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Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2015

Exploration Place

300 N McLean Blvd

Wichita KS

67203

Social Time 5:15 PM

Buffet Dinner 5:45 PM

Business Mtg 6:15 PM

PDM 6:30 PM

Cost $15: Meal & PDM

No Charge: PDM Only

RSVP required no later than noon on

Monday, Jan 4th.

RSVP at apics-wichita.com, send us

an email at rsvp@apics-wichita.com,

or call (316) 636-8224 and leave a

message. When making your reser-

vation please provide name(s), con-

tact phone, member, guest, or cur-

rent APICS student.

Incorporating

Weather

Science into

Best Business

Practices

Mike Smith

(Joint meeting

with ISM)

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Our January Speaker

Mike Smith

Mike Smith is the nation’s leading expert in severe weather and one of

America’s most honored atmospheric scientists.

Mike knew he would be a meteorologist at the age of five when a ma-

jor tornado occurred in his neighborhood. After receiving his meteor-

ology degree from the University of Oklahoma, he worked as a televi-

sion meteorologist in St. Louis, Oklahoma City and Wichita and is the

first person to ever do a live telecast of a tornado.

He has received 20 patents in the fields of weather science, emergency management and search

and rescue. A Fellow of the American Meteorology Society, he has received their award for

Outstanding Contribution to the Advance of Applied Meteorology and twice, their award for

Outstanding Service to Meteorology by a Corporation. Mike has been nominated for the CNN

Hero of The Year Award for 2012.

Mike founded WeatherData over 30 years ago and in 2006; he sold WeatherData to Ac-

cuWeather and the new resulting company, AccuWeather Enterprise Solutions which is the

leading company in the field of weather risk mitigation. Mike is the Senior Vice president of

AccuWeather Enterprise Solutions.

In addition to his work at AccuWeather, he is a frequent speaker and author of both popular and

technical weather-related topics. He has appeared on The Discovery Channel, The History

Channel, CBS Evening News, Fox News, BBC World News and NPR. Mike has also been fea-

tured in The Washington Post, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Houston

Chronicle, The Huffington Post, USA Today and in Rolling Stone Magazine.

Mike’s first book, WARNINGS: The True Story of How Science Tamed the Weather is about

some of the most massive storms of our lifetime and the book holds a 5-Star rating on Amazon.

His second book, When the Sirens Were Silent is the gripping story of the deadliest tornado to

hit in 65 years striking Joplin, Missouri killing 161 people.

Mike lives in Wichita and is married with three grown children.

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It’s hard to believe that another year is coming to an end. This time of the year is always the time to reflect on all that has been done over the past 12 months and to also look to the future for what 2016 holds. At APICS Wichita we’ve had a great start to the year. We’ve rolled out a new website which I hope you have checked out and would welcome your feedback on. We’ve also had two fantastic speakers at our PDM’s, Sharon Rice APICS Corporate and Wendy Wheeler Koch Industries, and also two great tours, Cargill R & D and ASTEC testing facilities . My takeaways from all these activities is that APICS is now much more than just a society for operations professionals. We truly

cover the end to end supply chain and not just from a technical and tactical perspective but we are talking about the culture and structure of our organizations and our increasing influence on the strategy at our prospective companies.

I have seen a lot of news lately talking critically about education and specifically higher education and its value in the marketplace. One thing I hear consistently is the rising value of certifications. More and more companies are putting more emphasis on hiring people who fit their culture over their specific skills and education. Certifications are a great way to fill the knowledge gap and we want to be the source that they look for to help them develop their people. The future is bright for supply chain professionals, as demand for our abilities increases I encourage you to continue educating yourself wherever possible so that you are prepared and can be successful in an ever changing world. I want to wish you and yours a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Best regards,

Chad Molen

President – APICS Wichita

President’s Message

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December ASTEC Tour

Mr. Tim Hickey, Director Full-Scale Functional Test Laboratory, receives APICS appreciation plaque from President Chad Molen while Miss Katie Gee and Mr. Royal Lovingfoss, Associate Director, observe.

45 guests attended the APICS tour of the WSU

National Institute for Aviation Research

(NIAR) www.niar.wichita.edu

A special THANK YOU to Tim, Katie & Royal!

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Date Topic Speaker

Tuesday, Jan 5th, 2016 Joint w/ISM Mike Smith

Tuesday, Feb 9th, 2016 Senior Aerospace Tour

Tuesday, Mar 8th, 2016 WSU Student Presentations

Tuesday, Apr 12th, 2016 Dynamic Leadership - How to

Develop, Inspire and Retain an Effective Team

Tom Schulte

Wednesday, Apr 13th 2016 Lean: Will it work here? Tom Schulte

Tuesday, May 10th, 2016 Grasshopper Plant Tour

Programs Calendar 2015-2016

Member Company Name Clarenceux Kapalata

Di Wu

Oluwayemi Awobusuyi

Olawale Kolade-Fowora

Karen Lucas

Rajasekhar reddy Indluru

Aishwarya Laxmi Kotha

Mahaganapathy Kesavan

Laksana Buntono

Eduardo Talavera

Careem Gladney Cargill

Zachary Goldberg Viega

Membership Information

Per the APICS Website, we have a total of 113 members and 38 Student Associates of

Chapter 71. There are 12 new members. Our new members are listed below.

Welcome!

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PRSRT

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