Platinum Logos

Class Locations & Directions

We are always looking for locations for evening courses. If your company has a space we can use, please contact Zenagui Brahim.

 

Millipore Corporation

900 Middlesex Turnpike

Building 2 Creativity Room
Billerica, MA 01821

Contact: Kathy McElroy
781-533- 2344

 

Hampton Inn

407 Amherst St.

Nashua, NH

Contact: Kelly

 

Hitachi

900 Holt Ave

Manchester, NH 03109

Contact: Lynn Belanger

603-669-4347 x336

 

Hudson Baptist Church

236 Central St.

Rte 111

Hudson, NH 03051

Contact: Brian Doane, CPIM,CSCP

 

Testing Tips from APICS

APICS Certified Instructors

The Southern New Hampshire Chapter is pleased to use several experienced instructors, including two instructors certified by APICS at the Associate Level!

 

Instructor Bios

Kirk Frazee, CPIM, CIRM, CSCP

Kirk has recently been recognized as an APICS Associate Level Instructor for both CPIM and CSCP

Kirk has almost 25 years of experience in Supply Chain Management and Manufacturing Operations, working in the roles of Planning, Scheduling, Forecasting, Project Management and Purchasing. He has worked for several High-Tech and Bio-Tech firms including ACMI, M/A-COM, Tellabs, Philips and Fisons. He has served on the Board of Directors of APICS at the Chapter and Region level, and has been an APICS certification workshops instructor for over 8 years, teaching all CPIM modules as well as some of the CIRM courses. Kirk holds CPIM, CSCP and CIRM certifications as well as BSBA and MBA degrees from UMASS-Lowell.

Dave Turbide,CFPIM, CMfgE, CIRM

Author of the books Computers in Manufacturing, MRP+, Why Systems Fail, among others, Dave has unique qualifications as an independent consultant and freelance writer serving both the developers and the users of software and systems for manufacturers. He has helped hundreds of users of manufacturing systems to select, implement, and get better results from their systems. In addition, he has performed analysis, written white papers and case studies, and advised the software developers to help them improve their products and market positioning. He has authored a number of reports for major analyst firms and is especially attuned to the needs and challenges of the mid-sized manufacturer.

In addition to contributing hundreds of articles for various trade publications, Dave and a partner launched Midrange ERP magazine (later renamed Midrange Enterprise) in 1996, to act as an information and education resource for the small to medium manufacturing community. After returning to private practice, he leveraged the broad market knowledge acquired through his manufacturing consulting practice and work as an independent journalist. Look for his articles and columns in APICS Magazine available in print and online.

Dave is a certified manufacturing engineer and is certified by APICS at the fellow level in Production and Inventory Management and in Integrated Resource Management and was a subject matter expert for the education material supporting the Certified Supply Chain Professional. He has taught literaaly thousands of hours of education classes, both public and on-site, covering the range of the APICS body of knowledge.

 

Dave Wesche, CPIM

Dave Wesce has over 25 years of various manufacturing and service experience in operations and engineering. Working for Digital Equipment Corporation, Compaq Computer and General Cable Corporation, Dave has acquired a practitioner's knowledge of MRP/ERP systems, Just-in-time manufacturing, Kaizen, Six Sigma methodology, and Lean manufacturing.

Dave has been teaching the APICS CPIM refersher courses since 1987. His current certifications include CPIM from APICS (since 1987), Certified Quality Manager from ASQ, Six Sigma Black Belt Certification from STAT-A-MATRIX, and he is Lean Sigma Certified by General Cable Corporation. He was also a Certified Quality Engineer (CQE) from ASQ (experied in 1997).

 

Anthony "Z" Zampello, CPIM, CIRM, CSCP

Tony “Z” now serves as a consultant, educator, and trainer to the operations and materials management profession. He has held senior management positions with Engelhard, Hasbro, Swarovski Jewelry, Wm. E. Wright, Robert Allen Design and Schroff, and has consulted with Vermont Castings, Rolls Royce, JR Music Supply, Avon, Rockwell, DTC Communications, Whitcraft, Plexus, Axsys, Arris, AstraZeneca and Tiffany among others. He has held various leadership positions in APICS, including: Northeast District Director [2009 and 2010,VP Region 1, APICS International BOD, and President of both the Providence and New Bedford Chapters. He’s served on the Seminar 1 BOD, and is an APICS certification instructor. He has also taught at the Worcester Polytechnic Institute and teaches Operations Management at Bentley University.

Instructors Wanted

The Chapter is looking for Instructors to teach APICS courses for CPIM and CSCP certification. The chapter wishes to project a professional image.

To this end, instructors are required to be qualified professionals to conduct these courses. The courses generally last for ten weeks. Each session should take about three hours, including the quiz. The classes are conducted at the client site in southern New Hampshire during evenings hours between 5:00 PM and 9:00 PM on week days. The instructor's material is provided by the chapter as a loan.

Qualifications for the instructors include CPIM or/and CSCP certification, industry experience, teaching skills and an undergraduate degree. If you are interested and would like to participate in this program, please call or write to: 

Zenagui Brahim: vp-education@apics253.org (603)226-3200

Host Companies Wanted

Chapter's policy pertaining to a company hosting certification review courses at their facilities:

Host Company, who agree to host certification review courses at their facilities are offered an option of a flat rate for CPIM certification course. This fee entitles the Host Company to enroll up to fifteen of its employees in the course. The Host Company is entitled to enroll their employees at the APICS member rate. In addition to the above benefits, Host Companies offer their employees the opportunity to take the APICS certification courses at the local site without commuting to other locations.

The Host Company agrees to:

The Chapter agrees to: