ASCM - Certified in Planning and Inventory Management certification

Overview

On this accelerated Certified in Production and Inventory Management (CPIM) course you’ll gain the skills to become an operations expert.

In just 6 days, you’ll acquire a deep understanding of the following skills and how they apply across the extended supply chain:

• Supply Chain and Strategy
• Sales and Operations Planning
• Demand
• Supply
• Detailed Schedules
• Inventory
• Distribution
• Quality, Continuous Improvement and Technology

At the end of this accelerated course, you’ll sit the CPIM 8.0 Exam and achieve your CPIM certification.

Firebrand's Lecture | Lab | Review methodology will allow you to train at twice the speed of traditional training in a distraction-free environment.

Audience

This course is perfect for professionals working in production and industry control. Once you gain your CPIM certification, you’ll be able to:

• Increase inventory accuracy and reduce inventory
• Improve forecasting
• Improve the S&OP process
• Manage and apply capacity resource planning
• Work more productively with your company’s ERP system
• Effectively schedule material through the plant
• Improve operation’s strategic alignment
• Manage the Master Production Schedule
• Improve the results of an Material Requirement Plan (MRP) run
• Improve inventory storage, flow and handling
• Positively impact product design activities
• Manage continuous improvement projects

The APICS certification sets a global standard for outstanding professional quality in the manufacturing and service industry. With the certification, you not only gain and prove operational expertise but also understand the strategic and tactical background. They impart basic knowledge and concepts to generate strategic and tactical advantages.

To date, over 107,000 CPIM, over 21,000 CSCP and more than 1,000 CLTD certifications (since the program started in 2016) have been successfully completed worldwide.