Dear Members,

We are coming to the close of yet another year. A time to reflect on our past, and move towards the future. The 2009 - 2010 year turned out to be very busy and hopefully productive in your eyes. We where able to put together three (3) very informative plant tours that we offered to you as well as a couple of joint meetings with ISM.

The Professional Development meeting will be held at the Lions Gate hotel again this coming month, the speaker is Rick Leach, who for those of you that don't know is the APICS Pacific Western District Director, representing the Pacific Western District on the APICS Board of Directors. Aside from the swearing into office, the next Sacramento board officers, Rick will be giving a presentation on "Cycle Counting". The title of the presentation is: The Rest of the Story. The presentation objective is to show that the cycle count is not just an another exercise in counting, but a sophisticated Managerial Approach to Inventory Accuracy with it's inherent checks and balances.

The presentation will demonstrate some real and practical applications for cycle counts, major savings that firms have been able to experience, justifications for converting from annual physical inventories to cycle counting. Mr. Leach will also go through the process of setting up and running a cycle system, how to improve cycle count accuracy, and the pitfalls encountered when starting up.

The presentation will also feature the primary reason for cycle counting: Error detection and correction.

I encourage all of you to come and listen to this very informative presentation.

As a member of the APICS Sacramento Chapter you have the right to vote for next year's incoming executive board of directors. This election takes place annually. Please plan to come to our PDM meeting on June 22 to cast your vote.

Nominees for the upcoming Board of Directors are:

President: Andre' Alves
Andre' has served on the board for two years and has been selected by headquarters to participate in the Future Leadership program. He is a member of Project Management Professionals and is currently working at VSP in Ranch Cordova. I am confident that Andre' will keep your best interest in mind at all times and serve you well.

VP of Finance: Kevin Moynihan
Kevin is also a member of the current board as VP of Finance and has done an outstanding job of keeping the financial side of the chapter in order. He is always ahead of the game when it comes to dealing with such things as non-profit status with the state of California, filing the taxes on time, and most of all making sure that the books are always in order and open for review. Kevin has been working diligently this year along with our web master to get the pay-pal account up and running. Kevin is currently employed by TASQ Industries in Roseville.

Vice President/Secretary and Parliamentarian: Pat McCarty
Pat has been the President of the chapter for the past three (3) years and VP of Membership prior to that. I have been the driving force behind getting the business side of the chapter back in order. I have worked for Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics for the past 21 years and am currently involved in the implementation of SAP.

Director of Technology is none other that Randy Beck without whom, we would have no web page...yikes!!!! Randy is the Senior Systems Engineer at PRIDE Industries. He has been involved with APICS since 1996 and does an awesome job of keeping us all informed not only in regards to our own Sacramento Chapter, but in also linking us to District and National. In his spare time Randy enjoys nature photography, hiking, and exploring State and National Parks.

We have several volunteers who are willing to work on the board but can not (due to prior commitments) dedicate (what they deem) as an appropriate amount time required to hold a full time position, with that said, they are still willing to show up and support the chapter in any capacity when availability allows, these members are truly dedicated to you and your chapter, they are:

Directors at Large:

Glen Lewis, has been a member of the board, (for longer than I can remember), and is very involved with the student chapter in Chico, (Glen is responsible for our annual trek to Sierra Nevada Brewery, yeah). Glen is the Energy & Supply Chain Management Advisor at California Institute of Food & Agricultural Research (CIFAR) Department of Food Science & Technology, College of Agricultural & Environmental Sciences. Glen is also very busy with his company GEMS, a green energy management company. If any of you have a couple of extra minutes please drop Glen a line and ask him about GEMS, it is truly fascinating and I know that he would be glad to share his knowledge and excitement with you.

Chas Withrow, also a member of the current board as VP of Marketing. Chas currently holds the position of Director, Management Consultant, with A T Kearney. Chas is involved in marathons and enjoys spending time with the four (4) girls in his life as well as camping and snowboarding.

Bill Lodholz, has been a long time advocate for the chapter and even though he is going to be traveling for his day job as the Information Technology Manager for Watts Water Technology in Woodland. Bill has been a member of APICS since 1987 and brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to the board. When I asked Bill what he did in his spare time, he responded by saying "What spare time" ... and then stated that he and his wife Jean had joined the Sacramento Music Circus this year and where enjoying some of the benefits of that.

Melanie Hoots is the Regulatory compliance program manager in HP's Environmental Marketing and compliance team. She has been a member of APICS since 1990 and became involved with the Sacramento Chapter in 1993 as a board member as well as an instructor for the CPIM review classes. Melanie enjoys spending her spare time with her husband and two daughters a new baby…both of whom she says she is starting to introduce to the outdoor sports of backpacking and kayaking.

Thank you,
Pat McCarty