ASCM and CSCP

Di bidang supply chain terdapat 2 macam sertifikasi yang ada di indonesia yaitu: ASCM dan CSCP.

ASCM : Accredited Supply Chain Management

CSCP : Certified Supply Chain Professional.

ASCM.
ASCM bisa dari APICS bisa dari Asosiasi Logistik Indonesia (ALI)/Rice University.
ASCM (cuma sekedar kursus) dari APICS bisa dicari informasinya di

http://www.apics.org/Education/SelfStudy/ASCM/default.htm

ASCM dari ALI cuma ada di web site ALI dll tapi saya tidak temukan di web Rice University. Saya masih menemukannya.

Untuk keterangan lebih lanjut bisa browsing di website ALI:

http://www.ali.web.id

CSCP.
Kita tidak harus ambil CPIM sebelum mengambil CSCP. Tetapi paling tidak harus lulus ujian CPIM module 1 dan harus S1 atau telah bekerja sebagai professional di bidang yang terkait selama 5 tahun.
Di Indonesia, hanya 9 CSCP Holders.

Untuk lebih lengkapnya, anda bisa membaca di:

http://www.apics.org/Certification/CSCP/default.htm

Atau di perwakilan APICS di Indonesia:

http://www.ipoms.web.id

Mari Majukan Dunia SUPPLY CHAIN INDONESIA.

Reengineering Work Don’t Automate, Obliterate

Reengineering Work Don’t Automate, Obliterate
Studi Kasus Ford dan Mutual Benefit Life

Oleh : Michael Hammer

Meskipun satu dasawarsa atau lebih banyak perusahaan melakukan
restrukturisasi dan downsizing. Pada tahun 1990an banyak
perusahaan-perusahaan di Amerika masih belum siap. Dimasa dimana
cepatnya

Kepuasan Pedagang Cina

Ini adalah keluar dari mulut seorang pedagang cina di surabaya dimana dia berdagang bahan makanan. Selama setahun dia hanya tutup toko 4 kali (lebaran 3 hari, imlek 1 hari) selebihnya hari senin sampai senin dia buka.

Tips Perencanaan Keuangan

Kita setiap tahun pasti mendapatkan yang dinamakan Medical Claim di mana kita bekerja.
Ada kalanya kita atau istri atau anak kita pasti sakit, perlu ke dokter, beli obat resep.
Nah, pasti kita minta claim ke perusahaan dimana akan diganti hanya 80% dari total bill.

Kisah Sekeping Talenta Emas

ditulis oleh : Made Teddy Artiana, S. Kom

Lelaki berjanggut panjang keperakan itu memang memancarkan kewibawaan yang besar. Ia tampak duduk tenang dengan mata terpejam. Tangan kirinya terlihat menggenggam sebuah tongkat kayu bersisik berwarna coklat kehitaman. Dihadapan lelaki berjubah putih itu, sekumpulan orang-orang yang membentuk setengah lingkaran, duduk berkeliling. Mereka semua tampak menundukkan kepala.

Azarya, sang guru nan bijaksana, pengajar para raja dan pejabat istana, kembali mengumpulkan murid-muridnya. Tetapi tidak seperti hari-hari yang lain, dimana mereka biasa berkumpul di pinggir sungai, bukit atau pelataran istana. Hari ini mereka berkumpul dekat sebuah kandang ternak. Tidak ada seorang pun yang tahu rencana hati Azarya. Diantara lenguhan dan bau ternak, guru dan murid itu, terdiam dengan penuh hikmat.

Perlahan-lahan sang guru mengangkat tangannya. Satu keping talenta emas tampak di terjepit diantara ibu jari dan telunjuk beliau. Benda itu terlihat semakin berkilau ditimpa cahaya matahari. Para murid bergumam tidak mengerti.

Should You Ever Lie to Your Boss?

Should You Ever Lie to Your Boss?
By Rachel Zupek

Lying in any capacity is generally not advised — especially at work. More often than not, your lies will catch up to you or run away from you. Either way, you’re left in the dust, with a pink slip likely in your hand.

