About Puget Sound APICS

With Beginnings in North American production and inventory control APICS has grown and evolved to represent a diverse community of professionals from virtually every manufacturing and service industry. The APICS body of knowledge spans all aspects of operations management, including production, inventory, supply chain, materials purchasing, and logistics. APICS - The Association for Operations Management represents a worldwide network of accomplished industry professionals; delivers superior education, educational resources, and training; and, administers and controls internationally recognized and valued certifications..

Puget Sound Chapter

In 2003 the Commencement Bay and Seattle APICS Chapters were consolidated into the Puget Sound Chapter.

The APICS Puget Sound Chapter is led by the 2003-2004 President Steve Dightman, and serves approximately 900 members over Western Washington.

Check out the home page for upcoming Professional Development Meeting (PDM) times and locations or PDM Meetings for the complete list of our monthly PDMs held throughout the Puget Sound.

For Membership information, please contact Paula DeNeui, or call the Puget Sound APICS office at 425-468-6178 or 1-866-662-7427.

About APICS

APICS 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 in Integrated Resource Management (CIRM)
  • 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.