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Tuesday, March 8, 2016

Wichita State University

Room 257 ASHTON/

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PDM 7:00 PM

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WSU Student

Presentations

Join APICS Wichita for two presentations

from current WSU doctoral students. Help

support a proud Wichita institution!

Nurse Staffing for Inpatient

Settings Using a Stochastic

Modeling Approach.

Doctoral Student:

Parisa Eimanzadeh

An age-structured bio-economic

model of invasive species

management: insights and

strategies for optimal control.

Doctoral Student:

Eyyub Yunus Kibis

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PowderTech Tour

February, 2016

Chad Molen, President-APICS Wichita, presenting

plaque to Jim Calloway, President—PowderTech

Jim Calloway getting the tour started

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Strategy is a word that seems to be everywhere these days. Whether it’s the strategy of the candidates to win votes in the big upcoming election or it’s the latest news on Apple’s new products, it is clear that strategy is important. As I have progressed in my career, strategy has become more and more of a focus, so much so that I spend probably 30% of my time either talking about strategy, developing a strategy, or executing a strategy. So what does this mean for you as a supply chain professional? Do you know what your company strategy is? How do

you fit into this strategy and are you prepared to meet new challenges?

At APICS we are dedicated to helping you become the best you can be. Understanding the questions above and educating yourself on how to best contribute are key to not only your success but also the success of the company you work for or want to work for. Whether it’s a certification you need or a community of like-minded individuals who gather monthly for plant tours/professional development meetings, APICS and APICS Wichita are here for you. For more information check out our new website: www.apics-wichita.com

Best regards,

Chad Molen

President – APICS Wichita

President’s Message

Member Company Name Karen Lucas

Alisa Salesevic Cargill

Tammy Wadleigh Textron

Membership Information

Per the APICS Website, we have a total of 109 members and 43 Student Associates of

Chapter 71. There are 3 new members. Our new members are listed below.

Welcome!

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Our March Presentations

Nurse Staffing for Inpatient Settings Using a Stochastic Modeling Approach

Parisa Eimanzadeh

The national nurse shortage along with rising patient acuity levels have led to an increase in nurse workload, causing nurse workforce to experience high levels of burnout. To address this concern and using systems engineering techniques, we develop a stochastic model to quantify the trade-off between the staffing level of an inpatient unit and different performance metrics such as the probability of excessive delays in providing patient care.

An age-structured bio-economic model of invasive species management: insights and strategies for optimal control

Eyyub Yunus Kibis

Native grasslands in the Great Plains are threatened by the spread of sericea lespedeza (Lespedeza cuneata), an introduced legume from Asia, which can damage forage or hay production resulting in substantial economic loss for land managers. Therefore, policy makers and land managers need to find effective decision strategies for managing sericea lespedeza and reducing the related costs. In this research, we develop a dynamic nonlinear optimization model to find economically efficient strategies and provide insights for controlling the invasion of sericea lespedeza. Using empirical data, the economic loss arising from invasion of sericea lespedeza is minimized over time and optimal management strategies are presented for various cases.

Your Chapter is Platinum! Chapter Management Excellence is an integral component to enhancing the member experi-ence. Successful APICS chapters provide their members with opportunities for stellar education, career development, and networking. The APICS Chapter Benchmarking and Reporting (CBAR) program recognizes chapters that have exceeded minimum standards and exemplify excellence in overall chapter management.

We are proud to announce the APICS Wichita Chapter received the 2015 CBAR Platinum Award designation, an admirable accomplishment for an APICS chapter. As a member of an APICS Platinum Award Winning Chapter, the CBAR designation signifies your chapter’s com-mitment to providing an exceptional membership experience. APICS Wichita Chapter has been recognized with this achievement for the past 24 consecutive years!

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Date Topic Speaker

Tuesday, Mar 8th, 2016 WSU Student Presentations

Tuesday, Apr 12th, 2016 Dynamic Leadership - How to

Develop, Inspire and Retain an Effective Team

Tom Schulte

Wednesday, Apr 13th 2016 Lean: Will it work here? Tom Schulte

Tuesday, May 10th, 2016 Grasshopper Plant Tour

Programs Calendar 2015-2016

Our March Presenters

Nurse Staffing for Inpatient Settings Using a Stochastic Modeling Approach

Parisa Eimanzadeh

Parisa received her B.Sc. in 2009 from Qazvin Azad University in Electrical Engineering and her M.Sc. in 2012 from Amirkabir University of Technolo-gy in Industrial Engineering. She joined Wichita State University as a Ph.D. student in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering in 2013. Her research focuses on stochastic modeling in healthcare systems.

An age-structured bio-economic model of invasive species management: in-sights and strategies for optimal control

Eyyub Yunus Kibis

Eyyub Yunus Kibis is currently a PhD student in the Department of Industri-al and Manufacturing Engineering at Wichita State University. He graduated from Bogazici University with a Bachelor of Science in 2009. He attended University of Houston, where he received an M.A. in Economics in 2011 and an M.S. in Finance in 2013. His research interests include mathematical programming models and large-scale optimization approaches for invasive species and infectious diseases control. His awards include Texas Public Ed-ucation Grant in 2011, Donald D. Sbarra Endowed Fellowship in 2014 and several other scholarships.

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