Forecaster MARCH 2018 MARCH PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT MEETING Date: Thursday, 1st, 2018 Program: Data Governance & Quality: The Relevance for Today’s Global Supply Chain Speaker: Mustafa Dadawalla – Manager. Global Data Quality - Corning Optical Communications, Hickory, NC Location: Catawba Country Club 1154 Country Club Road, Newton NC Time: 5:30 pm to 7:30pm Cost: $20 for the general public, $15 for members & faculty, $5 for student members and $10 for student guests. RSVP: Contact Bill Phillips, VP at or email IN THIS ISSUE… President’s Message p.2 March PDM p.2 Membership News p.2 APICS Webinars p.3 Website p.3 Mission Statements p.3 Upcoming Programs p.3 President Mike Gahagan, CMA Consultant 828.345.0580 Past President Debbie Boyle, CSCP Corning 828.901.6410 Treasurer Dr. Pam Keystone, CPIM, CIRM, CSCP Lees-McRae College VP Arrangements Bill Phillips, CFPIM Appalachian University 828.403.6254 VP Education Mike Carpenter, CPSM, CPIM Prysmian Group 828.459.8466 VP Membership/Web- Master Ken Donham, CPIM, CSCP Stallergenes-Greer 828.759.7435 kdonham@greerlabs.com VP Arrangements Bill Phillips, CFPIM Appalachian State University 828.403.6254 VP Programs Dr. Steven Leon Appalachian State Unuversity VP PR & Newsletter Rick Johnston, CPIM Continental Automotive 828.584.5334 Secretary Brenda Erich Stallergenes-Greer berich@greerlabs.com Student Liason Robert Mohler Appalachian State University molerrf@appstate.edu Dr. Richard E. Crandall, CFPIM, CIRM, CSCP Appalachian State University 828.262.4093 Dr. Dinesh Dave Appalachian State University daveds@appstate.edu Mustafa Dadawalla, CSCP Corning dadawallmj@corning.com , Adam Coffey GKN Driveline adam.coffey@hotmail.com David Lawrence Turbotec Products dalawrence@charter.net President’s Message “Don’t be Afraid to Fail” APICS Members and Friends:
discounts, access to the APICs job board for global opportunities, career resources, and many more. This is normally a $220 value for Free! Regards, Ken Donham, CPIM, CSCP APICS Webinars APICS commonly offers timely and useful webinars for members. Click on the link below to learn more about supply chain and career topics. Website Do you need information about the next Chapter meeting? About our next CPIM review course? Then take a moment to visit our Foothills Chapter website at: . The site is updated frequently and has interesting and useful information for you about our chapter and its happenings. We have had over 3,500 visits to the site. Additionally, if you have information pertaining to chapter activities or local job openings or suggestions for improvement that you would like to have posted please contact Ken Donham via e-mail at kdonham@greerlabs.com Mission Statements Foothills Chapter mission statement: “The Foothills Chapter of is committed to serving its membership, geographic area, and business community with educational programs, services, and career assistance to meet the challenge of professional growth. The chapter promotes networking, social interaction, leadership, and management skills through involvement in professional development meetings, classroom participation, seminars and other related activities.” National APICS mission statement “Fostering the advancement of end-to-end supply chain management through a body of knowledge, innovative research, systems, and methods to create value for customers, members, and organizations”. Upcoming Programs 12-April - PDM Catawba Country Club- Sophie Dabbs, Vice President – Solutions Engineering, Transportation Insight 10-May - PDM Catawba Country Club- Yash Bhatia, President, Datos Consulting,