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Incorporate the APICS CPIM into yor career pan to epanyor proessiona creentias an earning potentia.

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EXPAND YOUR

PROFESSIONAL CREDENTIALSWITH THE APICS CPIM DESIGNATIONAPICS CERTIFIED IN PRODUCTIONAND INvENTORY MANAGEMENT (CPIM)

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The APICS CPIM program oers in-epth eucation

or iniiuas in the operations management

proession who wish to improe their knowege

o prouction an inentory management.

EARN THE APICS CPIM dESIGNATIONIn an increasingly challenging global environment, operations and supply chain proessionals must consistently update

their skills and knowledge to stay competitive and to thrive.

Distinguish yoursel and enhance your marketability by earning an internationally recognized APICS (Certied in

Production and Inventory Management) CPIM designation. Join more than 90,000 operations management proessionals

who have earned the highly respected APICS CPIM and

> Improve your proessional prole in a competitive job market and economy

> Gain specialized knowledge, skills, and credentials to enhance your resume

> Increase your value to your employer and your ability to secure employment.

Now is the time to reresh your existing skills and learn new ones. Invest in your career education, and youll reap the

rewards immediately.

The vae o APICS Certifcation

APICS The Association or Operations Management is the leader in membership, certication, and education programs

or operations and supply chain management proessionals. APICS certication programs are recognized worldwide as

the standard o proessional excellence in operations management. By dening industry terminology, practices, and

knowledge, APICS certications improve the perormance o individuals and organizations.

APICS certication enables you to gain

> leaership: expertise that leads to greater condence, recognition, and proessional success

> Recognition: satisaction o achieving the most respected designations in the industry

> Knowege: understanding o how to positively aect bottom-line protability.

For more inormation about APICS certication, visit the Certication section o apics.org/certifcation or call an

APICS Customer Support associate at (800) 444-2742 or (773) 867-1777.

For more inormation on how peope ike yo hae gaine competitie aantage throgh earning the APICS CPIM, isit apics.org/cpim.


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MAxIMIZE YOuR PERFORMANCEThe APICS CPIM program provides operations management proessionals with relevant, essential education that equips

them or todays marketplace. The in-depth approach taken to understanding and evaluating production and inventory

activities within a companys global operations is why this certication is preerred by thousands o employers worldwide.

Since 1973, the APICS CPIM program has educated more than 90,000 proessionals about essential terminology,

concepts, and strategies related to demand management, procurement and supplier planning, material requirements

planning, capacity requirements planning, sales and operations planning, master scheduling, perormance

measurements, supplier relationships, quality control, and continuous improvement.

APICS CPIM Program Benefts> Increase your unctional knowledge o production and inventory management

> Improve eciency o your organizations supply chain

> Streamline operations through accurate orecasting

> Predict outcomes more accurately

> Maximize ROI on systems and technologies

> Increase protability by optimizing your organizations inventory investment

> Enhance your credibility among peers, employers, and customers

> Understand the various unctions within a company (such as purchasing, planning, nance,

engineering etc) that are linked by the ERP system.

Accoring to a recent purchasing.com surey, proessionas with APICS certifcations

earn an aerage o 9 percent more than their counterparts.


In our global Supply Chain HR Development Framework, we have

designated APICS CPIM as our educational standard or supply

chain management. This certifcation enables us to build a commonunderstanding o supply chain processes and terminology within the

supply chain community.

Alan L. Milliken CFPIM CIRM CSCP

CPF Business Process Education

Manager BASF Corporation


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THE APICS CPIM MOdulES

The APICS CPIM program has been organized into ve modules,

each ocusing on key areas o study that are integral to an

understanding and mastery o production and inventory

management principles. Candidates must pass an exam or each

o the modules to successully complete the APICS CPIM program.

Basics o Sppy Chain ManagementEntry Module

The basic concepts in managing the complete fow o materials in a supply chain rom suppliers to customers are covered inthe Basics module. Supply chain concepts are introduced and standard terminology emphasized, as are relationships among

activities in the supply chain. Knowledge o the material in this module is assumed as a prerequisite or the other APICS CPIM

modules, which cover related topics in greater depth.

