Events

PLANT TOUR - NORTH AMERICAN BRANDS

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 2025

Founded in 1989, North American Brands is a leading 3PL provider to sellers looking for effective access to the Canadian marketplace. Our passion & dedication to be the best service provider has generated trusted & successful relationships that stand the test of time. We offer a seamless approach of solutions that are customized to your business needs. Contact us today, and let’s grow your business

DATE: Tuesday, February 18, 2025

LOCATION: 

North American Brands

3 Buchanan Ct, London,   

London, Ontario

AGENDA:  Tour begins at 5:00 pm

Cost: $5.00/person

Registration: please click on the following link

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/plant-tour-tickets-1140877367919?aff=oddtdtcreator

For information, please contact events@apicslondon.org

REGISTRATION DEADLINE: Tuesday, February 12, 2025

 

PROFESSIONAL DINNER MEETING - LONDON

TUESDAY, MARCH 25, 2025

Topic: Supply Chain Leadership at the Speed of Change. In 3 not so easy steps. 

The are so many supply chain challenges and more are on the way. During this session, Jerry as he is known to his friends, will outline his insights on how to be ready for what comes next. He will provide you with tips on how to read and understand people and also how to deal with those that are difficult. Jerry will go over the skills you need to have, learn or hire. He will also cover the supply chain trends that you should watch out for.

Speaker:  Gerald R. Ford CSCMP, CPSM, CMC, SCMP

Gerald Ford has been involved and engaged in supply chain for over 40 years and is a honourary life member of Supply Chain Canada. Always curious and willing to learn and share, Jerry is uniquely positioned to make this session both enjoyable and thought provoking. Jerry has worked for over 100 companies and in various sectors. Included in the list are, The University of Waterloo, The City of Cambridge, IBM Canada, Open Text, The Cooperators, Denso Manufacturing, Proveer and Kinetic GPO just to name a few.

Jerry has served as President of the Ontario Institute of Supply Chain Canada, President of two local chapters of the Association and advised on 3 different program advisory committees (Conestoga College, Mohawk College and Fanshaw College).   What isn’t always known about Jerry is that he taught a variety of courses for Conestoga College from 1984 to 2018. He spent most of his time teaching human resources and technology topics.

In 2012, Jerry founded QCsolver, with the intent to help automate various supply chain back-office practices and administrative procedures.

In 2017, Jerry joined Kinetic Group Purchasing as their Director of Supplier development. In 4 short years, Kinetic has grown to have hundreds of members in every Province and in every public sector.

In his “spare” time, Jerry is a mentor for both Supply Chain Canada and the local YMCA Immigration Partnership.

With over 18,000 LinkedIn connections, Jerry knows that he doesn’t need to know everything. As long as he knows someone who does.

Location: 

Fanshawe College

Collaboration Space A - F2063: Located in Innovation Village

1001 Fanshawe College Blvd

London, Ontario

Agenda:

5:30 pm – Registration & Networking

6:00 PM - Dinner

7:00 pm - Guest Speaker: Gerald Ford

8:0 0pm - Questions and Wrap-up

 Registration: To register for this event, please click on the following link:

TBA

REGISTRATION DEADLINE:  Tuesday,  February 18, 2025

For more information, please contact  events@apicslondon.org

Please note: For members attending virtually, an email will be sent with the ZOOM link to connect to this ASCM Professional Meeting. 

The presentation will start at 7:00 PM (EST)