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November 12, 2012 Volume 1, Issue 4 Special Points

of Interest

Message from the

APICS-NYC/LI

President

Farmingdale State

College Student

Chapter welcomes

guest Speaker,

Scott Richards

Hofstra University

Chapter Spearhead

Arkwin Industries

Tour with Students

Save-the-Date!

Professional Meetings

Special Guest Speak-

ers & Reviews

Professional Class

Offerings

Inside This Issue:

Message from the APICS-

NYC/LI President 1

Message from the APICS-

NYC/LI President cont’d 2 Student Page:

Farmingdale State College 3 Student Page: Hofstra

University Kick Off 4Arkwin Industries Welcome Student Chapter & ERP students 5 PDM Review:

PDQ 6 Next PDM:

Mr. George Nickel III 7

Professional Courses

8

A Message from APICS-NYC/LI Chapter President

and integrated quality

management were ex-

plored.

We are happy to report

that the Hofstra APICS

Student Chapter is up and

running under the leader-

ship of their President

Victoria Ogirri, Vice

President of Membership

Nigel Henry, Treasurer

Paul Hilding and Vice

President of Education,

Sandeepa Thapa.

Congratulations to

Victoria and the Student

Chapter officers at

Hofstra. University

See the pictures of their

first event with in this

newsletter.

The Farmingdale State

and Stony Brook Student

chapters are underway in

their planning and will

hopefully collaborate on

their chapters activities.

In regard to the status of

our current educational

courses: the APICS

CPIM Module 2 at

Northrop Grumman is off

to a good start under the

instruction of Stan Stone,

the CPIM course at

L’Oreal is proceeding and

employees have been suc-

cessful in their testing.

The CSCP is underway at

Tiffany under the instruc-

tion of St. Claire Gerard.

Any questions or inquir-

ies regarding education

classes, certifications or

workshops please contact

Norm Heilweil, or Vice

President of Education

Sales.

As a member of our chap-

ter we want to make this a

pleasant, informative and

educational experience

for you. If you have any

concerns or questions

about becoming a mem-

ber or your membership

please contact our Vice

President of Membership,

Lois Greaux, for addi-

tional information.

The Formula SAE project

at Farmingdale State

College is underway with

the guidance of Herb

Schiller assisting with the

project management and

scheduling of these ac-

tivities.

Remember, these were

the students who pre-

sented at our Anniversary

Celebration. It is to be

noted that this Formula

SAE Team has been

awarded the Students

First Grant at Farming-

dale State College under

the direction of Dr. Jill

O’Sullivan. This award

will assist in procuring

much needed materials

for this project.

Hello APICS Members

and Guests,

Greetings!

Welcome to

our APICS

newsletter.

We will highlight some of

the very important events

and activities we have

been up to since our last

newsletter.

With the new PDM sea-

son starting we offered a

new venue for our first

PDM on September 11th,

where Gene Caiola dis-

cussed Managing Price,

Delivery and Quality

Through Continuous Im-

provement. He presented

about how more than ever

before, remaining com-

petitive in today’s manu-

facturing markets relies

on the essentials of Price,

Delivery and Quality

(PDQ). His presentation

focused on the develop-

ment of a continuous im-

provement culture com-

bined with proven meth-

ods of controlling and

improving each of these

elements in order to re-

main a relevant partner in

your supply chain.

Specifically, the areas of

cost management,

throughput accounting,

Lean and Theory of Con-

straints (TOC) scheduling

continued on Page 2

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continued from Page 1

We want to commend

Arkwin Industries for host-

ing a LEAN workshop this

past summer on Saturdays

that these Formula SAE

students, Anthony

DiBono, Mike Reis and

Helder Santiago and two

Professors; Professor

Sudhir Sachdev and yours

truly, Dr. Jill O’Sullivan

attended. Dennis Golden-

sohn and Duke Logan

meet with us on Saturdays

for instruction on LEAN

concepts and how to best

utilize them in this For-

mula SAE project. Thank

you ARKWIN, Dennis and

Duke for the fantastic con-

tribution to this project and

these young men.

We have a new Board of

Directors member, Al

Macias, who will assume

the role of Vice President

of Educational Develop-

ment so I hope you all join me

in welcoming him with your

support and guidance.

It is with great pleasure I

announce to our membership

that the APICS NYC/LI

Chapter has acquired the

Platinum Level CBAR Award

based on our submission.

This is the eight year we have

succeeded in this accomplish-

ment which takes a lot of hard

work and dedication to the

chapter and our members. The

NYC/LI Chapter sets a high

standard for the rest of the

APICS Chapters in our Dis-

trict and worldwide. I would

like to thank the Board and

our members for their service

and dedication to this chapter.

