KEY: Issue and starting pages for the following are indicated by month, year and starting page (ex: January 1995, page 10 = 1/95:10).
January
1995 Economic Forecast: Solid But Smaller Gains Ahead, Michael K. Evans, 1/95:20
Reflections On The Annual Conference And Exhibition, George Johnson, CFPIM, 1/95:24
Real-Time Management Software For Performance-Driven Manufacturers, Joseph T. Trino, 1/95:28
Doing It Right, David Blanchard, 1/95:32
Big Benefits, Dariel Curren, 1/95:34
Information Flow First, Material Flow Next! David P. Cook, Chen-Hua Chung, CFPIM, Ph.D., and Clyde W. Holsapple, Ph.D., 1/95:38
Running MRP In A Windows Environment, John Rodenrys, CPIM, 1/95:40
The Supply Chain Revolution, Jim Blaser and Bruce Westbrook, 1/95:43
February
The Best Of Both Worlds, Grayme Bartuli, CCM, and Richard Bourke, CPIM, 2/95:20
Supply Chain Management in the 1990s, Bernd H. Flickinger and Dr. Thomas E. Baker, 2/95:24
Optimization of the Logistics Supply Chain, Richard G. Abramowski, CPIM, 2/95:30
Job-based versus Material-based Manufacturing Management and Control Systems, Robert D. Johnson, CFPIM, CIRM, 2/95:38
Commonsense Rules To Get Common Parts, Philip E. Quigley, CPIM, 2/95:44
1995 Buyers Guide, 2/95:63
March
Master Scheduling: It's More Than Just Numbers, John F. Proud, CFPIM, 3/95:22
Predicting The Unpredictable With Real-Time Scheduling, John Layden and Philip Stein, 3/95:28
Scheduling Tomorrow's Factories, Sam G. Taylor, 3/95:32
What's Wrong With Finite Capacity Scheduling?, Ken Sharma and Jim Wilson, 3/95:37
Is MRP for You?, Andrew Gilman, 3/95:40
Planning And Scheduling In Real Time, Monty Zweben, 3/95:43
AutoSched Increases Lightolier's On-Time Deliveries, Mike Liddell, 3/95:46
The Best of Both Worlds: Part Two, Grayme Bartuli, CCM, and Richard Bourke, CPIM, 3/95:49
1995 Literature Files, 3/95:53
1994 MRP II Software Directory Addendum, 3/95:65
April
Business Turns to APICS Index as Planning Tool, 4/95:20
Rubbermaid Reengineers its Order Fulfillment Process, Nick Wreden, 4/95:24
How To Evaluate a Warehouse in One Easy Walk-Through, Jan Young, 4/95:27
Inventory-Asset or Liability?, Richard E. Crandall, CPIM, CIRM, 4/95:30
Running the Race with No Finish Line, Adella Martell, 4/95:36
Taking the Risk Out of Using a New Manufacturing Management System, Stu Clifton, 4/95:40
May
Putting Data To Work, Bill Swanton and Bob Parrish, CPIM, 5/95:22
The Right Place At The Right Time, David Studebaker, 5/95:26
Getting a Grip on Configurators, Mark Lieberman and Bill Leete, 5/95:30
Changing the Structure of Business, Sherry R. Gordon, 5/95:36
Getting Along, John Layden, 5/95:40
The Good, The Bad and The Lost, Louis J. Malucci, CPIM, 5/95:44
Jurassic Management, John D. Frozena, 5/95:46
June
Slaying the Beast, Rajan Suri, 6/95:28
Is Your MRP II System Paying Off? Ken Sharma, 6/95:34
Client/Server MRP II Comes of Age, Paul Hoy, 6/95:38
Choosing a Solution, Dean Ziegler, CPIM, 6/95:42
In Search Of The Total Solution, Richard Brown, 6/95:46
Alive and Kicking, David Turbide, 6/95:52
Getting a Grip on Configurators, Mark Lieberman and Bill Leete, 6/95:56
July
Manufacturing System Design in the World of VSCS, Jeff Miller, PE, CPIM; and Bill Heiselman, 7/95:26
Beyond Quality and Price: Time-based Competition, Brian Schaenzer, 7/95:32
Reengineering To Be The Best, Martha Batorski, 7/95:38
