President’s Message

Welcome to the Atlanta APICS Chapter! Atlanta APICS has been serving the Atlanta area since 1964 and is one of the largest chapters within APICS. Our chapter serves over 500 members in the Greater Atlanta and North Georgia area. We are a non-profit educational organization addressing operations management and supply chain management issues, and providing professional development opportunities to our members.

We offer dinner meetings the 3rd Tuesday of the month from September through June. Attending meetings is a great way to network and expand your knowledge of operations management. Our current meeting location is the Villa Christina on the north side of town.

Certification Review workshops are offered every month in both public and in-house offerings. Watch our Education Schedule for the latest offerings.

We are always looking for energetic volunteers to help manage the chapter. If you are interested in developing leadership skills then ask any Board Member how you can help.

I look forward to seeing you at an APICS event or helping you expand your operations management knowledge.

Sincerely,

Russ Thorne, CPIM, CSCP

President, Atlanta APICS

2011-2012

APICS
The Association for Operations Management

APICS—The Association for Operations Management is a not-for-profit international educational organization respected throughout the world for its education and professional certification programs. With more than 50,000 individual and corporate members in 20,000 companies worldwide, APICS is dedicated to using education to improve the business bottom line.

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 Supply Chain Professional (CSCP)
  • 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 Association for Operations Management.

NOTE: Thanks to our friends at the APICS-Twin Cities chapter for the above text.