As the committee chair of the

APICS District Nomination

Committee we are pleased to

announce the nomination of

Jennifer Kelvin to District

Manager of the APICS North

East District. Congratula-

tions to Jennifer and sincere

thanks to her for her ser-

vice.

The APICS NYC/LI

Chapter is offering a Train

The Trainer session for

compliance to the Chapter

Agreement. Anyone inter-

ested please contact our

Vice President of Educa-

tion, Norman Heilweil.

We would like to continu-

ally invite you to attend our

PDM’s, with our resched-

uled November 13th event

to December 10th

at Rosewood Inn at with

Mr. George Nickel III (see

page 7 for bio.) Please feel

free to make suggestions as

to what type of PDM’s you

as a member would like.

Please contact the Vice

President of Programs,

Dennis Goldensohn, or me.

Our Chapter has

been selected to

present at the

next District

Meeting on

November

16 & 17

in Binghamton!

Some of our

successful

business

processes, as

acknowledged in

our CBAR

accolades from

District,

will enable this

chapter to

continue to set an

example for other

chapters by

providing our

best practices in

these areas!

Great News!

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November 12, 2012 Volume 1, Issue 4

Student Page: Farmingdale State College Chapter Welcomes Scott Richards

Mr. Richards presented a

topic that he is currently

developing into a book

called, “10 Rules of Mar-

keting Success.” His book,

while an excellent primer

for branding principles for

any company seeking to

improve its brand capacity,

can effectively be applied to

personal branding, a hot

topic for students, and ex-

ecutives, alike. The presen-

tation went through focused

on the

following ten rules,

or principles.

1. Don’t be Difficult.

If people don’t like you,

they won’t work with

you.

2. Don’t be Pigeon-holed.

If you are too rigid you

you’ll be placed in a

box. He quoted Bruce

Lee, “Be Like Water,

My Friend.”

3. Work Smarter, Not

Harder. Understand the

rules of the game.

Search for ways to be

efficient.

4. Evolve. Figure out

how to learn, and

continuously evolve.

Learn how to aggre-

gate content effi-

ciently. Play with

Technology. Find like

-minded peers.

5. Know SAPS: Status.

Access. Power. Stuff.

Everyone seeks to

have one, or all, to

gain Status. Once you

understand the basis

behind the psychol-

ogy of marketing,

you can efficiently

and accurately

leverage behavioral

motivation.

6. Context. Context

influences contact.

Content must align

with brand before you

can use it.

7. Good Story. Become

a proficient story

teller to gain your

goals. Take public-

speaking classes.

Create interesting

presentations. Watch

Google videos of

great CEOs.

Article and Photos

By Bernita McGoldrick,

Secretary

The Farmingdale State

College’s student chapter

welcomed special

speaker, Scott Richards,

professional marketing

consultant to numerous

Fortune 100 companies,

during club hours on Oc-

tober 25, 2012. Mr. Rich-

ards has worked for 15

years on a variety of me-

dia asset campaigns, de-

veloping over 150 brands,

for such notable compa-

nies as Nike, Pepsi, Ben

& Jerry’s, Hilton, BMW,

Macy’s, JC Penney, and

just to name a few. His

experiences in media de-

velopment, client devel-

opment, branding devel-

opment, and his research

expertise for companies

around the world, has

allowed him the opportu-

nity to hone his skill set

in understanding what

makes a good company, a

good brand. More than

that, he has developed an

understanding of what

makes personal potential

a good brand.

8. Quality of Life.

Don’t alienate yourself

from your core support.

Focus on what makes you

happy. Be balanced.

Don’t lose sight of your

goals on the way to suc-

cess.

9. Own Your Brand/Persona.

Don’t be visible where you

don’t want others to know.

(Think Facebook)

10. Be Uncomfortable. Take

risks to get experience.

Know what you are doing

to move forward.

Scott Richards sited an addi-

tional 10 rules to live by, but

the top 10 were most important

to this learning experience. The

student response to the seminar

was fantastic, filled with numer-

ous questions during the Q &A.

We are extremely grateful to

FSC Student Chapter President,

Steve Brodessor, for making the

arrangements for this excellent

seminar and to our advisors, Dr.

Jill O’Sullivan and Professor

Sudhir Sachdev for continuing

support from the APICS-NYC/

LI professional chapter.

Congratulations, Gary A. Smith For your appointment to

APICS’ CPIM Strategic Management of Resources Committee!

(SMR)

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Hoftsra University Student Chapter Shows Off at Job Fair!

Nigel Henry , VP of Membership Victoria Ogirri , President Paul Hilding , Treasurer Sandeepa Thapa , VP of Education

November 12, 2012 Volume 1, Issue 4

November 12, 2012 Volume 1, Issue 4

Hoftsra University Student Spearheads New Student Chapter

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By Victoria Ogirri

APICS Student Chapter

Hofstra University As a marketing major

transfer student to Hofstra

University in 2012, I de-

cided to focus on an in

demand career field. I

learned about Hofstra’s

Bachelor’s in Supply

Chain Management pro-

gram. As a field, supply

chain is a relatively new

career field but rapidly

growing field.