Last In, First Out Cuts the Cost of Commerce, Paul Pinkus, 7/95:42
What Is Value-Added Processing? David F. Ross, Ph.D., CPIM, 7/95:44
Where Is It? The Cost Accountant Deals with Inventory Shrink, David P. Hovencamp, 7/95:50
Who, What, Where & Why? George Johnson, CFPIM, 7/95:56
August
Scheduling Both Halves of Engineer-To-Order, Charles J. Murgiano, CPIM, 8/95:24
Walking the Razor's Edge, Will Hansen, CPIM, 8/95:30
A Plan That Works, Ursula Hess, 8/95:36
Both Sides: Finite Capacity Scheduling vs. Infinite Capacity Scheduling, 8/95:42
Let's Get Wireless, Duane D. Dunlap, Ph.D., 8/95:48
Revitalizing the Workplace, Shailen Banker, 8/95:54
September
What Does The Future Hold? An interview with John Sculley, 9/95:16
Delighting Customers in the 1990s, John Dougherty, CFPIM; and Blair Williams, CPIM, 9/95:20
Is MRP II Dead? Putting Technology in Perspective, Himanshu Kumar, CPIM, and Ram Rachamadugu, 9/95:24
Workflow Automation: A Tool For Modern Times, Robert J. Masters, CPIM, 9/95:28
More Than Just a Pretty Face, Cathy DeRosa and Mike Roth, 9/95:32
What Do You Want? Dr. Gerhard Plenert, 9/95:35
October
Know What You Need, Bob Graham and Wolfgang Katzensteiner, 10/95:66
Basic Q2 Forecasting, Gerald N. Gray, CPIM, 10/95:72
Foreign Trade Zones Manufacturing, Willard H. Barbee, CPIM, 10/95:78
When Good Data Goes Bad, Bob Muller, CPIM, CPM, 10/95:86
Socio-Technocracy: Technological Change in People-Centered Organizations, Albert Koopman, 10/95:89
Delighting Customers in the 1990s, John Dougherty, CFPIM; and Blair Williams, CPIM, 10/95:92
November
Measuring The Cost of Change, Dennis Sullivan, 11/95:24
Competition 1990s Style, William H. Sell, CIRM, 11/95:29
Critical Success Factors of Manufacturing Improvement Projects, William M. Grauf, CFPIM, 11/95:34
Managing Your Suppliers: A Commonsense Approach, Philip E. Quigley, CPIM, 11/95:40
December
The 1995 APICS Exhibition, Steven A. Melnyk, 12/95:18
Gaining an Edge with Supply Chain Management, M. Eric Johnson and Tom Davis, 12/95:26
Simplifying the Decision to Make or Buy in Logistics, David Van Valkenburgh, 12/95:32
Mapping Out Success, Heather Hurley, 12/95:36
Establishing Buffers and Kanban Levels in High Volume Pull System Manufacturing, Matt Cooper, 12/95:42
The Customer Is Always Crazy, 12/95:46
A
Abramowski, Richard G., 2/95:30
B
Baker, Thomas E., 2/95:24
Banker, Shailen, 8/95:54
Barbee, Willard H., CPIM, 11/95:78
Bartuli, Grayme, CCM, 2/95:20, 3/95:49
Batorski, Martha, 7/95:38
Belknap, David W., 12/95:46
Blanchard, David, 1/95:32
Blaser, Jim, 1/95:43
Bourke, Richard, CPIM, 2/95:20, 3/95:49
Brown, Richard, 6/95:46
C
Clifton, Stu, 4/95:40
Chung, Chen-Hua, 1/95:38
Cook, David P., 1/95:38
Cooper, Matt, 12/95:42
Curren, Dariel, 1/95:34
Crandall, Richard E., CPIM, CIRM, 4/95:30
D
DeRosa, Cathy, 9/95:32
Dougherty, John, CFPIM, 9/95:20, 10/95:92
Dunlap, Duane D., Ph.D., 8/95:48
E
Evans, Michael K., 1/95:20
F
Flickinger, Bernd H., 2/95:24
Frozena, John D., 5/95:46
G
Gilman, Andrew, 3/95:40
Gordon, Sherry R. 5/95:36
Graham, Bob, 10/95:66
Grauf, William M., CFPIM, 11/95:34
Gray, Gerald N., CPIM, 10/95:72
H
Hansen, Will, CPIM, 8/95:30
Heiselman, Bill, 7/95:26
Hess, Ursula, 8/95:36
Holsapple, Clyde W., Ph.D., 1/95:38
Hovencamp, David P., 7/95:50
Hoy, Paul, CPIM, 6/95:38
Hurley, Heather, 12/95:36
