APICS Tucson Chapter Newsletter

APICS The Association for Operations Management

Tucson Chapter

Advancing Productivity, Innovation, and Competitive Success

July 2009
Volume 9, Issue 7

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July Event

Professional Development Meeting

No meeting in July

August Activity

The Tucson Chapter is hosting the APICS Southwest District Meeting.

Saturday, Aug 8th, 2009

All Day District Meeting
(Held this year in Tucson)

Alan Landry Col (Ret)

Director of Business Development - Land Combat

Raytheon Missile Systems

Leadership in Difficult Times

Location
Hotel Arizona

The Hotel Arizona
181 West Broadway
Tucson, AZ 85701 (map)

Schedule

Agenda Details - "Leadership"

7:30 - 8:00	Registration and breakfast
8:00 - 8:15	Orientation and Welcome
8:15 - 8:45	Corporate Update - Preston Blevins
8:45 - 9:45	Personality/Behavior styles - Sybil Melin
9:45 - 10:00	Break
	New Officers Track	Seasoned Officer Track
10:00 - 11:00	Your First Three Months - Dave Johnson	Board's Responsibility and Keys to running a successful chapter - Joel Lohr
11:00 - 12:00	CMS/CBAR Basics and taking it to the next level - Stacy Gigger	New subjects/markets for Educational offerings - Lisa Anderson & Ellen Kane
12:00 - 1:00	Networking Lunch
1:00 - 2:00	Checks and Balances - Financial finesse - Buck Crouch	Creative Classes - Sue Franks & Karen Vechio
2:00 - 2:15	Break
2:15 - 3:15	Disaster Recovery - how to protect your Chapter's assets - Barry Soloman	Team Building exercises as a PDM experience - Doug Howardell
3:15- 4:00	Chapter and Market Strategic Planning - Ken Allaire	Develop a Marketing Plan - Chuck Jones
3:00- 4:00	Conflict Resolution	Leadership thru Cultural D ifferences - Preston Blevins
4:00 - 5:00	Motivational Speaker - Leadership in Difficult Times - Alan Landry Col (Ret) Director of Business Development - Land Combat Product Line - Raytheon Missile Systems
5:00 - 5:15	Closing Ceremonies, wrap up, Milt Cook, next meeting
No cost for the APICS meeting, register on the district site. Link to District Web Site
Also check out the Saturday Night Event here.

Chapter Information

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Vision & Mission Statement

Our Vision:
To inspire lifelong learning and enhancement of individual and chapter success.

Our Mission:
To be the leader and premier provider of individual and organizational education, standards of excellence, and information in Integrated Resource Management.

Tucson Chapter Mission Statement:
To help the business and educational community meet challenges of professional growth by providing high quality resource management education.