Benefits

YOUR WORCESTER CHAPTER

Meetings

We meet on the second Thursday of most months with our (PDM) Professional Development Meetings. The Board of Directors meets on the last Thursday of the month. See schedule and PDM page for details.

Your chapter is for your education and improvement on the job.

Your Chapter has a membership of about 358 employed at 150 companies in the Worcester County area. We meet once a month from September to November, Skipping December, and from January to June. Our meetings are held on the second Thursday of each month. Sometimes we do adjust the date for special meetings.

Your chapter was chartered March 17, 1960 and started formal meetings in 1961. Our officers (The Board of Directors) meet once a month, normally on the fourth Thursday of each month to run the chapter, schedule meetings and to perform other duties. Any member can attend a BOD meeting at anytime.

Your local area APICS connection to society and other chapters. This chapter has received the Gold Circle Chapter Management Award every year since 1985, thereby qualifying for the Platinum Circle Award since 1990.

Your opportunity to network with almost 400 area resource management professionals.

Access to a wide variety of professional development and certification programs which enhance your value to your company and your standing in the industry.

A Road to Certification through our Workshops.

Your chance to Network at our Professional Development Meetings.

APICS is recognized globally as the source of knowledge and expertise for manufacturing and service industries across the entire supply chain in such areas as materials management, information services, purchasing and quality, the leading provider of high-quality, cutting-edge educational programs that advance organizational success in a changing, competitive marketplace a successful developer of two internationally recognized certification programs, Certified in Production and Inventory Management (CPIM) and Certified in Integrated Resource Management (CIRM) a distribution center for hundreds of business management publications and educational materials a source of solutions, support, and networking local chapters, workshops, symposia, and the annual APICS International Conference and Exposition. Founded in 1957 as the American Production and Inventory Control Society, APICS has since expanded its focus to include a full range of programs and materials on individual and organizational education, standards of excellence, and integrated resource management. To reflect this new direction, we are now known as APICS. The Educational Society for Resource Management.

The above is from the Society Web.