J
Johnson, George, 1/95:24, 7/95:56
Johnson, Robert D., CFPIM, CIRM,
2/95:38
K
Katzensteiner, Wolfgang, 10/95:66
Koopman, Albert, 10/95:89
Kumar, Himanshu, CPIM, 9/95:24
L
Layden, John, 3/95:28, 5/95:40
Leete, Bill, 5/95:30, 6/95:56
Liddell, Mike, 3/95:46
Lieberman, Mark, 5/95:30, 6/95:56
M
Malucci, Louis J., CPIM, 5/95:44
Martell, Adella, 4/95:36
Masters, Robert J., CPIM, 9/95:28
Melnyk, Steven A., 12/95:18
Miller, Jeff, PE, CPIM, 7/95:26
Muller, Bob, CPIM, CPM, 10/95:86
Murgiano, Charles J., CPIM, 8/95:24
P
Parrish, Bob, CPIM, 5/95:22
Pinkus, Paul, 7/95:42
Plenert, Gerhard Dr., 9/95:35
Proud, John F., CFPIM, 3/95:22
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Quigley, Philip E., CPIM, 2/95:44, 11/95:40
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Rachamadugu, Ram, 9/95:24
Rodenrys, John, CPIM, 1/95:40
Ross, David F., Ph.D., CPIM, 7/95:44
Roth, Mike, 9/95:32
S
Schaenzer, Brian, 7/95:32
Sell, William H., CIRM, 11/95:29
Sharma, Ken, 3/95:37, 6/95:34
Stein, Philip, 3/95:28
Studebaker, David, 5/95:26
Sullivan, Dennis, 11/95:24
Suri, Rajan, 6/95:28
Swanton, Bill, 5/95:22
T
Taylor, Sam G. 3/95:32
Trino, Joseph T., 1/95:28
Turbide, David, 6/95:52
V
Van Valkenburgh, David, 12/95:32
W
Westbrook, Bruce 1/95:43
Williams, Blair, 9/95:20, 10/95:92
Wilson, Jim, 3/95:37
Wreden, Nick, 4/95:24
Y
Young, Jan, 4/95:27
Z
Ziegler, Dean, CPIM, 6/95:42
Zweben, Monty, 3/95:43
APICS Business Outlook Index
Slower Growth in November, Michael K. Evans, 1/95:10
First Quarter Slowdown Expected, Michael K. Evans, 2/95:10
Slowdown In Sight, But Has Not Yet Started, Michael K. Evans, 3/95:10
Slowdown Intensifies in February, Michael K. Evans, 4/95:8
March Steady, Second Quarter Weakens, Michael K. Evans, 5/95:7
Manufacturing Sector Activity Continues To Weaken, Michael K. Evans, 6/95:10
Slight Pickup, But Outlook Remains Sluggish, Michael K. Evans, 7/95:12
Activity Will Rebound In Third Quarter, Michael K. Evans, 8/95:8
Manufacturing Sector Starts to Improve Again, Michael K. Evans, 9/95:8
No Signs Of Progress In August, Michael K. Evans, 10/95:10
Manufacturing Improves, But Gains Could Be Short-Lived, Michael K. Evans, 11/95:10
Production Flat As Firms Reduce Inventories, Michael K. Evans, 12:95:8
APICS Education Notebook
Partners In Change-Atlantic Coast Symposium, 1/95:19
APICS Body of Knowledge Spearheads Improvement Thrust At Henredon Furniture, J. Michael Lemon, CFPIM, 4/95:14
CBT Receives Overwhelming Positive Response From Candidates, 5/95:18
CIRM Makes the Big Picture Clear, 8/95:22
Certification: It's Not Just for Manufacturing, 10/95:34
Picture This: Kodak Achieves MRP II Class A With APICS Education, Larry L. Hessney, CPIM, CIRM, 11/95:18
APICS And Retailing: Another Piece Of The Supply Chain, Leslie Lauer, CPIM, 12/95:16
APICS Online
APICS Goes Online, 8/95:20
Industry.Net Provides APICS with a Marketplace of Information, 10/95:30
The Ins and Outs Of Internet List Servers, Kenneth Moser, 11/95:16
The Ins and Outs of Internet List Servers-Part 2, Kenneth Moser, 12/95:14
Consultants Forum
There Are Rules, And There Are Right Answers, Paul Peyton, CPIM, 1/95:53
Disenchanted With Your Job? Why Not Consider Going To The Hospital? Paul E. Sheehan, CPIM, 2/95:52
The Problem With Good Times, Robert D. Johnson, 3/95:70
Bad Data-MRP's Worst Enemy, Barry E. Blood, CPIM, 4/95:60
