Although neither team placed amongst the top three teams in either event we would like to congratulate the 5 students who went to Harrisburg and the 7 who went to Chicago to represent their chapter. We know you will have gained from your participation and better luck next time.

Mid Atlantic District Case Team
Cameron Streb, Chad Steyer,  Chenyu Gong, Sarah Shoemaker and Chen Cao

Great Lakes District Case Team
Lindsay Vollmar, Tianjin Wang, Chuwen Zhong, Trevor Roby, Jacob Moser, Cameron Boli and Chelsea Miller

Congratulations BGSU APICS Team Members

Esaam Quazi, Isaline Frelet, Latifat Owe, Brad Woleslagel, Celeste Bembry, Clayton Stewart and Seth Meyer

The case was about the Great Harvest Bread Company (GHB) and how to leverage their supply chain for competitive advantage.  Teams were given a 25 page case at 8 pm Friday night and had to analyze and present their findings in a 6 page paper (double spaced) and 5 minute oral presentation due a 10:30 am

The case asked how GHB, who was struggling with cost and management issues, could use their advantage of distinctive ingredients (honey, wheat and other grains) and recipes from around the US to succeed.  The solution BGSU called “Getting bigger by acting smaller” involved knowledge of all aspects of business and included a combination of steps such as

• Centralizing commodity purchases—for example developing new quality standards in their supplier selection process utilizing supplier scorecards while  hedging commodities
• Allowing for experimentation within stores with local ingredients for new recipes
• Lowering distribution costs—including the use of Third Party Logistics Carriers (3PL’s) and strategic franchise expansion in underdeveloped regions, tourist and high traffic locations

The meeting was attended by over 250 students and professional in the supply chain field.  As APICS is headquartered in Chicago, there were also a number of society leaders present and time was given for plenty of networking.  Saturday afternoon all 31 teams presented their analysis in front of the entire group, giving all the schools a chance to see the different approaches of the various institutions.

It is a great learning and networking opportunity!  The team tackles an open ended real world problem in an intense all-nighter.  They are able to combine all their business classroom and co-op/internship knowledge in a team-based setting to solve a supply chain related problem.  Not only do they learn about working effectively as a team, but they are forced to focus their recommendations into very tight executive summaries, given the page and time limits.

BGSU’s supply chain program does an excellent job of providing students with an overview of all the areas of business to see the strategic issues and have the tools to solve them down to the operational and tactical levels.  Observing all the competing presentations, BGSU is always at the top in utilizing all three components of the supply chain—sourcing, operations, and logistics—in developing and presenting their solutions.  This integration is becoming more and more critical in today’s fast paced global environment.

The students are all members of the BGSU Supply Chain Management Association, which is affiliated with both the APICS and ISM:  Institute of Supply Management.  Their ability to attend was funded by both the Toledo APICS Chapter and BGSU’s SBC/OCA funds.

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The survay was available from  January 20th to 27th and 52 recipients responded

Highlight of the results is that every one of the 52 answered “yes” to the question “do you read the Toledo chapter newsletter?”

The full results will be published in our February newsletter.

We would be delighted to hear from former members, send an e-mail to

Eaton Corporation

This primary task of this position is purchasing machined metal components, the entire materials planning process including item master and bill of materials creation to support the launch of new product.  Possesses knowledge to ensure products meet quality, delivery, and specification requirements at the lowest possible price.
Incumbent works with product engineering, manufacturing engineering, quality, and program management to support the ProLaunch process.

Responsibilities include:

A. Represent the JXN plant in new product or program launches.

B. Develop appropriate pricing and delivery from approved Aerospace suppliers.

C. Participate in project teams (ProLaunch, Cost-Out, etc).

D. Ensure the prototype acquisition process is in compliance with SCM policies and procedures.

E. Manage the PCN process from the supply chain perspective to ensure that part master and BOM  integrity is developed and maintained.

F. Develop and document policies and procedures as required.

G. Expedites material, where required to meet shortfall between current plan and customer order requirements

H. Balances current and future demand requirements with manufacturing and supplier capabilities/capacities to ensure completion of customer requirements.

I. Actively participate in the identification or root cause and development of corrective actions for on time delivery misses to the customer.

J. Other duties as assigned.

Preferred Qualifications:

A. Must understand transition planning.

B. Must be able to accomplish objectives through others even though they are indirect reports.

C. Must be able to communicate at all levels of the organization.

D. Must be able to interact professionally with customers and suppliers.

E. Excellent computer skills (Word, Excel, MS Project or similar).

F. Familiarity with MfgPro is beneficial but not required.  Familiarity with general MRP principles is preferred.

Basic Qualifications:

A. Must have a bachelor’s degree from a nationally accredited institution.

B. A minimum 3 years of experience in Supply Chain.

C. Legally authorized to work in the United States without company sponsorship.

D. Relocation is not offered for this position. Candidates outside of the immediate geographic area will not be considered.

*If interested,
please apply online at www.eatonjobs.com indicating salary requirements/history
or contact Nina DePiero at  for additional information. *

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This is the sixth consecutive year the BGSU chapter has attained the Gold Award and its second consecutive year as a Platinum Student Chapter.