APICS Certification Why How Maintenance Karen Schiebout CPIM

APICS Certification: Why How Maintenance Karen Schiebout, CPIM, CSCP

The Importance of Certification • • • Your Career Your Chapter Yourself

Careers • • • Global recognition Over 98, 000 certified individuals CPIM is well recognized Enhance your credibility with your organization Gain knowledge about resource management

Your Chapter • • • Opportunities to network with others Learn with others Get enthused about your career path Talk the same language Opportunities to teach

Yourself • • • Gain knowledge Accomplishment Recognition Get a better job Prove that you can

Paths to certification • Self Study • • • Purchase materials Student material CPIM Exam Content manual Study groups Internet • • www. apics. org Fox Valley classes

How to’s • Take a chapter sponsored class • • Study with other candidates Commit yourself to one night/day per week Peer pressure is a good thing Company classes

Just do it • • • It’s not easy 75 questions, 3 hours Five tests CPIM • Basics • Master Planning • Execution and Control • Detail Scheduling • Strategic Management of Resources But it’s worth it

CSCP • • • One test 175 questions Four Hours Computer Based Must Pre-qualify Exam Windows • • July December

What are the Benefits of Maintaining Your APICS Certification? Improve Performance: • • • Preserves the currency of hard-earned certification credentials. Improves your job performance. Increases your competitive advantage. 10

Maintaining Your APICS Certification: Demonstrate Value: • • • Demonstrates commitment to your career that distinguishes you from others. Positions you as leader in changing fields. Facilitates networking with other professionals and organizations. 11

Maintaining Your APICS Certification, cont’d: Achieve Professional Goals: • • • Is essential for career growth and advancement. Increases your value to an organization. Exposes you to ideas beyond scope of current position.

APICS Certification Maintenance Requirements Certification maintenance: • • applies to both APICS CPIM and CSCP. requires 75 educational points every 5 years for APICS CPIM and APICS CSCP certified. requires 100 educational points every 5 years for APICS CFPIM certified individuals. You will be notified via email

Certification points There are four ways to get certification points • • • Continuing Education Presentations, publications, educational development Service to the organization Professional membership

Continuing Education • Consider all the learning available to APICS members • • • Conference, seminar, workshop or webinar Item writing workshop District meeting with educational component

Continuing Education-Page 2 • • • CPIM review course or CSCP Learning System Course offered by a degree granting institution Training program by your company or other organization such as SCOR, ASTL, ISM, CSCMP, ASTD etc.

Presentations, Publications, Educational Development • 2 points per instructional hour up to 60 points relating to operations management • • • Conferences, 24 points for APICS International Conference Courses including certification review Meetings (instructional) Seminars Tutorials Workshops

Publications • 2 points per published article in a • • Book Magazine Newsletter Proceedings

Publications Continued • • • 5 points for original research that is published and distributed 30 points for written and published books 10 points for any published material that is listed as an APICS certification reference

Service to the Operations Management Profession • At the association level • 5 points per year –officer governing board • 4 points per year –member governing board • 4 points year per chair of functional committee • 2 points per year-member of committee

Service Continued • Chapter/District Level • • • 3 points per year officer of governing board president, VP, secretary-treasurer 2 points per year member of governing board VP membership or Education 2 points per year as chair of a committee 1 point per year as member of committee

Professional Membership • 6 points per year for APICS membership • 1 point per year for membership in other organizations

Example of How to Reach 75 Points • • 6 points per year for being an APICS member (5 years total, or 30 maintenance points) 24 points for attending the APICS International Conference & Expo, Orlando, 2013 7 points for attending a seven hour Seminar Series 15 points for being an SMR Certification Committee member 30 + membership 24 conference + 7 seminar + 15 = 76 points committee membership

What happens if the deadline is missed? • APICS will help you get back on track • Participants have 5 years from the suspension of their CPIM to submit • Requires an additional 15 points per year beyond the due date

How to Apply for APICS Certification Maintenance • Apply online or download PDF APICS certification maintenance forms at apics. org/maintain • CPIM https: //www. apics. org/careers-education-professionaldevelopment/certification/maintenance/form CSCP: https: //www. apics. org/careers-education-professionaldevelopment/certification/maintenance/form • • •

Costs • Fees: • • Member price $75. Nonmember price $150.

Questions? • • • Visit the APICS FAQ page. Read the APICS CPIM/APICS CFPIM certification maintenance bulletin Read the APICS CSCP certification maintenance bulletin

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