A Winning Approach To Reaching World-Class Status, Ray Tune, 5/95:56
Managing Process Reliability, Duke Okes, 6/95:82
Can You Pass This Inventory Test? Harvey N. Rose, 7/95:66
Reengineering: Reality or Fad du Jour? William B. Lee, Ph.D., CFPIM, 8/95:78
Reengineering-What Does It Really Require? Neil R. Stewart, 9/95:57
Avoid Reengineering Pitfalls, Robert D. Boyle, CFPIM, CIRM, 10/95:114
Inventory Turns As A Performance Measure, Henry H. Jordan, CFPIM, CMC, 11/95:61
Strategic Planning Concepts, David Litterello, 12/95:53
The Customer Connection
Kirk, Lee! Stay Out of Detroit! Go Back To Las Vegas! Tom Wallace, 7/95:68
Balancing Demand And Supply, Tom Wallace, 8/95:82
Forecast Volume, Manage Mix, Tom Wallace, 9/95:54
World-Class Order Fulfillment: Part One-Let's Get Physical, Tom Wallace, 10/95:118
World-Class Order Fulfillment: Part Two-Information Please, Tom Wallace, 11/95:64
A Tale Of Two Companies, Tom Wallace, 12/95:55
Customer-Driven Strategies
A Promise Made Is A Debt Unpaid, Tom Wallace, 4/95:56
Regarding Culture, The Moose, And Delighting The Customers, Tom Wallace, 6/95:88
Dear APICS
Inventory By Exception, Commodity Coding, George Johnson, CFPIM, 2/95:12
Repairs, Service Parts and Min-Max Systems, George Johnson, CFPIM, 3/95:14
Effective, Efficient Tool Management, George Johnson, CFPIM, 4/95:12
Inventory Control History And Trends, And Demand Flow Technology, George Johnson, CFPIM, 5/95:19
Some Sources You May Want to Consult, George Johnson, CFPIM, 8/95:14
Organizing Materials Management, George Johnson, CFPIM, 10/95:16
Time Fences and Planning BOMs in Product Development, George Johnson, CFPIM, 12/95:24
Guest Editorial
Manufacturing-Still The Key To Prosperity, Charles E. "Gus" Whalen, Jr. 2/95:4
Putting Restructuring In Perspective, Glenn P. Cordes, CPIM, 3/95:6
The Importance of Product Ownership On The Manufacturing Floor, Dr. George W. Roland, 4/95:4
Imagineering the Future: Integrating Ideas And Technology, John Proud, 5/95:4
Organizational Change ... And Rubber Tree Plants, James E. Sierk, 6/96:6
A View From The Field: APICS As Seen By A Member, Art Duhaime, CPIM, CIRM, 7/95:6
Educating Workers For Tomorrow, Jerry J. Jasinowski, 8/95:4
A Second Industrial Revolution Is Leveling The Playing Field, Robert Cizik, 9/95:4
Information Technology And Its Role In Influencing Consumer Behavior, Frank Callan, 10/95:6
Manufacturing: Core Competence? Thomas P. Putnam, 11/95:4
Human Resource Management
Preparing For The New Review Process, Michael E. Kane, CPIM, 1/95:54
Improve Customer Service Through Actions, Not Words, Michael E. Kane, CPIM, 3/95:72
Revisiting Labor Productivity, Michael E. Kane, CPIM, 4/95:54
The Missing Link In People Issues, Michael E. Kane, CPIM, 5/95:54
Corporate "U": Setting the Groundwork For Continuous Learning, Michael E. Kane, CPIM, 6/95:90
Changing Employee Compensation From Activity- To Process-Based, Michael E. Kane, CPIM, 7/95:65
Don't Forget Human Resources, Michael E. Kane, CPIM, 9/95:56
Getting the Lowdown: Where to Look For Work Force Trends, Michael E. Kane, CPIM, 11/95:60
Reengineering? Success Hinges On Your People, Michael E. Kane, 12/95:52
Manufacturing Logistics
Pushing, Pulling and Paradigm Shifting: Be A Champion of Change, James K. Allred, 4/95:52
