Southwest District
Arizona  Central California  Mexico  So. California  So. Nevada

Advancing Productivity, Innovation, and Competitive Success

 


Success Stories

Operations Manager for Tucson company received a large enough price concession from a supplier based upon product costing information that he learned in the "APICS Lean Workshop" to basically pay the salary for one and a half employees a year.



The APICS competition was an amazing, challenging, and valuable learning experience. It provided a great opportunity for networking with students from other universities and with APICS professionals. It also provided the ability for us to take what we have learned, and apply it to a real-world problem.
EB-CSUN

 

Welcome

Hello and welcome to the Southwest District of APICS.

APICS Southwest District represents the members and customers of Southern California, Arizona, Southern Nevada, and Baja Mexico. We have an active membership that includes over 4500 individuals and companies supporting APICS's vision of life long learning for lifetime success.

Each of the Southwest District's 15 Chapters allow members to hear real life success stories of production and inventory improvements through professional development meetings, workshops and seminars, and CPIM and CIRM certification preparation.

We at the Southwest District are working diligently to assist the local chapters with information, training, education products that will assist you and your company in the coming months and years. Your local Chapter professionals can provide classes, networking opportunity, in-house training and seminars to target and support the continuous improvement process that many of us are undertaking.

The Southwest District Staff is ready and able to assist you with any questions or suggestions that you might have as well as direct your inquiries to your local Chapter for more personalized service. Please give us a call or email to let us know how we're doing or how we may better serve your needs.

Sincerely,

Sue Thornton
District Manager
Manager@apicssouthwest.org

Preston Blevins
District Director
Director@apicssouthwest.org


District Meeting

The Next Southwest District Meeting - August 6th and 7th, 2010
Location: Flamingo, Las Vegas
Theme:
"Leadership in the New Normal"

Click HERE for additional information and to make a reservation.

 

Review information from the February 2010 district meeting HERE.
Review information from the November 2009 district meeting HERE.
Review information from the August 2009 district meeting HERE. See Pictures HERE.
Review information from the February 2009 district meeting and Student Case Competition HERE


Milt Cook Award


Milt Cook was a member of APICS Southwest District who exemplified all the dedication and guiding principles that APICS was founded upon. Milt was enthusiastic, involved, and gave 100 percent in everything he did for his chapter and the District. Unfortunately, he died in 1990. 

The District adopted the Milt Cook Award in his honor as our highest award for service and dedication to the District and principles of APICS. This award is bestowed each year upon the member who has stood out as the kind of person that Milt Cook was.

Nominate a SW District Member for this award

The Milt Cook Award for 2009 was presented to Kirk Prather from LAPICS.

Kirk has a long career of service to APICS and embodies those traits and dedication to excellence exhibited by Milt Cook, who passed away in 1990 and was a long-time member of APICS and the SFV Chapter. Kirk, as with the recipients before him, was selected from the others nominated by District members for the award, which is the highest District award for service and dedication to the District and principles of APICS.


Congratulations to our recent graduates of the New Instructor Training programs!

Click HERE to learn more.


4th Annual West Coast Student Case Competition Announced!

The 2010 Student Competition took place February 19th and 20th, 2010 in Phoenix, AZ. Review information from the competition will be added soon.


About APICS

APICS -THE ASSOCIATION FOR OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT

APICS The Association for Operations Management is the global leader and premier source of the body of knowledge in operations management, including production, inventory, supply chain, materials management, purchasing, and logistics. Since 1957, individuals and companies have relied on APICS for its superior training, internationally recognized certifications, comprehensive resources, and worldwide network of accomplished industry professionals. To learn more about the APICS community, visit www.apics.org.

The organization is divided into fourteen regions consisting of over 270 chapters. The Southwest District consists of sixteen professional chapters in California, Arizona, Nevada and Mexico. In addition, there are student chapters at universities and colleges within the region.


Membership

Membership applications for APICS are available on-line. Before submitting your application we suggest you contact your local APICS Chapter to learn more about the membership process and fees as well as the locations of meetings and classes.