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December Dinner Meeting: Tuesday, December 9, 2008 @ Brookfield-Sheraton 5:00PM Vendor Showcase 5:30PM Toys for Tots Collection and Live Music by The Christmas Spirit Trio 6:30PM - Dinner Meeting

1 e-buylines Buy-Monthly Newsletter for ISM-Milwaukee Members December 2008, Vol. 1, No. 4 Mission Statement: The Institiute for Supply Management- Milwaukee is dedicated to the professional development, education and certification of our membership, and the advancement of our profession. December Dinner Meeting: Tuesday, December 9, Brookfield-Sheraton 5:00PM Vendor Showcase 5:30PM Toys for Tots Collection and Live Music by The Christmas Spirit Trio 6:30PM - Dinner Meeting with ASQ The Rock & Roll Guide to Everything that Matters: Lessons for Business and Beyond Presenter: Joe Heuer In this engaging program, Joe uncovers the timeless nuggets of wisdom embedded within the lyrics of classic Rock & Roll ranging from Aerosmith through ZZ Top. While re-living the soundtrack of your life you will learn the not-so-secret secrets for creating a sense of flow in your life rather than constantly rowing upstream. Joe provides simple tips and techniques that will allow you to flourish in all your endeavors. Additionally, he promises to share some of his award-winning Rock & Roll dictionary. Be prepared for a fun-filled Rock & Roll experience that may change the way you look at the world. KEYNOTE SPEAKER Joe Heuer Joe Heuer is the Rock and Roll Guru and serves as the official blogger for Summerfest: The World's Largest Music Festival. He has been featured on Fox6 WakeUp, WKTI and WTMJ. Additionally, his Rock & Roll Wisdom and Rock & Roll Dictionary have been featured worldwide on radio and blogs. Joe's own Rock & Roll Radio Extravaganza will debut in early An acknowledged expert on customer loyalty, Joe is the author of several books on that topic, and his next book is titled Everything I Know I Learned from Rock and Roll: Timeless Wisdom from Aerosmith through ZZ Top. Joe travels North America speaking for corporations and associations on the nuggets of wisdom that are embedded in the lyrics of classic rock & roll and how we can employ that wisdom to enhance the quality of both our professional

2 and personal lives. Menu: Tossed Garden Salad, 8 Ounce Center Cut Sirloin Steak, Basil and Parmesan Mashed Potatoes, Chef s Choice of Vegetable, Chocolate Cake Register by to the ISM-M offices, ahodorski@wamllc.net. Please include your name, company and phone number. Toys for Tots Collection at the December Dinner Meeting UW-Milwaukee Survey Requests Your Input

STUDY OF ELECTRONIC PROCUREMENT SYSTEMS USE AND PERFORMANCE CALL TO ACTION Please bring one unwrapped toy with you to the December Dinner Meeting.

3 STUDY OF ELECTRONIC PROCUREMENT SYSTEMS USE AND PERFORMANCE CALL TO ACTION Please bring one unwrapped toy with you to the December Dinner Meeting. All toys and monetary donations will be given to the US Marines Toys For Tots Foundation. The Christmas Spirit Trio, John LaPinske, Robert Barwick, and Cheryl Groth, will be performing your favorite holiday songs prior to the dinner meeting. OBJECTIVES: The objectives of Toys for Tots are to help needy children throughout the United States experience the joy of Christmas; to play an active role in the development of one of our nation's most valuable natural resources - our children; to unite all members of local communities in a common cause for three months each year during the annual toy collection and distribution campaign; and to contribute to better communities in the future. As you must be aware a number of consultant and practitioner reports as well as scholarly research increasingly indicate the growing importance of efficient and effective supply chain management. A key component to support a successful SCM endeavor is procurement. Ever since the proliferation of the Internet/Web starting in the mid part of the 1990s and the open systems standards that underlie the Internet/Web vis-àvis the proprietary technologies of electronic data interchange (EDI) there has been considerable interest in digitizing the entire value chain. Recent reports indicate that despite such interest and enthusiasm the ground realities are that the penetration and integration of digitization of even the supply chain have not been adequately realized. As a token of our appreciation for companies that participate in this study we will provide them with an Executive Summary Report that will outline the aggregate findings of our study. We anticipate that our study findings would enable these firms to benchmark themselves against their peers as well as provide them an insight into the various benefits of/barriers to successful implementation of EPS and the key factors that need to be well understood to effectively implement these systems. ISM-Milwaukee asks for your help by participating in this survey. To enter the survey, please go to or you can find a link at ISM-Milwaukee s website, Annual Awards Program More News...

In 1979, your Board of Directors adopted an Award Program. This Program was implemented as a means of recognizing outstanding members of our Association.

4 In 1979, your Board of Directors adopted an Award Program. This Program was implemented as a means of recognizing outstanding members of our Association. Its objective is to publicly recognize members who contribute much effort and dedicated service to ISM Milwaukee. The Award Program is administered by the Awards Committee, which will be selected at the January Dinner Meeting. You are invited to participate in the Awards Program by recommending candidates for each award. Your participation will be a valuable contribution to the Committee in its evaluation of candidates to be recommended to the Board of Directors. A form for making your recommendations to the Awards Committee is included. The Awards and their requirements are spelled out to assist you in choosing your candidates. So as to allow the Awards Committee as much time as possible to evaluate each candidate, please submit your nominations (U.S. Mail, fax or ) as soon as possible to the ISM-Milwaukee office, W. Silver Spring Drive, Suite 200, Milwaukee, WI The deadline for receiving nominations is February 23, Our presentation of Awards for this Association year will be at the March 2009 dinner meeting. Please use the following pages for your nominations. If you have any questions, please call the ISM-Milwaukee office at With your help, the program will be a success. Please participate. ISM-Milwaukee Offers Free Webinar: Achieve Procurement Mastery Through an Effective Spend Analysis Program Date: Thursday, December 11, 2008 Time: 12 noon CST Speakers: Mickey North Rizza, Research Director for AMR Research John Fogerty, Sourcing Director for Con-way Enterprises Kirit Pandit, Vice President Content Services for Emptoris Sponsor: Emptoris Cost: Free Note: This streaming-only Web seminar is 60 minutes long. In the face of uncertain economic conditions, businesses are looking to their procurement organizations to work miracles and find additional savings. Learn how businesses that are considered procurement masters are able to uncover savings opportunities, execute against their savings strategy, and deliver/prove tangible results to the business. This Web seminar qualifies for one CEH credit at ISM. More information, plus registration, is available online click here. Highlights from the November Dinner Meeting ISM-MKE President, Mike Grimm, CPSM congratulates Roberto Arechiga-Fierro from Milwaukee Electric Tool on earning his CPSM certification. An educational and inspirational message from Lamar Cosby, Second Harvest was presented at the November Dinner Meeting. ISM-MKE members donated 200 pounds of food, mostly peanut butter and jelly, and also generously donated $250. This is an equivalent to 1250 meals for hungry families in Wisconsin. Thank you for your donation. To download a nomination form, please visit our website at

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