We’ve talked about lying in an interview, at work or on your résumé, but what about when it comes to lying to your boss? Are there exceptions to the rule?

Shawn Achor, a consultant and psychology expert, says that in every workplace where he has consulted, he’s found that most people lie when there is no “psychological safety.”

“There is no psychological safety when managers don’t allow humans to be humans — i.e., to make mistakes and to not be perfect,” Achor says. “If a manager is unable to hear about negative things, confusion or setbacks, then that manager is going to get lied to often. Good managers want an accurate assessment of the present, even if it is not good. Bad bosses want the semblance of progress in the present, at the cost of future successes.”

Even if this sounds like a position you’re in, it doesn’t mean that it’s acceptable for you to lie, says Mark Goulston, author of “Just Listen: Discover the Secret to Getting Through to Absolutely Anyone.”

“Other than telling your boss something they’re wearing looks nice when it doesn’t, or that they spoke clearly when they didn’t, I can’t think of any instances where it’s OK to lie to a boss. I can think of many instances where you can get away with it, especially when most bosses don’t tell the complete truth,” Goulston says. “I think of those as fibs. The problem is that what starts out as a little bad habit can become a way of life. If you start with a few little fibs, it can be a slippery slope until you’re always doing it.”

Whether or not it’s OK to lie to your boss, workers will do it anyway. Here are five common situations when workers are tempted to lie and whether or not they should tell the truth:

Situation No. 1: The boss asks you to do something that you don’t want to do
Should you lie? It’s OK to fib about this to your boss and say you’re “happy” to do something for him or her, even if you’re not. Doing so shows your boss that you’re a team player and you’ll do whatever it takes to help the company succeed.

“Try to adjust your mindset to being appreciative about something in your job or that you even have a job, to make the ‘happy’ be sincere. In other words, let your happiness to have a job supersede your unhappiness at having to do any task that comes with it,” Goulston says. “Also, realize that it will work out much better for you if you are low-maintenance — easy to please, difficult to upset — than if you are high-maintenance — difficult to please, easy to upset.”

Situation No. 2: You overslept and are late to work
Should you lie? It depends — telling your boss your alarm didn’t go off (when you actually turned it off and went back to bed) might be an acceptable explanation, Goulston says — but only once.

“Use it twice and it becomes an excuse; use it more than twice and you’re running the risk of being seen as disorganized [and] irresponsible, which can work against you at review time,” he says.

Situation No. 3: You’re confused about a project, but say you don’t have any questions to save face
Should you lie? It’s OK to tell your boss that you don’t have any questions when you really do, but only if you know you will be able to get an answer from someone else, Goulston says. If you don’t get an answer, however, and it leads to you doing something wrong, you risk getting pounced on later.

“A way to speak back respectfully and appreciatively to whoever gives you the order is to say, ‘This is too important for me to misunderstand what you said, because neither you nor I will be happy if I end up doing the wrong thing. Would you please repeat what you said or say it in a different way?’” Goulston suggests.

Situation No. 4: You’re behind on a project, but say you’re on track to avoid getting in trouble
Should you lie? If this is the only time you’ve been behind on a project, it’s OK to say you’re on track, Goulston says. That is, if you think you’ll be able to finish the project by its deadline. But, if you repeatedly lie about being on schedule and you miss deadlines, you run the risk of being seen as disorganized, irresponsible or unreliable.

“You don’t want to take that chance because your boss can quickly put you in the same category as others they view that way,” he says. “And you don’t want to be painted with the same brush as people your boss regards as slackers.”

Situation No. 5: You call in sick, but really, you just want a day off
Should you lie? If you need a day off, it’s best to just be honest and ask for one. “If you’re like many people, calling in sick may cause you fear of being found out or guilt that you’ve lied, which can take the enjoyment out of that day off,” Goulston says. “That would defeat the purpose.”

At the end of the day, Goulston suggests remembering that although your boss might be upset at first, he or she will forgive an honest mistake. But, your boss will never forgive or forget if you lie about it.

