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Certified Supply Chain Professional - Review Classes
In 2005 APICS introduced the highly anticipated Certified Supply Chain Professional (CSCP)
certification program. The new program was developed through a collaborative
effort between APICS and the Holmes Corporation and material published in late
2005.
The initial CSCP examination was
administered world-wide on March 11, 2006 and over 500 individuals earned the
CSCP designation. Among the individuals who successfully passed the first
examination were West Jersey chapter members Ron Dolan, Bill Dugan, Ralph
Fariello, Alan Milliken and Bill Walker.
What is CSCP?
The Certified Supply Chain
Professional (CSCP) program is a new industry educational and certification
program designed for manufacturing and supply chain professionals. It takes a
broad view of the supply chain from the supplier, throughout the enterprise, and
out to the end customer. This program will provide the knowledge that you need
to better understand overall strategy, various aspect of manufacturing
operations, and how companies are adding value for their customers and
shareholders.
The CSCP program includes
four general areas or domains as follows:
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Supply
Chain Management Fundamentals
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Building
Competitive Operations, Planning, and Logistics
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Managing
Customer and Supplier Relationships
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Using
Information Technology to Enable Supply Chain Management
This program may be ideal for
you if you are:
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Interested
in gaining a better understanding of supplier and customer relations,
international trade and logistics, and the use of information technology to
enable the supply chain..
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A
professional who is consulting or teaching supply chain functions
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Working
with enterprise resources planning (ERP) systems.
The CSCP program will help
you advance your career while giving you the
foundation to improve your
company's competitive position and profitability.
Can Anyone Become CSCP?
APICS
has specific criteria that a candidate must meet before they will permit an
individual to sit for the examination. Those criteria are:
To be
eligible to sit for the CSCP exam, a candidate must meet one of the
following criteria:
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Bachelor’s degree or equivalent, plus two years of related business experience
- CPIM,
CFPIM, CIRM, or C.P.M. certification plus two years of related business
experience
- Five
years of related business experience
The
candidate must submit their Application for Eligibility prior to deadline in
order to be eligible to register for the CSCP Exam. Further details are
available in the APICS CSCP Registration Bulletin available at:
http://www.apics.org/NR/rdonlyres/3E3FC87D-641C-4A30-84F3-8C5FBA065C49/0/6HSW4_CSCPBulltn_Dec07.pdf
Is
the Exam Process the Same as CPIM?
The CSCP
exam process is not the same as the CPIM program. A major difference is that
you have to be pre-qualified to sit for the exam (see above). Another
difference is that it is only one examination consisting of 175 multiple choice
questions. Candidates are allowed 4 hours to complete the examination.
Examination registration fees are:
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Member $550
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Non-member $700
Details on the exam process can be found at:
http://www.apics.org/Certification/CSCP/domestic.htm.
What about Chapter Courses?
The West
Jersey will offer instructor led CSCP certification review classes. For
further information
contact Ralph
Fariello at rfariello ‘at’ apics-westjersey.org.
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For more
information go to http://www.apics.org/Certification/CSCP/.
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