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Certified Supply Chain Professional (CSCP)

The APICS CSCP designation is the most widely recognized educational program designed for operations and supply chain management professionals around the world. Demonstrate your mastery of supply chain management best practices by earning your APICS CSCP designation.

By earning the APICS CSCP designation, you will demonstrate significant commitment to your profession and your career, distinguish yourself as an industry expert, and excel with your newly acquired specialized knowledge.

Benefits of the CSCP Program

After earning your CSCP designation, you will:

  • Earning the proven knowledge and organization skills to strategically streamline operations
  • Mastering the tools to effectively manage global supply chain activities that involve suppliers, plans, distributors and customers located around the world
  • Acquiring the skills to create consistency and foster collaboration through best practices, common terminology, and corporate communication
  • Understanding how to use ERP systems and other technologies to improve the entire supply chain process. The APICS CSCP program can help corporations maximize their ERP investments by millions of dollars.
  • Earning a designation that is sought by employers and recruiters
  • Increasing your professional value and securing your future

According to the Operations Management Employment Outlook, APICS CSCP designees, on average, earn 11 percent more than non-certified supply chain professionals. (Fourth quarter, 2010)

Who should pursue the CSCP education and designation?

The APICS CSCP designation is for professionals who are interested in increasing their knowledge and expertise in the field of global supply chain management. This designation is ideal for you and your organization if you are:

  • Interested in more depth of knowledge and understanding in the areas of supplier and customer relations, international trade, the use of information technology to enable the supply chain, and physical logistics
  • A professional who is consulting or facilitating supply chain functions
  • A professional who is interested in increasing knowledge and expertise in the field of global supply chain management.
  • A professional who is consulting or facilitating supply chain functions or working with enterprise resources planning (ERP) systems
  • An employer wanting to create a common standard of understanding, vocabulary, resources, and frameworks within your company to address your supply chain challenges and opportunities

The CSCP program will help you advance your career while giving you the foundation to improve your company's competitive position and profitability.

CSCP Course Outline and Key Topics

Module 1: APICS Fundamentals of Supply Chain

  • Broad concepts of supply chain management, including primary processes, objectives, integration methods, and benefits
  • Alignment of supply chain and business strategies
  • Key considerations for supply chain design and continuous improvement
  • Key measures for planning and controlling inventories
  • Fundamentals of logistics in supply chain management
  • Identifying and managing market segments
  • Demand forecasting and management techniques
  • Keys to effective CRM
  • Core concepts of supply management

Module 2: APICS Supply Chain Strategy, Design, and Compliance

  • Sustainability practices in design and operation of a supply chain
  • Risk, its sources, impacts and mitigation methods
  • Globally dispersed supply and demand, and the impact of free trade zones and trading blocs
  •  Globalization effects on inbound and outbound logistics
  •  Measurement of, and efficiency and responsiveness in the supply chain
  •  Technologies for design, data, operations and communications in supply chain management
  •  Factors influencing demand, including design, marketing, selling and matching customer orders
  • Core concepts of CRM, including strategies, technologies and key implementation challenges
  •  Fundamentals of supplier relationship management (SRM), including strategies, improved management of sources, relevant technologies and measurement
  •  Inventory planning and control methods

Module 3: APICS Implementation and Operations

  • Supply chain dynamics and the balance of responsiveness and efficiency
  •  Managing supply from internal and external sources
  •  Implementation of demand plans, including prioritization and fulfillment, and capturing and communicating point-of-sale data
  •  Tools and techniques to support continuous improvement strategies