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Certified in Production and Inventory
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Titles, descriptions, and credit recommendations for all learning experiences recommended for college credit within the CPIM section can be found below. To locate information on additional learning experiences, which have also been recommended for college credit, use the Organization Directory Page link above for a complete list of titles for alllearning experiences or use the following link to go directly to other sections:
Certified in Integrated Resource Management (CIRM)
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Current Examinations
Basics of Supply Chain
Management
Detailed Scheduling
and Planning
Execution and Control
of Operations
Master Planning of Resources
Strategic Management
of Resources
Retired Examinations
Capacity Management
Inventory Management
Just-in-Time
Master Planning
Material
and Capacity Requirements Planning
Material Requirements
Planning
Production Activity Control
Systems and Technologies
Descriptions and credit recommendations
CERTIFIED IN PRODUCTION AND INVENTORY MANAGEMENT (CPIM)Current Examinations
NOTE: Credit recommendations for the following current examinations are effective from June 2000, except for Basics of Supply Chain Management, which is effective from March 1997. Examination programs that have been retired can be found in the next section, along with the effective dates of their credit recommendations.
Basics of Supply Chain Management
Location: Proficiency examination program administered by the national offices of APICS.
Length: Variable, depending upon the individual's preparation needs.
Dates: March 1997 - December 2006.
Objectives: Define and discuss concepts for planning and controlling the flow of materials into, through, and out of an organization; explain fundamental relationships among the activities that occur in the supply chain from suppliers to customers; discuss several 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.
Instruction: Three-hour, 105-item examination, covering the concepts of production and operations management and supply chain management as they relate to the following content areas: Business-wide concepts including organization structure fundamentals, operating environments, costing and cost control fundamentals; specific Production and Operations Management and Supply Chain Management concepts including manufacturing resource planning (MRP II), Just-in-Time (JIT) Manufacturing, Total Quality Management (TQM), impact of the environment on system design and deployment; market-driven demand planning, customer expectations and definitions of value, customer relationships, demand management; transformation of demand into supply, capacity management, planning (purposes, inputs, and outputs), execution and control, performance measurements; inventory management, purchasing, logistics and physical distribution systems.
Credit recommendation: In the upper division baccalaureate degree category, 3 semester hours in Production/Operations Management, Supply Chain Management, Manufacturing Management, or Production Planning and Inventory Control (11/00).
Detailed Scheduling and Planning
Location: Proficiency examination program administered by the national offices of APICS.
Length: Variable, depending upon the individual’s preparation needs.
Dates: June 2000 - December 2006.
Objectives: Discuss the various techniques for material and capacity scheduling; describe in detail material requirements planning (MRP), capacity requirements planning (CRP), inventory management practices, and procurement and supplier planning; discuss the new techniques of material-dominated scheduling and processor-dominated scheduling, which are applicable to process industries and other mature production environments.
Instruction: Three-hour, 75-item examination, covering the concepts and techniques of short-term scheduling and planning in a manufacturing environment as they relate to the following content areas: Planning Material Requirements to Support the Master Schedule: recognizing techniques and practices of inventory management, identifying information used in the material planning process, identifying the desirable characteristics of the detailed material planning, mechanics of the detailed material planning process, maintaining the validity of the material plan, interactions with other systems. Planning Operations to Support the Priority Plan: recognizing the characteristics and techniques of the detailed capacity planning process, identifying information used in the detailed capacity planning process, identifying desirable characteristics of the detailed capacity planning process, uses of the detailed capacity planning process, measuring the performance of the detailed capacity planning process, interactions with other systems. Planning Procurement and External Sources of Supply: establishing relationships with suppliers, techniques and concepts for supplier partnerships, implementing the new relationship to support the company’s operational objectives.
Credit recommendation: In the upper division baccalaureate degree category, 2 semester hours in Production/Operations Management, Supply Chain Management, Inventory Control, or Production Planning and Inventory Control (11/00).
Execution and Control of Operations
Location: Proficiency examination program administered by the national offices of APICS.
Length: Variable, depending upon the individual's preparation needs.
Dates: June 2000 - December 2006.
Objectives: Discuss prioritizing and sequencing work, executing work plans, implementing controls, and reporting activity results, and evaluating and providing feedback on performance; explain techniques for scheduling and controlling production and process operations; discuss the execution of quality initiatives and continuous improvement plans, as well as the control and handling of inventories; discuss techniques for evaluating performance and collecting data for effective feedback.