Master Panning o Resorces Core Competency Module

The topics o demand management, sales and operations planning, and master scheduling are thoroughly examined in this

module. Both supply and demand planning or mid- to long-term independent demand are discussed. Priority planning and

capacity planning issues also are addressed.

detaie Scheing an Panning Core Competency Module

Completely Updated or 2010. This course ocuses on inventory management, material and capacity scheduling and

planning, supplier relationships, and the infuence o lean/JIT philosophies in these areas. It explains the use o a material

dominated scheduling technique, material requirements planning, in job shop, batch, and certain repetitive processes. The

course explains capacity planning in detail, introduces other capacity-planning techniques such as processor-dominated

scheduling in continuous fow processes, and reviews project management techniques.

Eection an Contro o Operations Core Competency Module

The principles, approaches, and techniques needed to schedule, control, measure, and evaluate the eectiveness oproduction operations are covered in this module. A broad range o production operations are reviewed including project,

batch, line, continuous, and remanuacturing environments.

Strategic Management o Resorces Capstone Module

Completely Updated or 2010. In this course, participants explore the relationship between strategic planning and the

management and execution o operations. The course osters higher-level thinking about how market requirements and

social and economic sustainability drive the operations, processes, and resource requirements o businesses. The course

addresses three main topics: understanding the business environment, developing the operations strategy, and implementing

the operations strategy.

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Get Starte Toay. visit apics.org/cpim

to earn about onine courses, oca

certifcation reiew casses, stuy

materias, an exam inormation.

CuSTOMIZE YOuR PATH TO EARNING THE APICS CPIMWhether you are beginning your career in operations or supply chain management or you are an experienced proessional

in the eld, the APICS CPIM program is designed to meet the needs o working adults. Flexible educational options make

it easier to pursue your certication while working ull time, so you can immediately benet rom the knowledge gained

through the program.

Personalize your APICS CPIM curriculum. Match these methods to your individual learning style.

APICS CPIM Sty Options

APICS CPIM Reiew Corses

Take advantage o review classes in your local area and learn valuable techniques to become a leader in your eld.

Experienced instructors will lead you through interactive discussions, case studies, and strategic problem-solving exercises

to help you prepare or your next certication exam.

Onine APICS CPIM Reiew Corses

Prepare or exams rom the convenience o your home in an instructor-led or independent-study online ormat. I a

demanding schedule makes moving orward with your APICS CPIM a challenge, online APICS CPIM review courses may be

the perect solution.

APICS CPIM Se-Sty

Extensive sel-study resources will help you uncover testing insights, improve your perormance, and strengthen your

knowledge base. Visit apics.org/education or read on or more inormation on sel study.

Seect yor APICS CPIM sty metho by isiting apics.org/cpim.

Maintaining Yor Creentias

The APICS Certication Maintenance program has been developed to keep APICS CPIM

designees at the top o their game. The program incorporates a variety o proessional

development opportunities or APICS certication designees to keep their skills up to date.

For complete Certication Maintenance program inormation, contact APICS Customer

Support at (800) 444-2742 or (773) 867-1777 or visit apics.org/certifcation/maintenance.


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APICS CPIM SElF-STudY RESOuRCESAPICS has the best educational resources available to help you build your knowledge o industry practices and to support

your certication exam preparation.

CPIM Eam Content Mana The CPIM Exam Content Manual provides an

overview o each module, an outline o its body o

knowledge, and reerences. Each outline is divided

into major topic areas, and the relative emphasis

o each o the topics is indicated by a percentage

gure. A list o key terminology or each area is

included, along with illustrative questions or

each module. (Stock # 09051v2010)

APICS dictionary

APICS Dictionary is a primary reerence or all veAPICS CPIM Modules and the standard or dening

terms used in the operations management eld.

(Stock # 01107v2010)

CPIM Practice QestionsBooket an Cd

Practice questions oer candidates theopportunity to answer questions similar to those

that may be ound on the exam. This booklet

and CD contain practice questions, answer keys,

and a list o text reerences or additional study.

