C. J. Nor
d, Chairperson of the Institute of Supply Management, Policy & Steering Committee Member of the Center for International Trade and Transportation, and Supply Chain Manager at California Faucets joins APICS-IE Spring Symposium with insights on supply chain trends.
Join us as C. J. brings us the latest in supply chain trends including ocean transportation challenges, and shares her knowledge in changing International trade and education in supply chain to fit these new trends.
My most successful clients are constantly searching for what’s around the next corner. You cannot become complacent! Unfortunately, while you are resting on the sidelines, your competition will pass you by. Instead, be vigilant about looking for what is coming around the next corner and spotting trends.
A Supply Chain In a State of Flux
In supply chain, the world is constantly changing. Strikes occur. Storms, hurricanes, tornadoes, and the like are very hard to predict. Natural disasters strike. Political unrest is significant. Costs evolve, especially in comparison to one another. Imagine how complex things get with currency fluctuations! Countries struggle – just look at what’s been going on in China. Oil and gas prices can have a great impact. Just look at products and countries dependent on the oil industry. The products cost less to produce but the countries and companies with significant oil exports are struggling. And the list goes on…
There are also strategic changes taking place. Amazon has created quite the stir with immediate deliveries and a membership model. This has created havoc in the distribution industry as e-commerce has become a necessity which also drives completely different warehousing and fulfillment operations to maintain efficiency. The green and sustainability movement has created many new requirements as well. How about water? Talk about a hot topic in California!
APICS-IE Event to Examine Supply Chain Trends
What is next on the horizon? To be successful, you must keep up! Join APICS Inland Empire for our executive panel and networking symposium on “Emerging Supply Chain Trends” at Eagle Glen golf club in Corona on April 30th. We welcome members and non-members alike. You’ll walk away with new ideas from top executives and supply chain gurus. RSVP before it sells out.
Congratulations to the student teams who participated in the 2016 APICS Student Case Competition!
Meet Our Future Supply Chain Leaders
Cal Poly Pomona
L – Team 14
R – Team 15
Cal State
San Bernardino
L – Team 12
R – Team 16
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Many emerging trends will impact how supply chains are managed, designed and operated in the future influencing the decision-making process right now. APICS-IE is assembling a panel of experts on Saturday, April 30 at the Eagle Glen Golf Club in Corona, Calif., to proactively help manufacturing, distribution and logistics attendees understand and predict trends that may later cause disruption.
CLAREMONT, Calif., March 22, 2016 — The Inland Empire Chapter of APICS, the leading association for supply chain and operations professionals, is focused on investigating and predicting supply chain trends that may impact your business with its Spring Executive Panel & Networking Symposium: Emerging Supply Chain Trends on Saturday, April 30, 2016. Expert panelists including include Dr. Chris Gopal, Senior Fellow at the Peter F. Drucker and Masatoshi Ito Graduate School of Management, Claremont Graduate University, and Executive Director of the Drucker Center for Supply Chain & Logistics, Craig Young, VP of Manufacturing Niagara Bottling, and Roy Paulson, President, Paulson Manufacturing, will not only share data and trends, but also how companies should be forward thinking and respond to slow moving stock, supplier reliability, lead times and forecasting. Attendees will also be able to ask questions, network and benchmark with area companies and build contacts within the manufacturing and distribution community to also help them build their career.
“ In today’s Amazon-paced world, it is imperative to stay on top of emerging supply chain trends,” says Lisa Anderson, President of APICS-IE and LMA Consulting Group. “This session will be a great opportunity to not only hear what the experts in supply chain think will happen in the future but it also is an unmatched networking event for students, professionals, executives and the media in supply chain. ”
The APICS-IE Spring Executive Panel & Networking Symposium, Emerging Supply Chain Trends will be held Saturday, April 30, 2016 at the Eagle Glen Golf Club in Corona, Calif. Fees to attend the event from 8:00 AM to 11:30 AM are $15 for members, $25 for non-members and students are free. Breakfast buffet is included. Register here or cut and paste this link into your browser:
http://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/event?oeidk=a07ec9kly6bbcbf5469&llr=pd7pgykab#
APICS Southwest District hosted 22 student teams and close to 100 students at the graduate and undergraduate level as they competed to solve computer-simulated supply chain problems and present orally their rationale for the solutions. The supply chain trade-offs of the computer-simulated manufacturing company challenged students, most with backgrounds in operations management, supply chain management, industrial engineering, or MBA students, to select strategies, create solutions to the problems posed and provide the rationale for their decisions.