Instruction: Three-hour, 75-item examination, covering the concepts and techniques of production and operations scheduling and control in a manufacturing environment as they relate to the following content areas: Prioritizing and Sequencing Work to be Performed: interfaces, production environment, scheduling production and process operations. Executing the Plans, Implementing Physical Controls, and Reporting Results of Activities Performed: authorizing and reporting activities for push systems; authorizing and reporting activities for pull systems, production status reports, communicating both internal and external customer-supplier information, controlling resources, executing quality initiatives, eliminating waste, and implementing continuous improvement plans. Evaluating Performance and Providing Feedback: evaluating quality management processes, monitoring supplier performance, evaluating the performance of production operations, cost management process.
Credit recommendation: In the upper division baccalaureate degree category, 2 semester hours in Production/Operations Management, Supply Chain Management, Quality Management, or Production Scheduling and Control (11/00).
Master Planning of Resources
Location: Proficiency examination program administered by the national offices of APICS.
Length: Variable, depending upon the individual’s preparation needs.
Dates: June 2000 - December 2006.
Objectives: Identify and assess internal and external demand and forecasting requirements; discuss the importance of producing achievable master schedules that are consistent with business policies, objectives, and resource constraints; discuss developing and validating a plan of supply, relating management of demand to environmental forces, and developing and validating the master schedule; discuss concepts for transforming sales, marketing, and business requirements into a feasible and economic operations plan in various business environments; discuss concepts and methodologies for managing projected and actual demands from distribution networks and external customers; discuss the methods for integrating sales and operations plans, demand forecasts, and customer demand into a specific master schedule.
Instruction: Three-hour, 75-item examination, covering the concepts and techniques of resource planning in a manufacturing environment as they relate to the following content areas: Demand Management: relating demand management to the distribution environment; forecasting demand; recognizing and processing actual demand. Sales and Operations Planning: relating the planning processes to the environment; understanding the business choices that affect the aggregate planning process, developing and validating the sales and operations plan. Master Scheduling: relating the master scheduling process to the business environment; understanding the business choices that affect the master scheduling process; constructing and implementing the master schedule, measuring the business planning processes.
Credit recommendation: In the upper division baccalaureate degree category, 2 semester hours in Production/Operations Management, Manufacturing Management, Inventory Management, Forecasting, or Manufacturing/Production Planning (11/00).
Strategic Management of Resources
Location: Proficiency examination program administered by the national offices of APICS.
Length: Variable, depending upon the individual’s preparation needs.
Dates: June 2000 - December 2006.
Objectives: Discuss the relationship of existing and emerging processes and technologies to manufacturing strategy and supply chain-related functions; discuss aligning resources with the strategic plan, configuring and integrating operating processes to support the strategic plan, and implementing change.
Instruction: Three-hour, 75-item examination, covering the concepts and techniques of strategic management of resources in a manufacturing environment, as they relate to the following content areas: Aligning the Resources with the Strategic Plan: competitive market issues, choices affecting facilities, choices affecting the supply chain, choices affecting information technology, choices affecting organizational design. Configuring and Integrating the Operating Processes to Support the Strategic Plan: configuring and integrating the priority planning processes, configuring and integrating the capacity planning processes, configuring and integrating design and development processes, configuring and integrating cost management processes. Implementing Change: evaluating and managing projects, measuring organizational performance, managing change in an organization.
Credit recommendation: In the upper division baccalaureate degree category, 3 semester hours in Production/Operations Management, Manufacturing Management, Supply Chain Management, Strategic Resource Management, or Production Planning and Inventory Management (11/00).
Retired Examinations
NOTE:This section contains examination programs which have been retired. The credit recommendations were in effect, variously, from September 1983 - May 2000. Credit recommendations for current examination programs appear in the preceding section.
Capacity Management
Location: Proficiency examination program administered by the national offices of APICS.
Length: Variable, depending upon the individual's preparation needs.
Dates: September 1983-January 1992.*
Objectives: Discuss the concepts of load and capacity when applied to manufacturing problems; explain the interrelationship of these concepts with plant and equipment, the workforce, and the scheduling of plant operations; identify different manufacturing environments, such as batch, continuous, project, and discuss the application of capacity management techniques to these different environments.
Instruction: Three-hour, 100-item examination, covering the concepts and techniques of planning and control of capacity. Major content areas and related topics covered include: Concepts -load and capacity, interrelationship of scheduling and capacity management, manufacturing environment, including Just-In-Time influences; Applications -managing levels of capacity, type of production technology, implications of not managing capacity; System Interfaces -planning capacity, execution; Capacity Determination -calculated and demonstrated capacity, lead times, implications of changes in elements of capacity planning; Techniques of Planning and Control -resource requirements and rough cut capacity planning, Capacity Requirements Planning (CRP), input/output control, operation sequencing, other planning and control considerations.
Credit recommendation: For this examination, paired with any other examination in the program, in the upper division baccalaureate degree category, 3 semester hours in Production/Operations Management, Manufacturing Management, or Production Planning and Inventory Control (11/88). NOTE: Two examinations must be successfully completed to benefit from the credit recommendation. NOTE: The maximum credit recommendation for the successful completion of all six examinations is 9 semester hours. *NOTE: This examination and Material Requirements Planning have been replaced by Material and Capacity Requirements Planning. An individual who completed either of these retired examinations between September 1983 and January 1992 can qualify for the 3 semester hour credit recommendation by also successfully completing the examinationfor Material and Capacity Requirements Planning. Three semester hours is the total recommended for any pairing of these three examination programs.
Inventory Management
Location: Proficiency examination program administered by the national offices of APICS.
Length: Variable, depending upon the individual’s preparation needs.
Dates: Version 1: September 1983 - February 1992. Version 2: March 1992 - December 1998. Version 3: January 1999 - May 2000.
Objectives: Version 1: Organize and utilize information to manage inventories and to determine future requirements in manufacturing organizations; analyze appropriateness of decisions resulting from application of automatic program decisions in the inventory environment. Version 2 or 3: Organize and utilize the appropriate principles, concepts, and techniques to manage inventories in manufacturing organizations; determine what items to order, how much to order, when they are needed, when to order, and how and where to store them in order to optimize customer service, manufacturing, purchasing, and distribution operations, and return on investment.
Instruction: Version 1: Three-hour, 100-item examination, covering the principles and techniques related to the following content areas: General Management -inventory objectives and policy development, accounting and control, inventory management and other business functions; Inventory Management Systems -system development, lot-size inventory models, independent and dependent demand systems, Just-In-Time; Distribution Resource Management -objectives and planning, distribution network inventory planning and control. Version 2: Three-hour, 100-item examination, covering the principles, concepts, and techniques related to the following content areas: Objectives and Policies -objectives and performance measures of inventory management, functions of inventory, and factors affecting inventory; Inventory Systems -independent demand systems, dependent demand systems, environmental factors, subsystem relationships, and information system considerations; Techniques -aggregate methods, multi-item methods, item-level management, inventory accounting, and physical control; Distribution Inventory Planning and Control -management considerations, techniques, transportation and physical distribution, JIT distribution, and distribution network structure. Version 3: Three-hour, 100-item examination, covering the principles, concepts, and techniques related to the following content areas: Objectives and Policies -objectives and performance measures of inventory management, functions of inventory, factors affecting inventory, and categories of inventory; Inventory Systems -independent demand systems, dependent demand systems, subsystem relationships, and strategies and choices; Techniques -aggregate methods, item-level management, inventory accounting, physical control, and electronic commerce; Distribution Inventory Planning and Control -strategies/policies, techniques, storage and transportation, controls, and international distribution.
Credit recommendation: Version 1, 2, or 3: For this examination, paired with any other examination in the program, in the upper division baccalaureate degree category, 3 semester hours in Production/Operations Management, Manufacturing Management, or Production Planning and Inventory Control (11/88) (6/93 revalidation) (8/99 revalidation). NOTE: Two examinations must be successfully completed to benefit from the credit recommendation. NOTE: The maximum credit recommendation for the successful completion of all six examinations is 9 semester hours.
Just-in-Time
Location: Proficiency examination program administered by the national offices of APICS.
Length: Variable, depending upon the individual’s preparation needs.
Dates: Version 1: January 1988 - February 1992. Version 2: March 1992 - December 1998. Version 3: January 1999 - May 2000.
