. These will all be held at the Widener School of Law. Click here for the details.
I would like to welcome our newest Board member, Kathy DiEnno. Kathy is a Customer Account Manager at AstraZeneca. For us, she is the co-Vice President of Programs. We are already seeing the benefits of her ideas and energy in the Programs for this year. Welcome aboard, Kathy!!
From everything I can see and read, supply chain and operations management is becoming more important and more relevant for every business and organization. It’s through effective supply chain management that business’s can truly optimize the balance between customer service, inventory and cost. If quality, flexibility, dependability, speed and cost are important to your customers and your business, you owe it to yourself to find out more about supply chain management. The Brandywine Valley Chapter of APICS is a great place to start.
If you have comments on this letter, or suggestions for future topics or seminars that you would like to learn more about, please don’t hesitate to contact me at this email: president@apicsbrandywine.org
Cheers,
Al
Alan R. Leigh
APICS – Brandywine Valley Chapter
President
CSCP, CPIM, Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt