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Message from the President

Dear Affiliate Members and Associates, This year has gone by so quickly. As I look back, there is much for which I want to thank you. Thank you to my Board for your time and dedication to our affiliate. Your service goes above and beyond as volunteers. Great strides forward were made by all committees. And to those who served on the Audit and Nominating committees, we would not be in the great position we are without you. A more formal acknowledgement of your efforts will be made at the May meeting. To our members, I thank you for your dedication and support of ISM‐Kansas City. Your attendance at our meetings and functions, continuing your membership and help in recruiting new members is what keeps our affiliate strong. It has been my absolute pleasure to be your president for the past two‐years. I will continue to support ISM‐Kansas City in the past president role and as needed. I have full confidence in Roxanna Swaney and the incoming Board to continue the momentum we have going. It is going to be another banner year! Many exciting plans are already being made for the next Board year. So come on out for our May meeting! It will be the last before our summer break. Sincerely, Kriss Pearson President, ISM‐Kansas City

Inside This Issue:

1 Message from the

President 2-3 May Dinner Meeting

details 3-4 Highlights from April

Meeting 5 2013-2014 Kindle Fire

HD Promotion 6 ISM-KC Profile Updates 7 CPSM Study and

Review Sessions @ JCCC-Summer Schedule

8 Diversity Corner 9 Job Postings 10-11 Mid-America Leading

Economic Indicators 12 ISM-KC Board of

Directors

MONTHLY NEWSLETTER Institute for Supply Management – Kansas City, Inc.

May 2014

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May 2014 Dinner Meeting Maximizing the Value of your Corporate Travel Program

Tue, May 20, 2014 5:30 PM Ash Grove Cement 11011 Cody St Ste 300 Overland Park, Kansas 66210

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Maximizing the Value of your Corporate Travel Program

Join us for an interactive session on how to optimize your corporate travel program dollars. The session will begin with an overview of the ‘state of the industry’ and The Top 10 Trends that you need to consider when determining how to best manage your corporate travel spend. In addition, following the session Short’s Travel Management will provide each of you with a complimentary benchmarking study to determine how you rank compared to your peers along with recommendations for implementing strategies that will drive program efficiencies, increase travelers satisfaction and realize additional savings.

Kelli Johnson has over 15 years of experience in the corporate travel industry holding positions as a Travel Manager, Account Manager, Director of Client Services by 2001 when Passport Travel was acquired by Short’s Travel Management and is the now the Director of Account Management. A graduate of the Travel Academy, Lenexa, Kansas.

In addition, Kelli has worked for an airline, a car rental agency, a retail travel agency, and a Las Vegas charter operator. Her duties at Short’ Travel include establishing and maintaining relationships with clients and suppliers. She oversees all aspects of client operation to ensure satisfaction and proactively determine, recommend and implement any changes that would be beneficial to client. In addition, Kelli works with all strategic account managers to coordinate communication of programs, opportunities and benefits relating to client and help facilitate problem resolution with all applicable parties.

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Highlights from April Dinner Meeting

Business Ethics Panel We would like to thank:

Loren Procter, Director of Corporate Security/ Business Continuity at Sprint

Steve Gillilan, Director of Ethics and Compliance at Sprint

Cedric Rowan, Manager, Procurement Services at the City of Kansas City, MO.

for their time and sharing their wisdom, knowledge and experiences around business ethics and Mark Smith, CPSM, C.P.M., Hallmark Cards for hosting the meeting.

(Left to Right – Cedric Rowan, Steve Gillilan, Loren Procter)


In addition to the great programs, two of our members, Mark Mueller (left) and Mark Van Sickle (right), were presented with their CPSM certificates by our Education Co‐Chair, Doug Gwin (center). Great Job Guys!!

April 2014 Dinner Meeting Attendees


ISM-KC 2013/2014 Monthly Educational Meetings How many meetings do you attend?

Would you like to be rewarded for your attendance?

If you attend 7 ISM-KC monthly educational meetings between August 2013 and May 2014, you will automatically qualify for a chance to win a Kindle Fire HD. You can increase your chances and attend 8 meetings for another entry to win. The icing on the cake is to attend 9 meetings for yet a third chance to win the Kindle Fire HD. We look forward to seeing you in attendance at the monthly educational meetings. Visit us at https://www.ism-kansascity.org/ for more information.

Do you have suggestions for upcoming meetings?

If so, please forward to: Director – Programs

Esmeralda Phillips, CPSM, C.P.M. [email protected]

This ISM-KC promotion is sponsored by Helzberg Diamonds.


Attention ISM‐KC Members:

Have you changed jobs or moved? Has your email address changed?

If so, it’s important to keep your personal profile up to date so you’re getting the full benefit of your membership. Newsletters, events, notices, and other communications are sent to the contact information as it’s listed in your personal profile. If you’ve changed your job, home address, or personal email, there is potential for delay in receiving time sensitive information, or even worse, you don’t receive it at all! To ensure your profile is up to date, go to ism-kansascity.org then click on the Review/Update Your Profile link.

Once you login using your username and password, you will see the information that is currently on file. At this time, you can make any changes needed, and select Save. The changes take effect immediately, so you’ll be back on track to receiving important updates about ISM and the Kansas City Affiliate. Don’t hesitate to contact either Penny Wilson ([email protected]) or Susan Wright ([email protected]) with any questions or concerns on this topic or anything else related to Membership!


CPSM Study and Review Classes

May 15th is your last chance to register for the CPSM review classes offered again at JCCC as an evening Summer Class. We need 4 more students to meet the class minimum.

See below to register.

Supply Chain and Logistics

XNJ 0020 ‐ Certified Professional in Supply Management Exam Prep (CPSM)

The Certified Professional in Supply Management® credential from the Institute for Supply Management (ISM®) can give you the edge you need in this global marketplace along with the potential to earn more. The CPSM is recognized internationally and reflects the expanded knowledge, skills and abilities needed to be a successful supply management professional. This course is a certification preparation program based on ISM's CPSM body of knowledge. Prerequisites: three years full-time, professional supply management experience (non-clerical, non-support) with a regionally accredited bachelor's degree OR 5 years of supply management experience (non-clerical, non-support) without a degree; AND pass 3 CPSM® Exams. Course fee includes forty two hours of classroom instruction on covering all three modules, ISM Study Guides for all three modules and participant guides for all three modules. Cost of the CPSM exam is NOT included. Visit www.ism.ws/Certification for certification and exam details. Prepare to take the three module CPSM exams and demonstrate your knowledge of: 1) Foundation of Supply Chain Management 2) Effective Supply Chain Management Performance 3) Leadership in Supply Management

CEU Hours: 4.2

Contact Hours: 42

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Job Posting

To review job opportunities posted on ISM-KC web site, go to: http://www.ism-kansascity.org/default.asp Log In Select Members Select Job Postings Click on each job for details

Please view the job postings regularly as new jobs are posted throughout the month. If you would like to add a job posting to our website, contact Jim Marinakis ([email protected]) or Sue Madrid ([email protected]).


Mid-American States

Mid-America Economy Begins Second Quarter Briskly: Export Orders Boost Growth

YouTube interview with Professor Goss can be seen here.

April survey results at a glance:

Leading economic indicator rises to highest level in three years. Inflation gauge jumps to highest level since March 2012. Strong new export orders for the month. Almost two-thirds expect Affordable Care Act to have little or no impact on company.

For Immediate Release: May 1, 2014

OMAHA, Neb. – The Mid-America Business Conditions Index for April, a leading economic indicator for a nine-state region stretching from North Dakota to Arkansas, points to positive and improving growth in the next three to six months.

Overall index: The Business Conditions Index, which ranges between 0 and 100, climbed to 60.4 from 58.2 in March.

“Much like the national economy, the Mid-America region continues to expand with growth prospects improving monthly. This is the highest overall reading that we have recorded since March 2011,” said Ernie Goss, Ph.D., director of Creighton University’s Economic Forecasting Group and the Jack A. MacAllister Chair in Regional Economics in the Heider College of Business.

Employment: After declining below growth neutral for December, the employment gauge has remained above the threshold for the fourth straight month. The employment index dipped slightly to a still solid 54.2 from 54.4 in March.

“Durable goods manufacturers, including vehicle producers, and nondurable goods producers, such as food processors, are adding jobs at a healthy pace. There are more workers employed in the nine-state region than ever. I expect current growth to continue in the months ahead,” said Goss.