Objectives: Version 1: Explain the objectives and benefits of Just-In-Time (JIT) manufacturing techniques; identify the management considerations and procedures used to schedule/control manufacturing operations; demonstrate a sensitivity to people-oriented and process-oriented issues in JIT systems. Version 2 or 3: Explain the objectives and benefits of Just-in-Time (JIT) -a philosophy which seeks to continuously improve the ability to respond economically to change; identify changes that will increase the velocity of material flowing from suppliers, through manufacturing processes, to customers.
Instruction: Version 1: Three-hour, 100-item examination, covering an evolving set of concepts encompassing people, involvement, total quality, and improvement of the manufacturing process. Major content areas and related topics covered include: General Concepts -objectives, benefits, scope and organization, management considerations; Techniques -people-oriented, process-oriented, total quality control, scheduling/control; Integration and Application -internal to the operating unit, external to the operating unit; Implementation -project management, education, transition, sequence of events. Version 2: Three-hour, 100-item examination, covering an evolving set of concepts encompassing people, involvement, total quality, and improvement of the manufacturing process. Major content areas and related topics covered include: Concepts -objectives, principles, and scope; Human Resource Development and Involvement -flexibility, compensation, changing responsibilities/ organization, relationships, motivation, and education; Total Quality Control -basic concepts, problem selection, determining root cause, and eliminating root cause; Techniques -pull signals, production considerations, material logistics, planning and scheduling, and paperwork/transaction reduction; Integration and Application -finance, engineering, customer relationships, and supplier relationships; Implementation Considerations Unique to JIT -justification and commitment, determining what to do, managing change, performance indicators, and implementation phases. Version 3: Three-hour, 100-item examination, covering an evolving set of concepts encompassing people, involvement, total quality, and improvement of the manufacturing process. Major content areas and related topics covered include: Concepts -objectives, principles, and scope; Human Resource Development and Involvement -involvement and empowerment, job design, organization design, education and training, compensation, and motivation; Total Quality Management -quality imperative, customer-driven quality standards, quality at the source, continuous improvement, and statistical concepts; Techniques -pull signals, production considerations, material logistics, planning and scheduling, and paperwork/transaction reduction; Integration and Application -finance, engineering, supply chain management; Implementation Considerations -managerial considerations, and measuring and rewarding performance.
Credit recommendation: Version 1, 2 or 3: For this examination, paired with any other examination in the program, in the upper division baccalaureate degree category, 3 semester hours in Production/Operations Management, Manufacturing Management, or Production Planning and Inventory Control (11/88) (6/93 revalidation) (8/99 revalidation). NOTE: Two examinations must be successfully completed to benefit from the credit recommendation. NOTE: The maximum credit recommendation for the successful completion of all six examinations is 9 semester hours.
Master Planning
Location: Proficiency examination program administered by the national offices of APICS.
Length: Variable, depending upon the individual’s preparation needs.
Dates: Version 1: September 1983 - February 1992. Version 2: March 1992 - December 1998. Version 3: January 1999 - May 2000.
Objectives: Version 1: Discuss major activities involved in master planning: demand management, forecasting, production planning, master production scheduling, and final assembly scheduling. Version 2 or 3: Discuss the four activities involved in master planning: forecasting, order servicing, production and resource planning, and master scheduling; organize the individual concepts and techniques in these areas into a coherent structure for master planning for production organizations; discuss how the four activities relate to each other and to the overall structure of master planning.
Instruction: Version 1: Three-hour, 100-item examination, covering the first step in product logistics which translates the business plan stated in dollar or macro elements down to the detailed master production schedule. Major content areas and related topics covered include: Demand Management -forecast source data and methods, order entry and customer service, management considerations; Production Planning -developing and maintaining the production plan, management considerations; Master Production Scheduling -concepts of scheduling, developing and managing the MPS, final assembly schedule, management and Just-In-Time considerations. Version 2: Three-hour, 100-item examination, covering the first step in product logistics which translates the business plan stated in dollar or macro elements down to the detailed master production schedule. Major content areas and related topics covered include: Forecasting Concepts and Techniques -concepts, management considerations, data sources and requirements, techniques, and forecast accuracy; Order Servicing -concepts and management considerations, data sources and requirements, available-to-promise, customer communications, and monitoring the customer service policy; Production and Resource Planning -concepts, management considerations, data sources and requirements, and developing, validating, and maintaining the production plan; Master Scheduling Concepts and Implementing the Master Planning Schedule -concepts, management considerations, data sources and requirements, developing the master production schedule and rough-cut capacity plan, developing the final assembly schedule, and managing the master production schedule. Version 3: Three-hour, 100-item examination, covering the first step in product logistics which translates the business plan stated in dollar or macro elements down to the detailed master production schedule. Major content areas and related topics covered include: Forecasting -concepts, management considerations, data sources and requirements, techniques, and forecast accuracy; Order Servicing and Customer Service -concepts and management considerations, data sources and requirements, available-to-promise, customer communications, and monitoring the customer service policy; Sales and Operations Planning -concepts, management considerations, data sources and requirements, and developing, validating, and maintaining the sales and operations plan; Master Scheduling Concepts -concepts, management considerations, data sources and requirements; Implementing the Master Production Schedule -developing the master production schedule and rough-cut capacity plan, developing the final assembly schedule, and managing the master production schedule.
