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eNewsletter NAPM Volume I,
Number 2 October
5, 2004 |
purchasing and
supply chain management professionals in the greater Akron area. |
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October Meeting Tuesday,
October 19th 44333-3365 5:30 p.m.
October Fest Fun Times - No ProD 6:30 p.m.
Dinner For more
information contact: 330.699.8808 or click here
for reservations Click here
for: Satellite
Seminar Thursday,
October 21st Best Practices for Negotiations and
Contracting Board Members 2004-2005 President - Paul Klingler 1st Vice President - 2nd Vice President – Jim Moore Secretary – Brian Toth Treasurer – Marketing – Paul Klingler (acting) Membership – Jim Burand, C.P.M. Regular Events – Special Events – John Inks, C.P.M./A.P.P. University Affairs - Bruce VonGunten, C.P.M./A.P.P Volunteer Support - Dominic Perri, C.P.M.
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originate from this new NAPM-Akron domain. Continue to be alert for this new
address (and other @napm-akron.org domain emails) so they do not go into your
junk-mail accounts. For those without an
email address, viewing of the electronic newsletter is available by clicking
on the NAPM Akron web site, then clicking on Newsletters.
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Sign
up early for: Monthly
Dinner Meetings, Satellite
Seminars and C.P.M.
Classes Check
our web site for
registration information. Click here for
dinner reservations October (19th)
Dinner Meeting (no ProD this month) October Fest and Bosses’ Night – invite
your boss today and don’t miss out! “Value Chain Management” - Jeffrey Lubash,
CFPIM, CIRM, C.P.M., BSE, MBA …is an NAPM costs
is a common challenge in today’s competitive environment. With customers regularly asking for
“Better, Faster, and
Cheaper (lower price)” products and services, continuous improvement
has become a mandatory activity. Many
companies have been doing improvement activities for a while, and have
already captured the easy opportunities. They’re
starting to wonder where to look for that next step-up in performance. After
picking the low hanging fruit in your own area, it may be time to broaden
your scope into other areas, both within
your own company as well as with other value chain participants. However, crossing organizational
boundaries brings
additional challenges. Value
Chain Management provides numerous proven tools and techniques to address these
challenges, as well as enabling faster improvement on your “home
turf”. This
after-dinner presentation will provide an overview of Value Chain Management,
and advice on how to use it’s toolkits to
increase profits and cash-flow. Jeffrey
is president of Affiliated Services Group, Ltd., a management consulting firm
for manufacturers. Jeff’s
specialties include implementing Operational
Excellence methods such as Lean Enterprise, Value Chain Management, Six Sigma
and High Performance Workplace. Dinner meetings are held on the 3rd Tuesday
of each month September through May (except December) We would
like to see you at many of our activities this year. Click here
for dinner reservations |
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If
you picked up a Just Ask! card at the September meeting, please be sure and
bring your guest and enjoy the discounted
rate of 2 dinners for the price of one ($20). |
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Our 1st Satellite Seminar of the
Year – Thursday, October 21st (Click here to register)
FREE
FREE FREE FREE (Click
here for more details) Best
Practices for Negotiations and Contracting
Segment 1 - What is Best Practice Strategy? Segment 2 - Terms and Conditions Common Across
Core Agreements Segment 3 - Clauses for Specific Applications Segment
4 - Integrating Contracting and Negotiations Cost is FREE…sign
up today! Pass this notice on to
your supervisor TODAY! |
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ISM Dues Increase Planned
(please consider this (and our web site posting) your
official notice of a dues increase – a membership vote is forthcoming)
In August 2004, the ISM Board of
Directors approved an increase in ISM national annual dues. The ISM Regular
Member dues will increase
by $10 to $155 per year for an NAPM Akron membership. The increase is based on a review by
the ISM Board of Directors
of ISM's financial position and strategic plan at
the May 2003 and August 2003 meetings. Your upcoming voting
approval of this increase will allow NAPM Akron to retain it’s current
portion of the overall dues of $55…otherwise, we
would have to absorb the entire $10 increase. Our membership will be
asked to vote on this increase and your Board will prepare and recommend the
appropriate voting direction
in a future communication. Again, this is
simply an advisory of an upcoming vote for a dues increase |
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C.P.M. Review Classes
Coming Up In January 2005 at The University of Akron Check back here for more details in December. C.P.M. AND
A.P.P. NEWS
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have requested they supply us with a valid email address so they may receive
all electronic notifications/newsletters.
If you know of anyone not receiving our notifications, please pass on this
request. We now have an email for over 95% of our
membership…thanks for your support! |
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Door Prize Drawing Win a free entry to our annual golf outing in August just by
attending our dinner meeting program on Tuesday, October 19th. Our September’s winner was: Greg Warder – Diebold, Inc. Congrats Greg!! |
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The September dinner meeting attracted 44 members/guests (9 over our
goal) while ProD was attended by 31 (11 over our goal). |
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