As my interest grew in

my new found area of

study, I researched the

campus for a student club

related to this new field of

study, and to my

surprise, there were no

established clubs. I then

learned of the Association

for Operations Manage-

ment (APICS) through

my advisor,

Dr. Kaushik Sengupta.

After becoming an APICS

member,

it became my goal to

expose every student to

APICS at Hofstra

University to have the

same opportunity, and

with the assistance of my

advisor, launched a chap-

ter this Fall at her very

own school.

With the executive board,

it is our desire to recruit

new student APICS

members. We remind

Hofstra Students "With

the right guidance and

determination, we can all

reach our full capacity."

“With the right

guidance and

determination,

we can all reach

our full

capacity.”

—Victoria Ogirri

President,

APICS Student Chapter,

Hofstra University

Arkwin Industries Welcomes ERP Class & APICS Student Chapter

By Brian Lejuez

APICS Student Chapter

Farmingdale State College

On October 17th, the

APICS Long Island stu-

dent chapter held a manu-

facturing plant tour of

Arkwin Industries in

Westbury, NY. Arkwin

has been developing

aerospace products for

over 50 years, selling to

both domestic and inter-

national aircraft manufac-

turers. Farmingdale stu-

dent were given the rare

opportunity to see how

parts are developed from

the drawing phase to the

manufacturing phase.

The purpose of the tour

was to give student a bet-

ter understanding of the

Information Systems

used by Arkwin Indus-

tries. As a manufacturer,

Arkwin uses sophisti-

cated Enterprise Re-

source Planning software

to carry out their business

processes. During the

tour, students were able

to see the physical appli-

cation of the software

programs they have been

learning about in the

classroom.

The tour started off

showing the students the

Computer Numerical

Control (CNC) machines

used to cut metal into

intricate shapes. They

then moved on to watch

engineers draft aero-

space pieces that would

later become physical

parts. Along the way,

they learned about the

different metals and heat

-treating processes used

to conform parts to

NASA and Department

of Defense standards.

The tour was concluded

with the assembly and

testing of final parts

ready for shipment to

companies such as Air-

bus.

Overall, the APICS Long

Island student chapter has

continued to deliver on

bringing the industry to

the classroom. Students

were given the opportu-

nity to see what the in-

dustry has to offer and

make career decisions

based on their tour ex-

perience. The wealth of

knowledge gained from

these tours will certainly

help students in any ca-

reer they may choose.

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November 12, 2012 Volume 1, Issue 4

By Bernita McGoldrick

Secretary, APICNYC-LI

On September 11, 2012,

our professional develop-

ment meeting was held at

one of our newest loca-

tions, the Rosewood Inn,

Huntington, NY.

We were fortunate to see

a number of students who

had come from our three

student chapters at Farm-

ingdale State College,

Stony Brook University

and Hofstra University.

It was quite pleasing to

hear the interaction be-

tween our professional

members and the stu-

dents, especially as the

discussions steered to-

ward supply chain man-

agement and operations.

The robust conversation

was both informative and

heartening for us, as it

has always been part of

our mission to cultivate

these relationships be-

tween the business com-

munity and new genera-

tions of future business

men and women.

Our speaker for the eve-

ning, Gene Ciaola, presi-

dent and CEO of

Synergy Resources, dis-

cussed Price, Delivery

and Quality within busi-

ness organizations, using

a variety of models to

explain the efficiencies

required to reduce over

all cost overruns that can

occur in a company, yet

deliver with quality. He

also elaborated there a

number of programs

available to make this

cost-effective, and af-

fordable. More than one

student was appreciative

that he addressed the dis-

cussion and presentation

toward the large student

attendance.

It was interesting to note

that his presentation

brought lively questions

from a variety of atten-

dees.

It is the hope that we

will be able to see con-

tinued growth connect-

ing businesses with stu-

dents, while bringing

wonderfully educational

professional develop-

ment meetings for both.

“A culture

of discipline

is not a

principle of

business;

it is a

principle of

greatness.”

—James C. Collins,

Business Author ,

Harvard Business

Review

Have you ever had the feeling you had this

job in another economy?

PDM: Price, Delivery, and Quality (PDQ)

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November 12, 2012 Volume 1, Issue 4

Congratulations to the NYC/LI Chapter for recent completion of

Train The Trainer (TTT) Sessions With Master Instructor, Harvey McChesney

This TTT workshop was in accordance with the APICS (CPA) Channel Partner Agreement

requirements for our chapters compliance and nine individuals completed the TTT.