Credit recommendation: Version 1, 2, or 3: For this examination, paired with any other examination in the program, in the upper
division baccalaureate degree category, 3 semester hours in Production/Operations Management, Manufacturing Management, or Production Planning and Inventory Control (11/88) (6/93 revalidation) (8/99 revalidation). NOTE: Two examinations must be successfully completed to benefit from the credit recommendation. NOTE: The maximum credit recommendation for the successful completion of all six examinations is 9 semester hours.
Material and Capacity Requirements Planning
Location: Proficiency examination program administered by the national offices of APICS.
Length: Variable, depending upon the individual’s preparation needs.
Dates: Version 1: March 1992 - December 1998. Version 2: January 1999 - May 2000.
Objectives: Version 1 or 2: Describe the fundamental principles of material requirements planning (MRP); apply specific MRP techniques, including the calculation of dependent demand for component items and the time phasing of those demands; describe the fundamental principles of capacity requirements planning (CRP); apply specific CRP techniques for measuring the amount of work scheduled and determining the necessary people, machines, and physical resources needed to accomplish the work using the output from material requirements planning.
Instruction: Version 1: Three-hour, 100-item examination, covering the principles and techniques related to material requirements planning and capacity requirements planning. Major content areas and related topics covered include: Concepts -MRP, CRP, and factors affecting both CRP and MRP; Data Sources and Requirements -bill of material, routing, work center data, inventory data, item master data, order file data, and master production data; Material Requirements Planning -characteristics, mechanics, using MRP, and performance measurements; Capacity Requirements Planning -characteristics, mechanics, using CRP, and performance measurements. Version 2: Three-hour, 100-item examination, covering the principles and techniques related to material requirements planning and capacity requirements planning. Major content areas and related topics covered include: Fundamentals -MRP, CRP, and factors affecting both CRP and MRP; MRP/CRP Data Management -bill of material, routing, inventory data, item master data, order data, master production data, and maintaining data accuracy; Material Requirements Planning - characteristics, mechanics, using MRP, and performance measurements; Capacity Requirements Planning -characteristics, mechanics, using CRP, and performance measurement.
Credit recommendation: Version 1 or 2: For this examination, paired with any other examination in the program, in the upper division baccalaureate degree category, 3 semester hours in Production/Operations Management, Manufacturing Management, or Production Planning and Inventory Control (6/93) (8/99 revalidation). NOTE: Two examinations must be successfully completed to benefit from the credit recommendation. NOTE: The maximum credit recommendation for the successful completion of all six examinations is 9 semester hours. NOTE: This examination replaces both Capacity Management and Material Requirements Planning. An individual who completed either of the retired examinations between September 1983 and January 1992 can qualify for the 3 semester hour credit recommendation by also successfully completing the examination for Material and Capacity Requirements Planning. Three semester hours is the total recommended for any pairing of these three examination programs.
Material Requirements Planning
Location: Proficiency examination program administered by the national offices of APICS.
Length: Variable, depending upon the individual's preparation needs.
Dates: September 1983 - January 1992.*
Objectives: Describe fundamental principles of material requirements planning (MRP) including time-phasing, dependent/independent demand, and the differences between MRP and other systems; identify the interfaces of the MRP system with such functions as engineering, the master production schedule, finance, and purchasing; discuss the operational considerations involved in the design, testing, and implementation of MRP systems.