Integration + Empowerment + Ergonomics = Economics, James K. Allred, 6/95:86
Hit The Road: Turning The New Paradigm Into Reality, James K. Allred, 9/95:58
Automating The Warehouse? Keep Your Customer In Mind, Steve Simmerman, 10/95:120
Double Your Warehouse Capacity, Chris Schneider, 11/95:66
President's Message
As We Prepare For The Year 2000, Selim G. Noujaim, CFPIM, 1/95:6
End Of The Year, But Not The End Of A Career, Selim G. Noujaim, CFPIM, 12/95:4
Software Review
Extend Simulation Software, Robert J. Marsh, 1/95:56
AutoSched From AutoSimulations, Mark Knoch, 2/95:54
Simulation in Manufacturing-FACTOR/AIM, Robert Samual, 4/95:45
Finished Goods Series Software, Jeff Beck, 5/95:49
EMIS-Oracle-Based Manufacturing, Distribution, Accounting Software, Michael W. Maher, 6/95:74
TTW-WinMan, Rick Anderson Jr., 7/95:60
CFS/Manufacturing, Philip P. Blatchley, 8/95:74
Spreadsheet MRP, Monica J. Fox, 9/95:50
Micro Saint 1.2 Build D with Action View-Network Simulation Software Package, Philip S. E. Farrell, 10/95:100
PREACTOR 200-Finite Capacity Scheduling for the Masses, Thomas Miller, CPIM, CMA, 11/95:57
Solutions
Harris Meets Standards Thanks to PCMS, 1/95:50
Data Collection System Results in Accurate Orders For Thompson Packers, 1/95:50
Rhom & Haas Lowers Costs and Improves Customer Service, 1/95:51
Integrated EDI And Bar Code Systems Lead To JIT Success, 1/95:52
Spring Manufacturer's Computer System "Just Runs," 2/95:48
Demand Forecasting Drives Production, Saves Time, 2/95:48
Telephone Provider Rings Up Big Benefits, 3/95:66
Fidelity Invests In Distribution Center, 3/95:67
Warehouse Management System Enables Paper Direct To Fill Orders On Time, 4/95:50
Automated Counting Scales Streamline Distribution, 4/95:50
Electronics Manufacturer Solves Global Integration Problem, 5/95:52
Integrating MRP II and EDI Saves Time and Paper, 5/95:52
Mita Copystar Keeps Orders Moving With AS/RS, 6/95:80
Statistical Software Leads Toward ISO Certification, 6/95:80
SmithKline Beecham Streamlines Distribution, 7/95:58
Information System Helps Auto Supplier Increase Sales, 7/95:58
LANs And WANs Offers Auto Supplier The World, 8/95:71
Configuration Management is Good Medicine, 8/95:73
Medical Products Company Sponges Up Market Share with EDI, 10/95:108
Peripheral Company Prepares for Growth, 10/95:109
Thermo Plastics Compounder Stays Competitive, 10/95:110
Supply Chain Management
The Future is Now: Consumer Demand-Driven Supply Chain Management, Mary Lou Fox, 6/95:84
The Changing World of Planning And Forecasting, Mary Lou Fox and Tom Young, 11/95:62
Warehousing & Distribution
Supervisory Use Of RF Terminals, Jan B. Young, CFPIM, 1/95:55
Streamline Your Receiving Operations, Dan Trew, 2/95:51
Will Progressive Picking Work In Your Warehouse, 3/95:68
Slotting Strategies, Dennis Templar, 4/95:58
Developing The Project Plan, Dan Trew, 5/95:57
How To Make Progressive Picking Work In Your Warehouse, Jan B. Young, CFPIM, 6/95:83
A Warehouse Without Inventory, Dennis Templar, 7/95:64
Educate Your Work Force Before You Go Live, Dennis L. Templar and Judy Fearn, 8/95:84
Globalizing A Warehouse System, Jan B. Young, CFPIM, 10/95:112
Warehouse Potpourri: Put These Ideas To Work, Jan B. Young, CFPIM, 12/95:54
The Woolsey Report
Take Me Home, Country Roads Or Paving Without Politics, R.E.D. "Gene" Woolsey, 3/95:80