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3/9/2010

Upcoming topics for MAPI forums now posted!
MAPI is holding three one day forums this June for executives to discuss strategies around Benefits, Talent & Leadership Development, and Worker's Compensation. Each forum will focus on how companies can maintain successful, cost-effective programs in a challenging business environment.
 
Featured speakers include executives from Emerson, Johnson Controls, Deere, Parker Hannifin, and W.W. Grainger. These roundtable seminars are targeted to senior-level leaders responsible for benefits, worker's compensation, and/or organizational development.
 
For more information, click here.
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2/1/2010

Upcoming Ethics & Compliance Council agenda
The agenda for the May 4-5 meeting of the Ethics & Compliance Council has been published. Topics include:
  • Ethics "Bootcamp" for acquisitions & start ups
  • Global compliance challenges in the wake of the FCPA sting
  • Import compliance
For the complete agenda, click here.
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Supply Chain Logistics Council meeting agenda
The MAPI Supply Chain Logistics Council recently published the agenda for its March 2009 meeting. Topics include:
  • Intel on Lean, Six Sigma and Improving Distribution
  • Honeywell on Supply Chain Security in Mexico
  • Toyota on Green Supply Chain
For more information on the Council, click here.
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10/28/2009

MAPI Members Share Social Media Strategies
 
MAPI recently polled its member marketing executives to help them understand how their peers are currently using and deriving value from Web 2.0 tools and technologies such as online videos, blogs, and community-based websites like LinkedIn and Facebook.
 
For more information, contact Kate Sims at 703-647-5135 or via email.
 
 
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Salaries, Compensation and Pension Benefits

 

The combination of meetings, surveys, and research allows MAPI members to leverage a peer knowledge base to benchmark solutions, practices, and policies.  MAPI recently polled its member financial officers to ask about their outlook for salaries, compensation and pension benefits.
Click here for a snapshot of survey results.

For more information, contact Kate Sims at 703-647-5135 or via email.

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9/16/2009

Why re-invent the wheel?

 

Members of the MAPI Human Resources Council are actively sharing their companies' policies, procedures, and programs with fellow members.  The MAPI HR Council website provides an opportunity to view and download a number of shared documents, including:

·         Records Management Policies

·         Recognition and Retention Programs

·         Employment References Policies

·         Tuition Reimbursement Policies

MAPI membership provides an opportunity to easily see ‘what others are doing’, from basic policies to strategic HR programs.  The combination of meetings, surveys, and sharing provide HR Council members practical and tangible take-aways…without draining time or resources.

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8/25/2009

MAPI Members To Tour Bacardi-Martini Bottling Facility

 

Environmental, Health & Safety Efforts in Action

In conjunction with the MAPI Environmental Management Council meeting (December 3-4, 2009), MAPI members have been invited to tour the Bacardi-Martini Bottling Facility in Jacksonville, FL.  In addition to the tour, Council members will participate in roundtable discussion on critical issues, including:

  • Energy Management and Sustainability
  • EHS: Design/Construction of New Facilities
  • Globalizing Health and Safety Efforts

 

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Big Crowd for This Week's GM Council Meeting

 

We're happy to report that we have record-breaking attendance for this week's MAPI General Managers Council meeting. We have over 40 executives scheduled to attend, from companies like Caterpillar, Ingersoll-Rand, Shell, Rockwell Automation, Danaher, ITW, and Saint-Gobain. 

 

The agenda features items on Strategic Pricing in a Downturn, Market-Facing Tools in the Danaher Business System, Operational Excellence programs, and how members are shifting their organizational mindset from cutting to growing.

 

If you are interested in learning more about the MAPI General Managers Council (viewing the full program agenda and company participation list) please contact Kate Sims ksims@mapi.net

 

 

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8/21/2009

Manufacturing Facility Tour for MAPI Members
 
 
orbital
 

In partnership with Orbital Sciences Corporation, MAPI is pleased to invite members of the MAPI Government Contracts Council to a special tour of Orbital’s satellite manufacturing facility this October.

Orbital is one of the world's leading providers of small- to medium-class satellites.

  • Communications Satellites
  • Science & Technology Satellites
  • Planetary Spacecraft
  • Ground Systems and Total Support

 

 

 

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8/11/2009

Environmental Management Council, "First Friday" Webinar Series
DellOn Friday, August 7, the MAPI Environmental Management Council hosted its first "First Friday" webinar:
 
"BBS 2.0:  Applying Lean Thinking and Leading Indicators to Behavior-Based Safety Training."  
 
Dane Parker, Director of Dell's Global Environmental Health and Safety Efforts, led this informative program.  Over 20 Council members participated.
 
If you're interested in viewing the slides from this presenation, or would like to particpate in the next webinar please email ksims@mapi.net
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