Meetings
2008-2009 PDMs
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September 9: |
Topic: The Association of Business Process Management Professionals, Learn How to Manage by Process Speakers: Yvonne Lederer-Antonucci, Ph.D. and friends from the Philadelphia Chapter Location: Concordville Inn |
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October 14: |
Topic: Lean Manufacturing: From Concepts to Practice Speakers: John Barone, PBA & Jim Jones, Manufacturing Specialists, Delaware Manufacaturing Extension Partnership Location: Christiana Hilton |
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November 11: |
Topic: Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award Speakers: Harry Zechman Location: Concordville Inn |
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January 13: |
Topic: Career Insurance Speakers: Gary Pezutti Location: Christiana Hilton |
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February 10: |
Topic: Lean Accounting Speakers: Brian Maskell Location: Concordville Inn |
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April 15: (Wednesday) |
Topic: Product Life Cycle Management (Joint meeting with PAN-APICS Congress for Progress) Speakers: Dave Jankowski Location: Philadelphia (Society Hill) |
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May 12: |
Topic: Identifying Inventory You Can Control Now Speaker: Jane Lee VP Supply Chain Solution |
Summary of United Electric Plant Tour
Dave Devoll, Donna Shamblin, Director of Quality, and Bob Crawford, Vice President of Operations
Our hosts for the evening were CEO, Tom Cloud, and Donna Shamblin, Director of Quality. Tom began the evening with a general overview of the Business. Tom discussed United's performance metrics, continuous improvement steps and focus on Quality to achieve their mission statement, "To deliver exceptional service to our Customers, while maintaining the highest standards for courtesy, knowledge, and ethics." He also reviewed how they used their Disaster Recovery Plan to quickly recover after their New Castle building was destroyed by a tornado in 2004.
Bob Crawford, Vice President of Operations, covered United's Product Groups and Sales Organization. He stressed that the Product Groups are dedicated to ensuring projects run smoothly and that the Sales teams are focused to meet the needs of the Customers.
Perry Hartranft, Corporate Director of Purchasing, went over the responsibilities of the Purchasing Department. His discussion of forecasting, buying and stocking inventory for 15 locations was especially interesting for this APICS group.
Ed Pengelly, Corporate Director of Warehousing, ended the business review with a discussion of the Warehouse roles. Ed covered how bar coding & radio frequency guns are used through out the warehouse operation to optimize speed and efficiency for the Customer.
The evening came to a close with a tour of the warehouse, Customer demonstration area and site store that is open to the general public. An actual Customer order pick was demonstrated in the warehouse.
Special thanks go to Tom and Donna for organizing this event.
Recap of October 14th PDM
DEMEP – Lean Case Studies
Presenters: John Barone, PBA & Jim Jones of DEMEP
The Delaware Manufacturing Extension Partnership (DEMEP) operates in the state of Delaware with federal and state
funding, plus the monies it earns at equal shares. Since 1994 it has operated to stave off the outflow of manufacturing
jobs to foreign countries as part of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST).
Jim and John explained that 71% of manufacturing jobs lost in Delaware came from large firms and that 90% of new
jobs in manufacturing come from small firms. In addition they explained that there are 350,000 small manufacturing
firms in the US that account for 6 million jobs. Hence, the emphasis in DEMEP is to assist small businesses to become
more competitive and thus stem the threat of exporting jobs overseas.
With that objective in mind, DEMEP offers Lean training that is simple, easy to execute, and cost effective. As many in
the audience attested, DEMEP does not limit itself to small businesses. A.I. DuPont Hospital, DuPont, Astra Zeneca, and
DNREC are just a few examples of larger firms who benefit from their involvement. Jim and John gave examples of
Lean training and consulting that made their clients more productive and set them on a path to continuous improvement.
For the APICS member, DEMEP offers training classes and workshops, which satisfy re-certification points. Because
they are local, cost effective, and have experts in the field, their offering is hard to miss.
 Pictured above are speakers John Barone (left) and Jim Jones from DEMEP. |
 Pictured above are Nirav Patel of SPIREOPS (left), Jiao Ding of W.L. Gore, and Nishit Patel of SPIREOPS. |
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Attendance Awards Pictured on the left are members who attended more than half of the nine PDMs held during the 2007-2008 season. They were awarded a time-honored documentation tool – the APICS notepad and pen.From left to right: Jim Sharp (6), Bonnie Wright (5), Kathy DiEnno (6), and Richard Button (5). Other awardees not pictured include Robert Brenner (7), Tamsey Schuler (6), Walter Kaminski (6), David Raughley (5), Mark Hopkins (5), and Sandy Fine (5). Numbers indicate the re-certification points each member received for their Professional Dinner Meeting participation. |
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