Monthly Professional Development Meetings

On the second Tuesday of the month, the Ventura chapter gathers to hear the current status of chapter business, as well as APICS-related topics and trends in national and international business from the experienced professionals invited as guest speakers. In these monthly meetings, attendees also have the opportunity to network with other professionals from multiple industries.

The PDM offers a great value at $20 (reduced prices for unemployed attendees) and occasionally low cost or free plant tours are arranged at local business.

Examples of recently presented PDM topics include:

Lean & Green Manufacturing - Kirk Prather
How to Improve Almost Any Process – George Miller
Tour through the Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf packaging plant in Camarillo
Getting users ready to implement a new system - Brian Bastow

You don't need to be a member of APICS to attend. Meetings are open to all - bring your boss, your coworkers, anyone interested in the PDM topics and the networking opportunities.

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Join us for our February PDM

posted Feb 3, 2012 1:33 PM by Victor Granados [ updated Feb 7, 2012 3:53 AM ]

TOC / Lean / Six Sigma

Presented by Lee Kirkpatrick

Professional Development Meeting on Monday, February 13th.

What are they?

How do they fit together?

Are they different today then when first introduced?

Lee will explore how they synergistically support each other and the benefits you can get from them. Learn how many of the tools used to achieve six-sigma, will also help resolve bottleneck operations and help make you lean. Becoming lean requires "only good parts" (or services) which requires six-sigma quality levels.

About the Speaker

Lee Kirkpatrick has held various manufacturing positions in medical devices and CNC machine tooling industries. Most recently he has been a trainer and consultant for a major ERP software company. As a trainer/consultant, Lee has worked with more than 60 firms world wide. Lee has a BSIM from Lawrence Technological University, and maintains the APICS CPIM (Certified in Production and Inventory Management) designation,

Meeting Details

Location:
Courtyard by Marriott
600 East Esplanade Drive
Oxnard, CA 93036
(805) 988-3600
Click here for a map to the event

Agenda:
6:00-6:30 Registration
6:30-7:30 Dinner/Networking
7:30-9:00 Meeting