About The Council

The Supply Chain Management Council seeks to connect, challenge, and energize its members to achieve the following vision: to be the Integrated Supply Chain Management hub enhancing the competitiveness of West Michigan companies.

From that vision comes the council’s mission to collaborate with top ISCM leaders to offer resources to area organizations and our members to achieve Supply Chain Management excellence.

The Supply Chain Management Council has established a strategic plan to achieve the following objectives:

• Provide a collaborative forum and networking opportunities leading to personal growth for Council members and area professionals.
• Leverage collective knowledge, capabilities, and ability to influence to enhance process performance and profitability of Council member companies.
• Play a lead role in advancing regional knowledge of the supply chain management with a focus on furthering economic development in West Michigan.

As part of a trust group of leaders, members are the voice of supply chain in West Michigan and solve common challenges by providing actionable insights on new developments. The Council provides a platform to discuss issues not unique to an individual business and offer best practice learning through tours, discussion, and connections to educational institutional partners; and produces the popular Supply Chain Conference and Commodity Trends Outlook events. Membership in the Supply Chain Management Council provides an opportunity to create new collaborations with other supply chain professionals.

The Council partners with APICS, CSCMP, and ISM frequently. To learn more, download our brochure.

Serving our profession, our community, our companies and our members.

Supply Chain Management Council Member Directory

If you would like to contact any members of the Supply Chain Management Council, please contact Rene Booker at bookerr@rightplace.org or 616.301.6247

Amway Corporation, Todd Deroo, Engineering Design and Facilities

APICS Grand Rapids Chapter, Jim Boes, APICS Representative

Belmont Engineered Plastics, Jody Craig, VP of Sales and Engineering

BluJay Solutions, Mike Joseph, Director of Sales

Columbian Logistics Network, Blair Thomas, Director of Customer Care

Dematic North America, Marchell Steverson, Senior Procurement Manager

DeWys Manufacturing, Andrew DeWys, Buyer

Fleet Engineers, Michael Thorsby, Director of Supply Chain

Flexco, Thomas Miedema, Purchasing Manager

Gentex Corporation, Joe Matthews, Vice President of Purchasing

Haworth, Nick Kuhn, Vice Chair, Global Senior Commodity Manager - Metals, Components, HAT

Hudsonville Creamery and Ice Cream, Chris Kirkbride, Supply Chain Manager

ISM-Greater Grand Rapids, John Grygiel, ISM Representative

JR Automation Technologies, LLC, Dave Borski, Senior Manager Strategic Purchasing

Knape & Vogt, Andrew Logg, Past Chair, Director of Global Purchasing

Magna Mirrors of America, Inc., Beverly Bekius, Membership Chair, Strategic Commodity Manager

Michigan State University, Dr. David Frayer Ph.D., Assistant Dean, Executive Development and Professional Programs

NN Inc. and Autocam, Mark Mensonides, Global Supply Chain Manager

Shape Corp., Kevin Wickering, Chair, Global Supply Chain Manager

Steelcase, Michael Byrnes, Production Logistics Manager

The Right Place, Inc., Justine Burdette, Facilitator, MMTC-West Regional Director

Tiara Yachts, June Kuiper, C.P.M., Materials Manager

Unist, Inc., Nicholas Standish, Purchasing Manager