About the Houston Chapter of APICS

We the APICS Houston Chapter Board of Directors are proud to serve Houston and its surrounding areas.  Here are some accomplishments you should know about the APICS Houston Chapter.

  • Leading Chapter (of 270 APICS chapters) in Supply Chain Education
  • Platinum Chapter (APICS Highest Chapter Award) since 2003.
  • Largest chapter in membership for APICS Terra Grande District 
  • Sponsors student chapters at the University of Houston and DeVry University
    • Now working with Texas A&M, Rice University
  • Nationally recognized instructors and speakers
  • Nationally recognized volunteers holding positions within APICS at the regional and international levels
  • Generous supporter of student activities and education research

When you become involved with the APICS Houston Chapter you can:

  • Develop your leadership skills by volunteering
  • Network with other supply chain professionals
  • Learn best practices by attending our workshops and Professional Dinner Meetings (PDM)
  • Observe best practices through our plant tours
  • Achieve internationally recognized certifications such as CPIM and CSCP.

If you would like to find out more about the APICS Houston Chapter, please contact the chapter president at president@apics-houston.org

APICS Chapter Mission

  • To help the Southeast Texas business community meet its needs for skills improvement and professional growth by providing consistently high-quality education and professional exchange of ideas in Operations Management and Supply Chain Management.
  • To help business professionals enhance their Operations Management and Supply Chain Management skills and knowledge through the exchange of ideas, networking opportunities, and education programs leading to successful certification.
  • To assist in the development of future Operations Management and Supply Chain professionals through our support of APICS student chapters.
  • To ensure the future success of the Chapter by developing its instructor base and the leadership skills of its board members and volunteers.
  • To support and encourage the APICS organization’s ability to continuously develop the body of knowledge by actively promoting the value of membership and delivering high quality certification programs.

Chapter Vision

  • To maximize the benefits achieved from the APICS Body of Knowledge by organizations, their employees, and individuals in the Southeast Texas area.

Chapter Bylaws

The American Production and Inventory Control Society of Houston (Chapter) held a vote on revising the Chapter Bylaws on September 17, 2009.  The vote was held at the PDM at The HESS Club, at 5430 Westheimer Way, Houston, Texas 77056.  A quorum was present at the meeting.  The revised Chapter Bylaws were passed unanimously.  The results of the election were published in The Horizon in October, 2009.

This table shows various documents that can be downloaded.

Title Owner Category Last Updated Size KB
Current Bylaws Kevin Dalley 7/28/2009 112.4 Download

Platinum Award Introducing CSCP

APICS
The Association for Operations Management

APICS—The Association for Operations Management is a not-for-profit international educational organization respected throughout the world for its education and professional certification programs. With more than 70,000 individual and corporate members in 20,000 companies worldwide, APICS is dedicated to using education to improve the business bottom line.

APICS is recognized globally as:

  • the source of knowledge and expertise for manufacturing and service industries across the entire supply chain in such areas as materials management, information services, purchasing and quality.
  • the leading provider of high-quality, cutting-edge educational programs that advance organizational success in a changing, competitive marketplace
  • a successful developer of two internationally recognized certification programs, Certified in Production and Inventory Management (CPIM) and Certified Supply Chain Professional (CSCP)
  • a distribution center for hundreds of business management publications and educational materials
  • a source of solutions, support, and networking local chapters, workshops, symposia, and the annual APICS International Conference and Exposition.

Founded in 1957 as the American Production and Inventory Control Society, APICS has since expanded its focus to include a full range of programs and materials on individual and organizational education, standards of excellence, and integrated resource management. To reflect this new direction, we are now known as APICS—The Association for Operations Management.

NOTE: Thanks to our friends at the APICS-Twin Cities chapter for the above text.