Wholesale Prices: The prices-paid index, which tracks the cost of raw materials and supplies, increased to its highest level since March 2012. The wholesale inflation gauge rose to 75.9 from March’s 72.8. Inflationary pressures at the wholesale level are elevated from the same time last year.

This month supply managers in the region were asked how much they expect the price of their company’s products to increase in 2014. “On average, supply managers anticipate a 2.4 percent growth for the year. While this is hardly rapid, it is well above the 2 percent reported last year at this time. Reports like this by supply managers will encourage the Federal Reserve to continue to reduce its monetary stimulus termed quantitative easing (QE3). As a result, I expect long term interest rates to continue to advance in the months ahead,” said Goss.


Confidence: Looking six months ahead, economic optimism, as captured by the April business confidence index, expanded to a strong 64.2 from March’s 59.0. “Improvements in the job market supported supply managers’ business outlook for the month. Furthermore, some of the uncertainty surrounding the number of signups for the Affordable Care Act has been reduced, thus boosting confidence,” said Goss.

This month supply managers were asked to gauge the impact of the implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) on their company. Only 3.6 percent indicated significant negative impacts while 29.8 percent voiced negative impacts. Almost two-thirds or 65.5 percent reported little or no impact from the ACA. The remaining 1.2 percent indicated positive impacts from the ACA.

Inventories: The inventory index, which tracks the level of raw materials and supplies, dipped to a solid 56.6 from March’s 57.6. “While the rate of inventory expansion slowed, April’s inventory index is yet another signal that supply managers are more upbeat about the economy as they increased inventories in anticipation of expanding sales for their companies in the months ahead,” said Goss.

Trade: The new export orders index advanced to a healthy 60.8 from 54.1 in March. The import index for April rose to 55.6 from March’s 54.2. “It is a very encouraging signal to track a sixth straight month of healthy new export orders. At the same time, firms in the region continued purchasing from abroad in expectations of upturns in company sales in the weeks and months ahead,” said Goss.

Other components: Other components of the April Business Conditions Index were new orders at 66.3 from 58.5 in March; production or sales at 68.3, up from March’s 61.1; and delivery lead time dropped to 56.6 from March’s 59.4.

The Creighton Economic Forecasting Group has conducted the monthly survey of supply managers in nine states since 1994 to produce leading economic indicators of the Mid-America economy. States included in the survey are Arkansas, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma and South Dakota.

The forecasting group’s overall index, referred to as the Business Conditions Index, ranges between 0 and 100. An index greater than 50 indicates an expansionary economy over the course of the next three to six months. The Business Conditions Index is a mathematical average of indices for new orders, production or sales, employment, inventories and delivery lead time. This is the same methodology used by the National Institute for Supply Management, formerly the Purchasing Management Association, since 1931.

Survey results for May will be released on the first business day of next month, June 2.

Follow Goss on twitter at http://twitter.com/erniegoss For historical data and forecasts visit our website at: http://www2.creighton.edu/business/economicoutlook/


ISM Kansas City Board of Directors

President Past President Kriss Pearson Mark VanSickle, CPSM, C.P.M. Laird Plastics, Inc. Bayer [email protected] [email protected] 1st Vice President 2nd Vice President Roxanna Swaney Manny Gutierrez, C.P.M. CenturyLink Waddell & Reed [email protected] [email protected] Treasurer Secretary Joel Johnson, CPSM JoAnn Harper, CPSM, C.P.M. BlueScope Buildings, N.A Sprint Nextel [email protected] [email protected] Director – Diversity Director - Programs Asya Evans Esmeralda Phillips, CPSM, C.P.M. Sprint [email protected] Director – Marketing Co-Director - Marketing JennyLyn Jensen Michelle Burdine, C.P.M. Helzberg Diamond BNSF Railway [email protected] [email protected] Director – Membership Penelope Wilson Kansas City Power & Light [email protected] Director – Education Co-Director - Education Joe Steve, CPSM, C.P.M. Doug Gwin, C.P.M. Kansas City Power & Light Tnemec Company, Inc. [email protected] [email protected] Director – Communications Co-Director - Communications Jim Marinakis, CPSM, C.P.M. Sue Madrid Waddell & Reed Honeywell FM&T [email protected] [email protected]

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