Those who completed this two day intense TTT workshop training were:

Rob Clark -NYC/LI Instructor ~ Frank Colletti - NYC/LI Instructor

Stan Stone-NYC/LI Instructor ~ Norm Heilweil-NYC/LI VP Education

Sudhir Sachdev-NYC/LI Treasurer ~ Jill O'Sullivan-APICS NYC/LI President

Our Guests: John Capron (the President of the Mid Hudson Chapter) Prateek Parakh-CPIM,CIRM,CPF (NONJ Chapter)

Richard Cocchetti. -VP (Monadnocki Chapter)

Congratulations to our instructors for their compliance to this requirement and to all individuals

who dedicated their time to this important training. Thank you, Harvey, for a very educational workshop.

IMPORTANT NOTICE! PDM for

November 13th

Rescheduled to

December 10, 2012

5:30 PM - 8:30 PM

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III

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Mr. George Nickel III is a council member of the Manufac-turing Execu-tive Council with me; he also serves on

that board among many others. George is a recent retired ex-ecutive from Johnson and Johnson directing the Global Processing and Supply Chain Council. With over 35 years experience in manufacturing and distribu-tion systems design and imple-mentation. Nickel recently retired from Johnson & John-son. Most recently he was assigned to ensure the success-ful recertification and restart of J&J’s McNeil Consumer Products plant in Fort Wash-ington, PA. Immediately prior he led the Global Process Ar-chitecture team to align, syn-chronize, and implement proc-ess capabilities, investment strategies and governance on J&J’s IT Enterprise Architec-ture team. During that time he also served on J&J’s Standards and Strategies Board to ensure

cross-functional IT/Business collaboration and value realiza-tion. Prior to that role Nickel served as Global Process Owner in Manufacturing for J&J’s con-sumer sector.

Prior to his career at J&J Nickel worked at Pfizer Global Manu-facturing where he was North America team leader for IT and Automation for 19 plants and included the successful integra-tion of Phamacia’s NA manufac-turing network in 2003. Execu-tive’s Leadership Board, is a 3 time judge for Manufacturing Executive/Managing Automa-tion’s Progressive Manufactur-ing Awards program. He cur-rently serves on the Next Gen-eration Manufacturing Advisory Board.

Nickel is a graduate of Washing-ton College and has done gradu-ate work at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School. Nickel is married with 2 grown sons and is now a happy grand-father of a 1 year old grandson.

Topics he has been dealing with include: new generation manu-facturing workforce, role of aca-demia in provisioning skilled workforce, role of enterprise architecture in supply chain process improvements and speed

to market, role of automation in productivity in a flat world and implications to global manufac-turing, and last and fairly new is "re-shoring" and how that is impacting global manufacturing strategies. George will provide his presentation on a couple of these topics and I am sure we will be thrilled with his experi-ence and expertise provided at this Professional Development Meeting. Mr. Nickel will also agreed present at Farmingdale State College's APICS Student Chap-ter event we will be having the next day on the 11th of Decem-ber 11:00, at Farmingdale and we would like to invite all stu-dent chapters to this event. George will address the students directly on what they need to obtain from their educations to have that competitive advantage which will set them apart from the rest. George serves on the Workforce Development Group with me as well where we dis-cuss academic, industry and those entities like APICS who support both efforts on better educating our future generations about manufacturing skills. Lunch will be provided as well. Please note APICS members are invited.

Next PDM: George Nickel III, Guest Speaker

Next PDMs

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November 12, 2012 Volume 1, Issue 4

CSCP—Certified Supply Chain Professional

The APICS CSCP program employs a broad approach, extending beyond internal opera-tions to encompass the entire supply chain -- from the supplier, through the company, to the end consumer. Individuals learn to design a successful supply chain strategy; effec-tively manage supplier and customer relationships; recognize how logistics, technology, and data can enhance performance; and discover how to seamlessly incorporate all proc-esses to increase customer satisfaction and improve the organization's bottom line. To See More/Register….

• CPIM—Certified in Production and Inventory Management CPIM applies to many supply chain tasks and provides the necessary knowledge to thrive in today's global competitive environment-both in terms of reducing costs and increasing customer loyalty. To See More/Register....

CFSCM—Customer Focused Supply Chain Management Course– NEW!

APICS is pleased to announce a new, one-day course for professionals in functions that support the supply chain.

Customer-Focused Supply Chain Management, will provide an insider's view of supply chain management. It offers fundamental knowledge of the functions of SCM and is de-signed to quickly and effectively educate team members who interact with or support sup-ply chain activities, helping to increase efficiency and generate ideas for improvements. To See More/Register.... APICS CPIM offers Northrop Grumman Employees training through Farmingdale State College, with the expertise of APICS-NYC/LI Instructor, Stan Stone—See Site for Details

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