6-May-08 Columbia Industries Going Green Panel from Various Companies in Columbia Area 8-Apr-08 10 Top Inventory Mistakes Fred Tolbert 11-Mar-08 AMBAC Plant Tour AMBAC Staff 12-Feb-08 APICS-Down on the Farm: Application of Operations Mgmt to Organic Farming Lennie Mize 8-Jan-08 A Glimpse into the Nuclear Power Industry Chris Osier 10-Dec-07 No meeting - Happy Holidays 13-Nov-07 Tour TBD 9-Oct-07 Step Up to Success by Getting Out of Your Own Way Ann Elliot 11-Sep-07 Lean Practices in NASCAR Racing  Mary Ann Mauldwin, CFPIM, CSCP 8-May-07 Integrated Business Management Chris Osier 10-Apr-07 Cooper Tools Plant Tour Cooper Tools Staff 13-Mar-07 TBD TBD 13-Feb-07 USC 9-Jan-07 Joint Meeting with ASQ, PDM: Columbia Economic Development 10-Dec-06 No meeting - Happy Holidays 14-Nov-06 Plant Tour - PBR PBR Staff 10-Oct-06 CSCP certification Lennie Mize 12-Sep-06 What is Kaizen? Andy Lee 9-May-06 Top Management Night Plant Managers 11-Apr-06 Plant Tour:  Solectron, Columbia SC Solectron Staff 14-Mar-06 Economic Development Russ Darnall 7-Feb-06 """Master Schedulers...Walking on Water"" Lisa Ross - Region 11 President 10-Jan-06 Six Sigma Keith Garner 8-Nov-05 Plant Tour: Pella Corporation 11-Oct-05 Lean in the Office Tim Sinclair 13-Sep-05 Introduction to Supply Chain Management  Principal of TQM Works Consulting Michael D. Ford, CFPIM, CQA, CRE, EI, QI,  10-May-05 Introduction to Cycle Counting Mac Borgendale, CFPIM  14-Apr-05 Continuous Improvement is a Waste of Time Michael Stickler, Empowered Performance, LLC  8-Mar-05 Deming's Theory of Profound Knowledge Ron McCoy 11-Feb-05 Regional Board Meeting 10-Jan-05 Team building scenario: Toxic Waste Challenge, Problem Solving, Team Communication: Carl Chapman, REL Consultancy Group 14-Dec-04 Plant Tour:  Coverright, Blythewood, SC Coverright 12-Nov-04 Strategic Planning with Lean and WCM Ron Crabtree, CPIM, CIRM President, RSC Consulting Corporation 12-Oct-04 What Do Product Costs Really Tell Us? Dr. Timothy D. Fry, Moore School of Business 14-Sep-04 Reduce Inventory, Reduce Lead Time, Improve Customer Service “Strategic Direction” and the future of APICS  Thomas J. Krupka, CFPIM, Jonah, President of Forward Technologies 10-Feb-04 Direction of Industry in the Midlands G. Michael Briggs, Executive Director, Central Carolina Economic Development Alliance 13-Jan-04 Negotiation Techniques W. Scott Lewis, USC Daniel School of Management 9-Dec-03 Plant Tour Bose Southeast Manufacturing and Distribution Facility Bose Management Team 11-Nov-03  Introduction to the Midlands Tech Training Facility Tom Hall 14-Oct-03 Supply Chain Simulation Dr. Kenneth Gilbert, University of Tennessee College of Business 9-Sep-03 Supply Chain Management at Dell Computer Mike Gray, CPM/CIRM, Dell Global Supply Chain Management 13-May-03 Automated Guided Vehicles - Material Flow on a Wire Steven M. Otting, Systems Project Director - Jervis B. Webb Company 8-Apr-03 BalancedFlow - Advanced Supply Chain Execution Bill Kernodle, Site Director, Clemson Apparel Research 11-Mar-03 Benefits of a Temporary Workforce in Today's Economy Stacie Hays, Owner, Express Personnel Services 14-Feb-03 How to Make Sure You Properly File Lennie Mize 14-Jan-03 New Professional Education Opportunities  Barrie Kirk, Midlands Technical College 12-Nov-02 21st Century Practices: Robyn Walker, CPIM, CIRM, Synchrono, Inc. 10-Oct-02 Plant Tour: of Pontiac Foods Pontiac Staff 8-Oct-02 Offsite Warehousing and It's Relationship to Supply Chain Management Bobby Holcomb, Director of National Accounts, John Neff, National Account Executive, Wade Zernicke, Director of Logistics 10-Sep-02 Manufacturing Execution Systems = Empowerment Donald L. Rairdon, CPIM 14-May-02 Shop Floor Control …….Who are you kidding!!?? Barry Blood, Speaker 9-Apr-02 Patterson Fan - A Journey to World Class Performance Max K. Jackson, President Patterson Fam 12-Mar-02 The Valid Schedule Donald N. Frank, BSEE CFPIM CIRM 12-Feb-02 Sales and Operations Planning Patrick Bettini - Speaker, Oliver Wright America