The top scoring team is funded to represent the Southwest District at the APICS International Conference in Washington, D.C. on September 25-27, 2016.
Top awards went to San Diego State University for both undergrad and graduate competitions, with Cal State San Marcos placing second in the undergraduate division and Hong Kong University of Science and Technology placing second in the graduate division.
For more information on the competition, visit the APICS West Coast Student Case Competition Website.
Roy Paulson : President, Paulson Manufacturing, Temecula, California.
Paulson Manufacturing has 
been the leader in manufacturing the highest quality and most reliable safety protective gear in the industry. Since 1947, Paulson Manufacturing has successfully stayed relevant and competitive.
Join us to learn from Roy, how he navigates and responds to emerging trends and challenges. – See more at: https://www.apics-ie.org/blog#sthash.tY3DGbJy.dpuf
Learn and network with others on emerging supply chain trends
Join Roy and other expert panelists for the April 30 APICS-Inland Empire Executive Panel and Networking Symposium. Critical to manufacturers and distributors, the conversation will focus on which challenges and opportunities may impact a company’s supply chain. As always, we have top notch local leaders and executives providing their perspective on how they navigate emerging supply chain trends that are shaping the future of supply chain. Attendees will not only have access to the experts, but also network with others in supply chain, manufacturing and distribution. – See more at or register at: https://www.apics-ie.org/blog#sthash.PfRmQ32Q.dpuf
– See more at: https://www.apics-ie.org/blog#sthash.tY3DGbJy.dpuf
The expert line up continues to grow for the April 30 APICS-IE Executive Panel and Networking Symposium with the addition of panelist Chris Young of Niagara Bottling. Attendees will be able to hear from an expert panel discussing the future supply chain trends and benchmark with other attendees on how their supply chains may be impacted.
Craig Young: VP of Manufacturing, Niagara Bottling, Ontario, California. Learn how Craig drives emerging trends and provides strategic direction for manufacturing at Niagara Bottling. A family run business since 1963, Niagara Bottling has experienced incredible growth. Craig will share with us how he “makes a splash at Niagara” by staying relevant and competitive.
Learn and network with others on emerging supply chain trends.
Join Craig and other expert panelists for the April 30 APICS-Inland Empire Executive Panel and Networking Symposium. Critical to manufacturers and distributors, the conversation will focus on which challenges and opportunities may impact a company’s supply chain. As always, we have top notch local leaders and executives providing their perspective on how they navigate emerging supply chain trends that are shaping the future of supply chain. Attendees will not only have access to the experts, but also network with others in supply chain, manufacturing and distribution.
Keep your head above water when it comes to your supply chain and join us on April 30, 2016 from 8 – 11:30 AM. Complimentary breakfast will be served:
APICS-IE Executive Panel and Networking Symposium
Eagle Glen Golf Club-Corona, CA 92883
Learn more and read about our other announced speaker:
Dr. Chris Gopal – Senior Fellow at the Peter F. Drucker and Masatoshi Ito Graduate School of Management, Claremont Graduate University, and Executive Director of the Drucker Center for Supply Chain & Logistics.
Dr. Chris Gopal: Senior Fellow at the Peter F. Drucker and Masatoshi Ito Graduate School of Management, Claremont Graduate University, and Executive Director of the Drucker Center for Supply Chain & Logistics will be a member of the APICS-IE Symposium expert panel on April 30.
Dr. Gopal will share his predictions on trends and new developments in manufacturing technologies expected to shape Supply Chains in 2016 and how these are predicted to radically change the old “economies of scale” cost curves!