Young Man

Written by Ismail Mohd Najib (monais1268@yahoo.com)

One old man was sitting with his 25 years old son in the train. Train is about to leave the station. All the passengers are settling down into their seats. As the train started the young man was filled with a lot of joy and curiosity. He was sitting on the window side. He went out one hand and feeling the passing air. He shouted, “Papa see all the trees are going behind”. Old man smile and admired his son’s feelings. Beside the young man one couple was sitting and listing all the conversation between father and son. They were little awkward with the attitude of the 25 years old man behaving like a small child.

Suddenly the young man again shouted, “Papa see the pond and animals. Clouds are moving with the train”. Couple was watching the young man in embarrassingly. Now its start raining and some of water drops touches the young man’s hand. He is filled with joy and he closed his eyes. He shouted again,” Papa it’s raining, water is touching me, see papa”. Couple couldn’t help themselves and ask the old man. Why don’t you visit the Doctor and get your son treated. Old man said,” *Yes, We were from the hospital. Today my son got his eyes for the first time in his life”.*

Moral of the story
**We must not come to any conclusion until we know all the** facts”*learn from the past, live in the present and work for the future.

Cara untuk Menyenangkan Tuhan

1. Harus bisa mengalami kemajuan dan kedewasaan
A. Harus mau ditegur / dikoreksi. Hati2 dalam menyantap rohani.
B. Jaga Hati
C. Jaga Mulut
D. Pola pikir harus diperhatikan
E. Bisa mengendalikan emosi
F. Pilih2 pergaulanmu
2. Harus takut akan Tuhan
3. Beri yang terbaik kepada Tuhan, yaitu DIRIMU.

Be careful

This gives us something to think about with all our new electronic technology.

GPS
A couple of weeks ago a friend told me that someone she knew had
their car broken into while they were at a football game. Their car was
parked on the green which was adjacent to the football stadium and
specially allotted to football fans. Things stolen from the car included
a garage door remote control, some money and a GPS which had been
prominently mounted on the dashboard.

When the victims got home, they found that their house had been
ransacked and just about everything worth anything had been stolen.

The thieves had used the GPS to guide them to the house. They then
used the garage remote control to open the garage door and gain
entry to the house. The thieves knew the owners were at the football
game, they knew what time the game was scheduled to finish and so
they knew how much time they had to clean out the house. It would
appear that they had brought a truck to empty the house of its contents.

Something to consider if you have a GPS – don’t put your home
address in it. Put a nearby address (like a store or gas station) so you
can still find your way home if you need to, but no one else would know
where you live if your GPS were stolen.

MOBILE PHONES
I never thought of this…….

This lady has now changed her habit of how she lists her names on
her mobile phone after her handbag was stolen. Her handbag, which
contained her cell phone, credit card, wallet… Etc..was stolen.

20 minutes later when she called her hubby, from a pay phone telling
him what had happened, hubby says ‘I received your text asking
about our Pin number and I’ve replied a little while ago.’

When they rushed down to the bank, the bank staff told them all the
money was already withdrawn. The thief had actually used the stolen
cell phone to text ‘hubby’ in the contact list and got hold of the pin
number. Within 20 minutes he had withdrawn all the money from their
bank account.

Moral of the lesson:
Do not disclose the relationship between you and the people in
your contact list.

Avoid using names like Home, Honey, Hubby, Sweetheart, Dad,
Mom, etc….

And very importantly, when sensitive info is being asked through texts,
CONFIRM by calling back.

Also, when you’re being text by friends or family to meet them
somewhere, be sure to call back to confirm that the message came
from them. If you don’t reach them, be very careful about going places
to meet ‘family and friends’ who text you.

Ada Tetesan Setelah Tetesan Terakhir

Ada Tetesan Setelah Tetesan Terakhir

Pasar malam dibuka di sebuah kota . Penduduk menyambutnya dengan gembira. Berbagai macam permainan, stand makanan dan pertunjukan diadakan. Salah satu yang paling istimewa adalah atraksi manusia kuat.

Begitu banyak orang setiap malam menyaksikan unjuk kekuatan otot manusia kuat ini.

