Mission
APICS is the global
leader and premier provider of information and services in production and
inventory management and related areas to enable members, enterprises, and
individuals to add value to their business performance.
Strategic Priority 1:
APICS products and services will be truly market and customer driven.
Strategic Priority 2:
APICS will have a rapid and agile product development process that
results in creating and refining high quality products that are based on
market and customer needs.
Strategic Priority 3:
APICS membership offerings will be redefined based on voice of the
customer research to serve diverse needs and target potential customers
worldwide.
Strategic Priority 4:
APICS will enhance delivery channels to facilitate a customer-driven
approach to products and services.
Strategic Priority 5:
APICS will leverage the APICS brand and elevate the image,
value, and recognition of APICS as the production and inventory
management solutions provider worldwide.
Strategic Priority 6:
APICS will expand its presence outside of North America.
Strategic Priority 7:
APICS will be a dynamic organization with governance systems and
processes in place to achieve its goals and move forward with its plan.
APICS Windsor
is one of 10 Ontario chapters and one of 19
Canadian chapters collectively belonging to
The Canadian District
- which is one of the 9 districts spanning North America.
Chartered February 23, 2000
to meet the needs of businesses and individuals throughout the Windsor
and Essex County area, the chapter has facilitated a number of
CPIM courses as well as workshops to further the educational requirements
of the area's people.
Starting with only
a few
members at inception, the chapter,
at the beginning of March 2005, stood at 25 Professional members, 11
Corporate Voting members, 3 Corporate Associate members and 7 Student
Associate members.
Our website was
originally created in August 2001,
and is dedicated to providing our
membership with the latest
information on available course and workshop schedules, chapter events,
membership information and career opportunities.
Chapter Mission
The
Windsor Chapter of
APICS
will strive to provide a forum for individuals to achieve professionalism
in the integrated resource management field
and
will provide vehicles to increase awareness of the national and local
capabilities of APICS
as a global educational leader across the
APICS - Windsor Chapter's
area of influence
and
will provide synergistic support for the
APICS - Windsor Chapter's
vision by creating alliances between the Chapter and community leadership
and other professional organizations
and
will ensure that Chapter
member volunteers are recognized, appreciated, and rewarded for efforts in
support of meeting Chapter objectives.
Chapter Vision
The
Windsor Chapter of APICS
will be recognized as the foremost professional provider of knowledge and
education for resource management within the
Chapter's
area of influence by both its' internal (members) and external
(manufacturing, retail and service industry) customers by enhancing their
lifelong learning options.
