2022 January ASCM Central Indiana Newsletter 
Message from ASCM Central Indiana Chapter Leadership
It is time to start executing your certification maintenance plan for 2022. To keep your APICS certification valid, you must earn and submit 75 professional development maintenance points every five years (100 points for APICS Fellows). Maintenance can be fulfilled with many of the educational activities you are already doing to expand your supply chain knowledge and stay up to date on the latest supply chain trends. To learn more about the rules and policies relevant to maintaining your APICS certification, please read the APICS Certification Maintenance Handbook. The handbook can be found by clicking the link attached to this letter. Here are some of the ways you can earn maintenance points:
- Holding an APICS Chapter position such as governing board member or officer;
- Professional development meetings, webinars, workshops, seminars, and tours;
- ASCM Headquarters volunteer;
If you are interested in volunteering for our ASCM Central Indiana Chapter, please contact any board member for current opportunities.
Our Chapter leadership wishes you the best in 2022!
https://www.ascm.org/globalassets/00_apics-docs/maintenance-handbook-cpim-cfpim-cscp-cltd.pdf
What's New
The Supply Chain Warehousing Certificate, developed by ASCM in partnership with Prologis, explores how to implement problem-solving processes, categorize inventory and manage costs, apply performance metrics, follow sustainable practices and more for all kinds of warehousing and distribution scenarios. Stand out with a certificate and digital badge demonstrating that you have the highly sought-after knowledge employers need today.
What’s covered in the program
Earning this certificate shows employers you have the knowledge and capability to:
- Take part in the loading and shipping processes, and work with common shipping documents.
- Schedule shipments and use various methods to track the shipments.
- Follow an effective order fulfillment cycle and work to improve order accuracy and efficiency.
- Use inventory management systems in warehouses and distribution centers to accurately report the quantity and value of the materials received, stored and shipped to customers.
- Categorize inventory and manage the costs associated with holding inventory.
- Manage customer returns.
- Follow environmentally sustainable work practices on the job.
- Implement a structured problem-solving process to deal with problems in warehouses or distribution centers.
- Make appropriate decisions about the use of different types of transportation carriers, understanding their characteristics and the advantages and disadvantages of each.
- Apply different performance metrics to measure the success of a facility in the warehousing and distribution industry.
https://www.ascm.org/warehousing-certificate-program/
Education Opportunities
The Supply Chain Procurement Certificate program is a foundational education program designed to help both entry-level and experienced supply chain professionals expand their procurement knowledge and skills. The program provides an overview of procurement fundamentals, sourcing strategies, supplier relationship management, negotiations, evaluation metrics, and more. You’ll be better equipped to:
- Develop a strategic sourcing strategy
- Establish effective procurement policies
- Effectively score supplier capabilities and select optimal suppliers
- Engage in more effective contract management negotiations
- Trace the purchase order flow from requirements identification to purchase order close-out
- Review supplier and internal procurement organization performance using data and metrics
- Engage in sustainable and ethical sourcing
https://www.ascm.org/procurement-certificate-program/
In Memory Of
A dear friend to our organization, Professor William “Bill” Moser, passed from this life and into God’s care on Wednesday, October 13, 2021 with his wife by his side. Bill was born in Muncie and grew up in Oakville, IN. He graduated from Ball State with his BS and MS. He attended Michigan State University to work on a PhD. Bill taught in the Marketing Department of the Miller College of Business at Ball State University for 53 years. Bill frequently attended our APICS meetings with his Ball State students. He will be missed!
Credential Status or Verification
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Supply Chain Salary and Career Report
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Welcome New Members
The following are new members in Quarter 4 of 2021
| Adedayo Adebagbo | |
| Cansu Agrali | Student at Purdue |
| Samuel Allie | |
| Aditya Ashok | Student at Purdue |
| Scottie Ballew | Student at Butler |
| Nico Barrett | Student at Univ of Indy |
| Shivang Batra | Student at Purdue |
| Gabe Boyd | Student at Univ of Indy |
| Megan Bradley | Student at Univ of Indy |
| James Brady | Capital Industries |
| Rajinder Budhiraja | Student at Purdue |
| Bret Bushka | Student at Butler |
| Ting-Yun Cheng | Student at Purdue |
| Yen Hung Chou | Student at Purdue |
| Geoffrey Davis | Elanco US, Inc |
| Madhav Dixit | Student at Purdue |
| Vincenzo Fabrizi | Student at Butler |
| Trisha Gajbhiye | Student at Purdue |
| Karen Gard | |
| Nicholas Gemelas | Student at Purdue |
| Ron Gordon | Student at Univ of Indy |
| Prabhav Gudapati | |
| Benjamin Haynes | |
| Wei-Ling Huang | Student at Purdue |
| Akshit Jain | Student at Purdue |
| leyi jia | Student at Purdue |
| Rasika Kale | |
| Nathan Keyton | Syndicate Sales, Inc |
| Patrick Kilcline | Student at Univ of Indy |
| Juneo Liggin | |
| Ting Lin | Student at Purdue |
| Zan Lyons | Student at IU |
| Nicole Miller | |
| Arghya Misra | Student at Purdue |
| Kim Moore | Bosma Enterprises |
| Lucas Murphy | |
| Vikram Narendra | Student at Purdue |
| Jon O'Dell | |
| Poojita Pal | Student at Purdue |
| Kyle Pepiot | |
| Sarah Pond | Major Tool & Machine |
| Prasad Raghu | Student at Purdue |
| THOMAS ROUSSEAU | Student at Butler |
| Morgan Sargent | Student at Univ of Indy |
| Kyle Schimmell | Roche |
| Lisa Shafer | |
| Tamika Sheppard-Breck | Primrose School of Noblesville |
| Kiran Singh | Student at Univ of Indy |
| Alex Spicer | Ivy Tech Community College |
| Tammy Spivey | Indiana State University |
| Erik Stewart | Student at Butler |
| Raymond Sullivan | Student at Butler |
| Neel Thakker | Student at Purdue |
| Andras Tiszai | Student at Univ of Indy |
| JEN-PING TSAI | Student at Purdue |
| Grace Voelz | Student at Butler |
| Gerritt Wagner | Student at Univ of Indy |
| James Walls | Student at Univ of Indy |
| Spencer Wand | Student at Butler |
| Will Washington | Student at Butler |
| Liang-Chou Wei | Student at Purdue |
| Lauren Winkler | |
| Heidi Zinn |
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