Manusia kuat ini mampu melengkungkan baja tebal hanya dengan tangan telanjang. Tinjunya dapat menghancurkan batu bata tebal hingga berkeping-keping.
Ia mengalahkan semua pria di kota itu dalam lomba panco. Namun setiap kali menutup pertunjukkannya ia hanya memeras sebuah jeruk dengan genggamannya. Ia memeras jeruk tersebut hingga ke tetes terakhir.

‘Hingga tetes terakhir’, pikirnya.

Manusia kuat lalu menantang para penonton: “Hadiah yang besar kami sediakan kepada barang siapa yang bisa memeras hingga keluar satu tetes saja air jeruk dari buah jeruk ini!”

Kemudian naiklah seorang lelaki, seorang yang atletis, ke atas panggung. Tangannya kekar. Ia memeras dan memeras… dan menekan sisa jeruk… tapi tak setetespun air jeruk keluar. Sepertinya seluruh isi jeruk itu sudah terperas habis. Ia gagal. Beberapa pria kuat lainnya turut mencoba, tapi tak ada yang berhasil. Manusia kuat itu tersenyum-senyum sambil berkata : “Aku berikan satu kesempatan terakhir, siapa yang mau mencoba?”

Seorang wanita kurus setengah baya mengacungkan tangan dan meminta agar ia boleh mencoba. “Tentu saja boleh nyonya. Mari naik ke panggung.” Walau dibayangi kegelian di hatinya, manusia kuat itu membimbing wanita itu naik ke atas pentas. Beberapa orang tergelak-gelak mengolok-olok wanita itu. Pria kuat lainnya saja gagal meneteskan setetes air dari potongan jeruk itu apalagi ibu kurus tua ini. Itulah yang ada di pikiran penonton.

Wanita itu lalu mengambil jeruk dan menggenggamnya. Semakin banyak penonton yang menertawakannya. Lalu wanita itu mencoba memegang sisa jeruk itu dengan penuh konsentrasi.. Ia memegang sebelah pinggirnya, mengarahkan ampas jeruk ke arah tengah, demikian terus ia ulangi dengan sisi jeruk yang lain. Ia terus menekan serta memijit jeruk itu, hingga akhirnya memeras… dan “ting!” setetes air jeruk muncul terperas dan jatuh di atas meja panggung.
Penonton terdiam terperangah. Lalu cemoohan segera berubah menjadi tepuk tangan riuh.

Manusia kuat lalu memeluk wanita kurus itu, katanya, “Nyonya, aku sudah melakukan pertunjukkan semacam ini ratusan kali. Dan, banyak orang pernah mencobanya agar bisa membawa pulang hadiah uang yang aku tawarkan, tapi mereka semua gagal. Hanya Anda satu-satunya yang berhasil memenangkan hadiah itu.

Boleh aku tahu, bagaimana Anda bisa melakukan hal itu?”

“Begini,” jawab wanita itu, “Aku adalah seorang janda yang ditinggal mati suamiku. Aku harus bekerja keras untuk mencari nafkah bagi hidup kelima anakku.
Jika engkau memiliki tanggungan beban seperti itu, engkau akan mengetahui bahwa selalu ada tetesan air walau itu di padang gurun sekalipun. Engkau juga akan mengetahui jalan untuk menemukan tetesan itu. Jika hanya memeras setetes air jeruk dari ampas yang engkau buat, bukanlah hal yang sulit bagiku”.

Selalu ada tetesan setelah tetesan terakhir. Aku telah ratusan kali mengalami jalan buntu untuk semua masalah serta kebutuhan yang keluargaku perlukan.

Namun hingga saat ini aku selalu menerima tetes berkat untuk hidup keluargaku. Aku percaya Tuhanku hidup dan aku percaya tetesan berkat-Nya tidak pernah kering, walau mata jasmaniku melihat semuanya telah kering. Aku punya alasan untuk menerima jalan keluar dari masalahku. Saat aku mencari, aku menerimanya karena ada pribadi yang mengasihiku.