New Orleans Chapter Update

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New Orleans Chapter Update

• April 13, 2007

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Agenda

• Chapter Leadership
• Katrina Impact
• Membership
• Activities
• Financial Position
• Minimum Requirements
• SWOT
• Whats next

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Chapter Leadership

• President David Fahr
• Secretary/CBar Dinah DeSoto
• Membership/Comp. Coordinator Brent Herold
• Webmaster MaryAnn Caruso
• Treasurer Mike Lingle
• Marketing/Communication Bryan Babineaux (open
  position)

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Katrina impact

• September 2005 - shut down chapter operations and
  activities for entire fiscal year
• Several Board members and many chapter members
  have had lives heavily impacted
• Many businesses still not recovered
• Overall recovery has been slow, but is gaining
  speed

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Membership
27 CPIM 3 CIRM
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Membership base
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Membership - 31 Companies

• Abbott Laboratories Intl Inc
• Northrop Grumman Ship Systems
• Axonn LLC
• CIBA Specialty Chemicals
• Entergy
• Exxon Mobil Chemical Company
• Cox Communications
• Community Coffee Company
• Ferro Corporation
• FMC Corporation
• General Electric Plastics
• Honeywell International
• I/O Marine Systems Inc
• Intralox LLC
• John H Carter Co
• LA Dept of Economic Dev
• Laitram Corporation

• Liquid Container
• LSUHSC
• Manetek Incorporated
• McIlhenny Company
• Mercedes-Benz U.S. International, Inc.
• Oceaneering International
• Peel Company
• Pellerin Milnor Corporation
• PMM
• Quality Wholesale Supply Inc,
• SCP Pool Corporation
• Stuller Settings Incorporated
• Tembec, USA LLC
• Textron Systems
• Zatarain's Partnership LP

RED Actively participating on chapter activities
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Activities PDMs

• Disaster Recovery
• Develop strategy for DR
• Managing warm sites
• LA Dept of Economic Development
• Status of Economic situation
• New opportunities
• Inventory (Fred)
• 10 stupid things companies do to mess up
  inventory

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Activities CPIM Classes

• Basics of Supply Chain Mgmt
• 2 classes at Textron Marine
• 15 students in each class
• Master Planning of Resources
• 1 class at Textron Marine scheduled for May
• 15 students expected
• Main Source of Chapter Revenue

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Activities Tours

• NASA - Michoud
• Textron Marine and Land
• US Army Armored Security Vehicle being used in
  IRAQ

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Other Activities

• Board Strategic Planning Session (July)
• Golf Tournament (Sept/Oct)
• Christmas Dinner (Dec)
• Participation at Region Meetings
• International Conference

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Financial Position

• June 30, 2005 10K
• June 30, 2006 11K
• March 31, 2007 12K

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Minimum Chapter Requirements

• Customer Expectations Survey
• Communications Website, 8 coms
• Professional Development 3 events
• Education 2 events
• APICS Participation
• Financial Responsibility

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SWOT Analysis

• Strengths
• Solid Core Board- experienced committed
• 31 companies diverse
• 15 to 20 active members also some non-members
• Financially Sound
• Pdms/Tours
• Regional Support

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SWOT Analysis

• Weaknesses
• Geography
• No Student Chapter
• No assessment of local business for marketing
• Experienced board but need new blood
• Instructors
• Membership communications feedback
• Stagnant Membership

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SWOT Analysis

• Opportunities
• Student Chapters University involvement
• Marketing to the Industry
• Education programs
• Increase membership Upper management
• PDMs with sparkle
• Market core APICS fundamentals
• Leverage Website

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SWOT Analysis

• Threats
• Mother Nature
• Industries downsized post Katrina
• Loss of membership post Katrina
• Paying job gets in the way of board spending time
  on chapter
• Loss of base membership
• Do people care?
• Competing initiatives.
• People are no longer joiners

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Whats Next

• Upcoming Chapter events
• Host Region Meeting (April 13-14)
• Textron Tour (April 19)
• Master Planning of Resources class (August/Sept)
• Recruit new Board members
• Strategic Planning Session July