Meetings

The Falls Cities Chapter holds Professional Development Meetings every month from September through May. Please look below to get more information about upcoming meetings and past meetings.
 

Professional Development Meeting Schedule 2011-2012

Thursday, January 19, 2012
Speaker: Paul Pittman, Ph.D., CFPIM, CSCP, Jonah
Topic: De-Mystifying APICS Certification Examinations

Thursday, November 17, 2011
Speaker: Brenda Lloyd, Director, Equipment Purchasing & Distribution for Unified Foodservice Purchasing Cooperative, LLC.
Topic: Technology - Enabling the Future Foodservice Supply Chain

Thursday, October 20, 2011
Speaker: Mr. Dave Veech, Director Institute for Lean Systems
Topic: Driving Lean Culture

Thursday, September 15, 2011
Topic: Celebrating Our Members and Their Successes in the Manufacturing and Supply Chain Industries

Professional Development Meeting Schedule 2010-2011

Tuesday, April 19, 2011
Topic: Zappos Wow Tour

Tuesday, March 15, 2011
Speaker: Todd Harrett
Topic: Proven Strategies for Reducing Freight Costs and Increasing Profit

Tuesday, February 15, 2011
Speaker: Paul Pittman, Ph.D., CFPIM, CSCP, Jonah 
Topic: The Secrets to Sustaining the Benefits of Lean

Tuesday, January 18, 2011
Speaker: Don Sandusky
Topic: The last twenty years in the world's largest democracy - India

Tuesday, November 16, 2010
Speaker: John Britt, Coauthor of the the 2009 Axiom book award "Who Killed Change"
Topic: Change is Easy: You Go First

Tuesday, October 20, 2010
Speaker: Henry F. Camp, a founder and CEO of IDEA, LLC
Topic: To be announced

Professional Development Meeting Schedule 2009-2010

Thursday, May 27, 2010
Speaker: Ranida Harris, Assistant Professor of Management Information Systems in the School of Business, Indiana University Southeast
Topic: Using Excel for Data Management

Tuesday, April 20, 2010
Speaker: Robert W. Turner is a long time member of PMAL. He has over 40 years of practical business experience in a variety of capacities and industries
Topics: How to Identify, Manage, and Mitigate Risks (Pre-dinner session) and Strategies For a Down Economy (Dinner meeting)

Thursday, March 25, 2010
Topic: UPS Worldport tour

Tuesday, February 16, 2010
Speaker: Ai-Su Chen, a Ph.D. candidate in Operations and Management Science Department, Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota
Topic: QRM – Quick Response Manufacturing

Thursday, January 21, 2010
Speaker: Bill Ritchie, Principal of Customer Chain Consulting
Topic: Strategic Buyer-Supplier Relationship Dissolution: What Can We Learn from the Ford-Firestone Breakup?

Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Speaker: Paula Wyler George
Topic: “Clouds” a conflict resolution tool (Theory of Constraints)

Tuesday, October 20, 2009
Speaker: Mary A. Redmond, a seasoned negotiator, speaker, author and entrepreneur.
Topics: How to Get More of What You Want Every Time (2-hour seminar) and The Lease Speak System: Your Guide to Saving Money on Leases (Dinner meeting)

Thursday, September 17, 2009
Speaker: Casey Miller, Regional Vice President, KY and TN Region for Fastenal Industrial and Construction Supply.
Topic: Vendor Managed Inventory (VMI)
 

Past Meeting 2009

Tuesday, April 21, 2009 - Paula Weyler George, VP of Business Development for Specialty Tool and Machine Company. Topic: “An Introduction to Theory of Constraints”

Thursday, March 19, 2009 -Terry Lunn CFPIM, CIRM is a certified APICS instructor and internationally known speaker. Topic: “Four Ways to Triple Your Inventory Turns”

Thursday, February 19, 2009 -Frank Miller, President and founder of Dynamic Outcomes Topic: “The nature of trust, its impact and value in business relationships"

Thursday, January 15, 2009 -Jeff Korfhage from Safetran Systems in Louisville
Topic: “Sustaining Continuous Improvement in Today's World"

Past Meetings 2008

Thursday, November 20, 2008 -Rence Oliphant - Senior Director of North American sales for Hendrickson International. Topic: "Turbulent Times in the Marketplace – Dealing with our Current Economic Environment"

Thursday, September 25, 2008 -Keith Stewart - Operations Manager for Raytheon Topic: Raytheon’s path to the Shingo Prize for Operational Excellence

Thursday, May 15, 2008 - It’s our 50th Anniversary. Our humorist for the evening is Dr. Clifford Kuhn, The Laugh Doctor. He will have us laughing and he will help us inject more humor into our lives.

Thursday, March 20, 2008 - Thomas D. LaBaugh, MBA, Ph.D. - President, LaBaugh and Associates Topic: “Manger versus Leader” An entertaining look at the contrast and effectiveness of old style versus new style, conflict resolution and motivation.