Available as a series and or each module.

Operations Management Boy o

Knowege Framework (OMBOK)The OMBOK denes the scope o the operations

management eld and positions the APICS vast

body o knowledge to help you understand

the oundation o your proession. OMBOK is a

dynamic resource or understanding the state

o operations management today and gives a

ramework that will evolve to refect change in

the proession. The electronic version is FREE to

APICS members. (Stock # 01107)

MGI Home Sty Corse These home-study correspondence courses provide

you with a solid, proessional-level understanding o

the operations management eld. The courses are

designed to help you develop your knowledge and

skills in the essential areas o materials management

and integrated resource management. Each APICS

home-study course requires approximately 25 to

30 hours to complete. Available as a series and or

each module.

CPIM Sty Notes Study notes are concise and detailed in an easy-

to-understand, conversational ormat. Author

Brian Willcox, CFPIM, CIRM, CSCP, draws on more

than 30 years o practical experience in materials

management to present inormation in an easy-

to-understand, conversational ormat. Available

as a series and or each module.

datachem Sty Ais APICS oers an electronic study aid that has helped

thousands o proessionals achieve certication.

Designed by Datachem Sotware, Inc., these products

can help you prepare or certication exams with

practice questions and answers and technical

explanations o production and inventory management

topics. Available as a series and or each module.

Seect your CPIM se-stuy resources by isiting apics.org/eucation/sestuy/cpim.

Exam Content Manual

A P I C S C P I M

2009

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Morethan 4,000terms anddefinitions inside

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Basics of Supply Chain Management

PRACTICEQUESTIONSJanuary 2009

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NEW! APICS Strategic Management oResorces Reerences SorcebookThe SMR Reerences Sourcebook eectively presents a varied

amount o resource inormation in a convenient, accessible

ormat. All primary reerences or the SMR module plus all

technical papers have been compiled into one text. It enables

candidates to prepare or the exam without having to purchase

or locate multiple texts and resources. (Stock # 03989)

Sae nearly $200 on the SMR Primary References!

Purchasing the primary reerences or SMR separately

would cost APICS members $428 and $535 or nonmembers,

but the new custom text (stock # 03989) will be priced at

$250/APICS member, $280/nonmember.


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THE BENEFITS OF THE APICS CPIM FOR ORGANIZATIONS

APICS CPIM designees help to streamline operations by using the knowledge and skills that they receive in the CPIM

program to reduce inventory levels, improve planning and scheduling o orecasts and orders, and better align the

supply chain.

With the APICS CPIM, your employees will have

> the proven knowledge and organizational skills to strategically streamline operations

> the tools to eectively manage global supply chain activities where suppliers, plants, distributors

and customers are located around the world

> the ability to interact with existing resources and your ERP system to increase the eciency

o the workplace

> the skills to create consistency and oster collaboration through best practices, commonterminology, and corporate-wide communication

> the knowledge to apply principles ERP sotware is based upon, including lessons covering

various unctions within a company (or example, purchasing, planning, nance, engineering).

Companies that support their employees pursuit o the APICS CPIM designation have employees who are prepared,

knowledgeable, and able to contribute to a successul bottom line. Employee training increases employee loyalty

as it builds their skills and abilities. Encourage your employees to participate in APICS certication programs; they

will become more condent and ecient and youll see improvements in productivity, and cost savings. Plus your

organization will take a leap orward in achieving an advantage in this competitive marketplace.

THE BENEFITS OF THE APICS CPIM FOR INdIvIduAlSAcceerate Career deeopment an Better Empoyment Opportnities

A great way to boost your career potential is to separate yoursel rom your coworkers and get certied.

Earning an APICS CPIM demonstrates your skills and knowledge to employers and colleagues.

Potentia or Higher Saaries an Job Satisaction

With the APICS CPIM you can obtain a higher salary and enjoy greater job security. APICS CPIM designees

earn higher salaries and status within their organizations and rate their personal job satisaction higher.

Recognition within the Instry

The APICS CPIM gives customers, peers, and employers condence in their abilities, which

can lead to new business, a promotion, career opportunities, and increased salary.

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