Forecaster MAY 2015 APRIL PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT MEETING Date: Thursday, May 14, 2015 Program: Applying APICS Standards at Ingersoll Rand Speaker: Clark Ponthier – Ingersoll Rand Location: Catawba Country Club 1154 Country Club Road, Newton NC 28658 Time: 5:30 pm to 7:30 pm Cost: $20 for the general public, $10 for APICS members, $5 for student members and $10 for faculty/student guests. RSVP: Contact Bill Phillips, VP at or IN THIS May Speaker p.2 Membership News p.2 ASU Supply Chain Club p.2 Mission Statements p.2 Website p.3 President Mike Carpenter, CPSM, CPIM Prysmian 828.459.8466 Treasurer Mike Gahagan Acoustek Nonwovens 704.871.8500 x24 Secretary Brenda Erich Total Insight, LLC 828.485.5032 VP Membership Debbie CSCP Corning 828.901.6410 debbie.boyle@corning.com VP Education Chuck Benfield, CFPIM Technibilt 828.464.7388 VP Programs Mike Carpenter, CPSM, CPIM Prysmian Group 828.459.8466 VP Publicity/Newsletter Rick Johnston, CPIM Continental Automotive 828.584.5662 VP Arrangements Bill Phillips, CFPIM Appalachian State University 828.403.6254 Community Relations Kathy Robb-Williams, CPIM Prysmian 828.459.8456 Web Page Coordinator Kathy Robb-Williams, CPIM Prysmian Group 828.459.8456 Company Coordinator Ken Donham, CPIM 828.729.1874 kdonham@charter.net Student Liason Stacey Hall hallsl@appstate.edu Directors-at-Large Dr. Richard E. Crandall, CIRM, CSCP Appalachian State University 828.262.4093 Dr. Sam Formby Appalachian State University 828.262.7673 formbysk Dr. Dinesh Dave Appalachian University daveds@appstate.edu
May Speaker Ponthier is Vice President, Operations and Integrated Supply Chain, for the HVAC Parts and Supply Solutions SBU at Ingersoll Rand. He is responsible for distribution operations, remanufacturing operations, and SIOP/Materials planning for company owned stores, independent wholesale distributors, and commercial independents. Clark also serves on the national board of directors for APICS Member News I hope you can join us for our last PDM of the 2014-15 program year. In addition to our scheduled speaker, the new Board of Directors will be inducted. I am excited and privileged to have been nominated to serve as chapter president in the coming program year. Lori Bishop, a very active and longtime member with APICS, will be taking my spot as VP of Membership. Since the last member announcements in April, we have 3 new Student associate members who have joined. They are Austin Brown, Betty Ray, and Samantha Wood-Greer. Please congratulate these new ASU students and welcome them to our chapter! As a reminder, the chapter will take the months of June and July off, and no meetings will be held during that time. We resume PDM’s in the month of August on Thursday the 13th. Sincerely, Debbie Boyle, CSCP VP of Membership, Foothills Chapter ASU Supply Club Award Competing against 60 student clubs, the Supply Chain Club at Appalachian State University recently won an award for Membership Development. Please join us in recognizing them for this accomplishment. Mission Statements Foothills Chapter mission statement: “The Foothills Chapter of APICS 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 “APICS builds and validates knowledge in supply chain and operations management. We enable our community of members, affiliates and customers to lead in the global marketplace.” Website Do you need information 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 our chapter and its happenings. We have had over 3,500 visits to the site.