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For Immediate Release

APICS Debuts New Professional Academic Membership at the Production and Operations Management (POMS) Conference in Dallas

Alexandria, VA (May 4, 2007) APICS The Association for Operations Management announced today that its sister organization, the APICS Educational and Research (E&R) Foundation, Inc., will exhibit at the 2007 Production and Operations Management (POMS) conference in Dallas on May 4-7, 2007. At the venue APICS will introduce its newest membership offering, the Academic Professional Membership, suited for the more than 1,000 conference attendees from the academic community.

The APICS academic professional membership fosters a stronger connection between educators and practitioners in operations management to bring credibility to the field through education and knowledge. Together with the APICS E&R Foundation, the nation’s premier forum for operations management research, education programs, and curriculum development, APICS aims to foster thought leadership in industry.

“As an association dedicated to education, we are pleased to announce the addition of the academic professional membership,” said Bob Collins, CFPIM, CSCP, Executive Director of the APICS E&R Foundation .“ As an academic professional member of APICS, individuals will help shape the future of the profession through contributions to the body of knowledge and influencing the professional growth of students preparing to enter the workforce.”

The academic professional membership is available to qualified individuals who are currently full-time employees of one or more accredited academic institutions as a professor, assistant professor , a ssociate professor, r esearcher, d ean, l ecturer, or equivalent international title. The academic professional membership category supplements the APICS membership categories for professionals, group or enterprises, students, and retirees.

Benefits of the academic professional membership include access to a number of valuable resources and opportunities including advance notice of research opportunities through the APICS E&R Foundation; subscriptions to APICS magazine and Production and Inventory Management Journal; full access to APICS Web site; voting privileges; chapter membership; eligibility to hold office on chapter and association boards and savings on educational events and materials.

About APICS The Association for Operations Management
APICS The Association for Operations Management is the global leader and premier source of the body of knowledge in operations management, including production, inventory, supply chain, materials management, purchasing, and logistics. Since 1957, individuals and companies have relied on APICS for its superior training, internationally recognized certifications, comprehensive resources, and worldwide network of accomplished industry professionals. For additional information visit www.apics.org.

About the APICS Educational & Research Foundation
The APICS E&R Foundation provides the nation's premier forum for operations management research, educational programs, and curriculum development. The foundation publishes results from practitioner-friendly applied research on operations management topics.

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