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Kent Outsourcing Services in an Authorised Education provider for both SAPICS and APICS. Ken has been involved for many years at both at the Cape Town Chapter level as well as national level of SAPICS, the Association for Operation Management in Southern Africa. He held the position of national President of SAPICS during the 1999/2000 period and again from 2006 to 2009. Ken has been a regular contributor of papers and workshops at the annual SAPICS International Conference and Exhibition. He is currently a Board Member of SAPICS. Prior to running his own business, Ken worked in the ERP software industry for two years selling and implementing ERP systems. Other industries in which Ken has worked are Engineering Plastics, Plastic Packaging, Metal Packaging, Glass Packaging as well as the Automotive Engine Components and Materials Handling Conveyer industries. Ken started his career as a craft apprentice after leaving
Grammar School in the UK, studying for his Higher National Diploma
in Mechanical Engineering and later transferring to a student
apprenticeship to study for an Honours Degree in Production
Engineering and Management at Loughborough University. |
For the last 16 years Ken has run his own
business, Kent Outsourcing Services cc, providing consulting and
education in operations and supply chain management. Over this
period he has worked with close to 150 companies throughout Southern
Africa and has recently presented seminars in India, France, Dubai
and Saudi Arabia.