Learn and network with others on emerging supply chain trends
Join Dr. Gopal and other expert panelists for the April 30 APICS-Inland Empire Executive Panel and Networking Symposium. Critical to manufacturers and distributors, the conversation will focus on which challenges and opportunities may impact a company’s supply chain. As always, we have top notch local leaders and executives providing their perspective on how they navigate emerging supply chain trends that are shaping the future of supply chain. Attendees will not only have access to the experts, but also network with others in supply chain, manufacturing and distribution. – See more at or register at: https://www.apics-ie.org/blog#sthash.PfRmQ32Q.dpuf
Manufacturers, distributors and supply chain experts will converge at 8:00 AM on Saturday, April 30, 2016 in Corona, Calif., to identify and develop strategies for emerging supply chain trends.
APICS-Inland Empire is staging another not-to-miss Executive Panel and Networking Symposium with a specific focus on supply chain. Critical to manufacturers and distributors, the conversation will focus on which challenges and opportunities may impact a company’s supply chain. As always, we have top notch local leaders and executives providing their perspective on how they navigate emerging supply chain trends that are shaping the future of supply chain. Attendees will not only have access to the experts, but also network with others in supply chain, manufacturing and distribution.
Here is your emerging supply chain trends expert speaker line-up:
Dr. Chris Gopal : Senior Fellow at the Peter F. Drucker and Masatoshi Ito Graduate School of Management, Claremont Graduate University, and Executive Director of the Drucker Center for Supply Chain & Logistics. Hear from Dr. Gopal his predictions on trends and new developments in manufacturing technologies expected to shape Supply Chains in 2016 and how these are predicted to radically change the old “economies of scale” cost curves!
Craig Young :VP of Manufacturing Niagara Bottling, Ontario, California. Learn how Craig drives emerging trends and provides strategic direction for manufacturing at Niagara Bottling. A family run business since 1963, Niagara Bottling has experienced incredible growth and Craig will share with us how he “makes a splash at Niagara” by staying relevant and competitive.
Roy Paulson : President, Paulson Manufacturing, Temecula, California. Paulson Manufacturing has been the leader in manufacturing the highest quality and most reliable safety protective gear in the industry. Since 1947, Paulson Manufacturing has successfully stayed relevant and competitive. Join us to learn from Roy, how he navigates and responds to emerging trends and challenges.
Eagle Glen Golf Club
1800 Eagle Glen Pkwy
Corona, CA 92883
Registration includes breakfast
Join us early for coffee and networking!
Connect with Peers and Gain Insight from an Informative Agenda on Emerging and Innovative Manufacturing and Distribution Trends
Knowing how precious the weekends are for busy supply chain, manufacturing and distribution professionals needing to recharge their internal batteries, we’ve been hard at work carefully preparing another informative symposium and networking event.
The ideas-rich symposium will give attendees time to network as well as participate in an expert panel discussing how our current business climate demands we innovate, how companies have integrated innovation into their cultures and where to look for new ideas to remain competitive.
For our Spring 2015 Executive Panel & Networking Symposium, we are proud to have assembled a dynamic panel including the nationally-recognized authority in the transportation sector and on the global supply chain, Fran Inman, a member of the California Transportation Commission and VP of Majestic Realty, Chief Procurement Officer Rich Malone of WET, an innovative company who builds and installs the world’s big fountains like Las Vegas’ Bellagio and Bob Bennett, president of Lean Consulting Associates, LLC and former Lean expert for Toyota.
Manufacturers, distributors or supply chain professionals, you won’t want to miss this! Please join us for an informative panel discussion, breakfast buffet and the opportunity to meet peers and network with others in our industry. Here are the details:
Saturday, May 2
8 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
Eagle Glen Golf Club
1800 Eagle Glen Pkwy.
Corona, Calif. 92883
Register here and join us for an invigorating morning of conversation, information and fellowship. Also remember to get these benefits year round by becoming a member of APICS-IE.
