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An APICS CPIM designation will help you:

• Increase your functional knowledge of production and inventory management
• Maximize ROI on the systems and technologies within your organization
• Master the tools you need to effectively manage global supply chain activities
• Gain knowledge to apply principles ERP software to cover various critical functions within your organization
• Earn customer satisfaction by delivering Lean/Just-in-Time products and services
• Enhance your credibility within your organization
• Create consistency and foster collaboration through best practices, common terminology, and corporate-wide communication

Basics of Supply Chain Management

This is an introductory course for production and inventory management personnel and CPIM candidates. This course provides basic definitions and concepts for planning and controlling the flow of materials into, through, and out of an organization. It explains fundamental relationships among the activities that occur in the supply chain from suppliers to customers. In addition, the course addresses types of manufacturing systems, forecasting, master planning, material requirements planning, capacity management, production activity control, purchasing, inventory management, distribution, quality management, and Just-in-Time manufacturing

Business- wide Concepts                                                                                  

This section of the outline covers basic business-wide concepts, including the various production environments used for the transformation process and financial fundamentals. Also in this section, three of the more common company wide management approaches (MRP II, JIT, and TQM) are presented together with their interrelationships.

1. Elements of the Supply Chain

2. Operating Environments

3. Financial Fundamentals

4. Manufacturing Resource Planning (MRP II)

5. Just-in-Time (JIT)

6. Total Quality Management (TQM)

Demand Planning                                                                                               

This section covers demand planning, including a basic understanding of markets and customer expectations, the definition of value, and a fundamental overview of demand forecasting.

1. Marketplace-Driven

2. Customer Expectations and Definition of Value

3. Customer Relationships

4. Demand Management

Transformation of Demand into Supply

This section includes design, management, and control of the transformation process itself. The first part of this section includes the design of products, processes, and information systems used for planning. The rest of the section includes fundamentals of planning systems, execution controls, and performance measures.

1. Design

2. Capacity Management

3. Planning

4. Execution and Control

5. Performance Measurements

Supply

This section is devoted to supply issues. These include the concepts of inventory, purchasing, and physical distribution.

1. Inventory

2. Purchasing

3. Physical Distribution System