APICS Northeast District Meeting Albany, New York February 21, 2015

2 © APICS Confidential and Proprietary Quinn Golden will lead us in the Pledge of Allegiance Quinn served in the National Guard and in the Patriot Guard Riders

3 © APICS Confidential and Proprietary Roll Call of Chapters Anthony Zampello CPIM, CIRM, CSCP District Team – Communications, Monadnock Chapter

4 © APICS Confidential and Proprietary Chapter Anniversaries 1. New Haven30 Years(5/15/1980) 2. Maine35 Years(10/24/1980) 3. Tappan Zee50 Years(5/5/1965) 4. South Shore55 Years(11/1/1960) 5. Elmira55 Years(11/1/1960) 6. Rochester55 Years(6/29/1960) 7. Worcester County55 Years(3/17/1960) 8. Buffalo 55 Years (3/15/1960) 9. Western Massachusetts 55 Years(1/7/1960)

5 © APICS Confidential and Proprietary New Student Chapter Binghamton 55 Students Parent Chapter = Southern Tier Chapter (Dave Gardner & Don Sheldon)

6 © APICS Confidential and Proprietary District Meetings & Conference 1. May 15 & 16 West Jersey 2. September 18 & 19Ottawa, Ontario Canada 3. October 5 – 7Las Vegas 4. February 2016 TBDAlbany (Student Case Competition)

7 © APICS Confidential and Proprietary Northeast District Meeting Thank you Jennifer Kevlin A.Four great years of leadership B.Fantastic transition planning 2. What is a “Joost” and how do you pronounce it? 3. Building on a strong foundation A.Great staff B.Great KPI’s 4. Communication is key A.President’s “one on one” discussions -- taking longer than expected, but worth it! B.Monthly NEDD started in January 2015, will continue to come out on the last Friday of each month.

8 © APICS Confidential and Proprietary Northeast District Staff 1. Joost VlesDistrict Manager 2. Jennifer KevlinStudent Case Competition 3. Reed DubowFinance / Logistics 4. Donna GioffreSpecial Projects 5. Anthony ZampelloCommunications 6. Ron CalanniAdministration 7. Chapter Improvement Leaders (Ski Instructors) a)Tom BarryCBAR Coach b)Joe ShedlawskiInstructor Focal Point 8. You!

9 © APICS Confidential and Proprietary Joost Vles (pronounced yost fles) 1. Born and Raised in Western New York (Buffalo) 2. Attended UB, Houghton, and UB again (MBA) 3. Career path: A.Started in Computer Science (programming) B.Joined APICS in 1988 (26 Years ago?) C.Inside Sales Manager, Customer Service D.Director of Operations (Plant Manager) at American Brass E.APICS Buffalo Board of Director since 2007 (President ) F.Now: Supply Chain Manager at Moog, Inc. in East Aurora G.Now: Teaching APICS CPIM modules in Buffalo H.Now: Teaching Operations Management in UB’s PMBA program I.Now: APICS Northeast District Manager 4. Family: A.Wife of 24+ Years, Cheryl B.Son, Quinten (14) and Daughter Skylar (11)

10 © APICS Confidential and Proprietary NorthEast District Details NEDD (Monthly Communication Tool – Last Friday of each month) N ew Items E ducational Items D istrict Staff messages D ates to Remember

11 © APICS Confidential and Proprietary Northeast District KPI’s 1. Increase Attendance by 5% year over year 2. Increase TTT/LDI offerings 3. Technology training for Chapters: Help with NPS (Net Promoter Scores) % Compliance on CPA/C-Bar 5. Volunteer Development A.Training B.Webinars C.Board Development 6. Student Chapter KPI’s

12 © APICS Confidential and Proprietary President’s One on One Conversations 1. Completed 14 (54%) of the conversations so far 2. Questions I am asking: A.What do you like about the District? B.What would you like to see changed? C.How can we help?

13 © APICS Confidential and Proprietary Most common items 1. Things you like: a)Communication (NEDD and Phone calls) b)Year in advance schedule 2. Areas where you would like to see improvement: a)Implementation of Mesirow Insurance changes b)Implementation of the DBDM c)Implementation of the N.A. Channel Partner Strategy d)Best practices across Chapters 3. Ways that the District Manager can help a)Communication b)Voice to APICS / Abe

14 © APICS Confidential and Proprietary President’s One on One Conversations 1. Need to complete 12 more conversations: 1.Albany 2.Buffalo 3.Central NY 4.Danbury 5.Elmira 6.Maine 7.No Shore 8.Providence 9.Rochester 10.Southern Tier of NY 11.Tappan Zee 12.WMASS 2. Questions I will ask: A.What do you like about the District? B.What would you like to see changed? C.How can we help?

15 © APICS Confidential and Proprietary Flash Drive Contents 1. This presentation by Joost Vles 2. John Cappron’s 18 Improvement ideas for Linkedin 3. Tom Barry’s CBAR Talk 4. Jennifer Kevlin’s Academic Panel 5. Jennifer Kevlin’s APICS Announcements 6. Mesirow Insurance Example Policy 7. Gail Rutkousky District Business Development Manager 8. North America Channel Partner Strategy 4 th update

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