Instruction: Three-hour, 100-item examination, covering a set of techniques that has evolved from an approach to inventory management in which the principles of calculation of dependent demand for component items and time-phasing are combined. Major content areas and related topics covered include: Concepts and Principles -fundamentals, order point and priorities, input/output; Interfaces -engineering, master production schedule (MPS), production activity control (PAC), capacity requirements planning (CRP), purchasing, finances, Just-In-Time considerations; System Characteristics -basic design specs and frequencies, priority planning, order and safety policies, firm planned orders, bill of material structuring; Logic -sources of requirements, item-related data, updated time-phased data, product structure processing; Functions - material planning, replanning, simulation; Implementation and Operation -justification and organization, education and training, prerequisites, design and development methodology, system testing.
Credit recommendation: For this examination, paired with any other examination in the program, in the upper division baccalaureate degree category, 3 semester hours in Production/Operations Management, Manufacturing Management, or Production Planning and Inventory Control (11/88). NOTE: Two examinations must be successfully completed to benefit from the credit recommendation. NOTE: The maximum credit recommendation for the successful completion of all six examinations is 9 semester hours. *NOTE: This examination and Capacity Management have been replaced by Material and Capacity Requirements Planning. An individual who completed either of these retired examinations between September 1983 and January 1992 can qualify for the 3 semester hour credit recommendation by also successfully completing the examination for Material and Capacity Requirements Planning. Three semester hours is the total recommended for any pairing of these three examination programs.
Production Activity Control
Location: Proficiency examination program administered by the national offices of APICS.
Length: Variable, depending upon the individual’s preparation needs.
Dates: Version 1: September 1983 - February 1992. Version 2: March 1992 - December 1998. Version 3: January 1999 - May 2000.
Objectives: Version 1: Discuss the objectives of production activity control (PAC) and the typical production environment in which such activity takes place; apply specific concepts of scheduling, lead time management, capacity control and priority control to typical problems found in manufacturing organizations. Version 2 or 3: Describe the principles, approaches, and techniques needed to schedule, control, measure, and evaluate the effectiveness of production operations; apply specific concepts of capacity control, priority control, and lead-time management to a variety of production environments including job shops, process plants, and high-volume production facilities.
Instruction: Version 1: Three-hour, 100-item examination, covering the broad category of production as it relates to process plants, assembly lines, factory production lines, etc. Major content areas and related topics covered include: Organization, Environment, Objectives -organization and objectives, the production environment, production activity control relationships; Production Scheduling -scheduling techniques, lead time determination and control, shop capacity control in the short-term, priority control and dispatching; Production Control - authorization, production reporting and status control, production cost measurement and control. Version 2: Three-hour, 100-item examination, covering the broad category of production as it relates to process plants, assembly lines, factory production lines, etc. Major content areas and related topics covered include: Scope -objectives of production activity control, production environment, and PAC relationships; Capacity Control-determining capacity, input-output control, production leveling, and line balancing and flow balancing; Priority Control -scheduling techniques, and production authorization and release; Lead-Time Management -elements of lead time, factors affecting lead time, and lead-time control; Supplier Interfaces -relationships, and scheduling and control; Reporting and Measurement -data sources and requirements, production reporting, and measurements.Version 3: Three-hour, 100-item examination, covering the broad category of production as it relates to process plants, assembly lines, factory production lines, etc. Major content areas and related topics covered include: Scope-objectives of production activity control, production environment, and PAC relationships; Capacity Control-determining capacity, input-output control, production leveling, and line balancing and flow control; Priority Control -scheduling techniques, and production authorization and release; Lead-Time Management-elements of lead time, factors affecting lead time, and lead-time control; Supplier Interfaces-organizational relationships, controlling and improving quality, supplier partnerships, and scheduling and control; Reporting and Measurement -data sources and requirements, production reporting, and measurements.
Credit recommendation: Version 1, 2, or 3: For this examination, paired with any other examination in the program, in the upper division baccalaureate degree category, 3 semester hours in Production/Operations Management, Manufacturing Management, or Production Planning and Inventory Control (11/88) (6/93 revalidation) (8/99 revalidation). NOTE: Two examinations must be successfully completed to benefit from the credit recommendation.
Systems and Technologies
Location: Proficiency examination program administered by the national offices of APICS.
Length: Variable, depending upon the individual's preparation needs.
Dates: Version 1: January 1992 - December 1998. Version 2: January 1999 - May 2000.
Objectives: Version 1 or 2: Discuss the relationship of existing and emerging systems and technologies to the manufacturing strategy and to the functions related to production and inventory management; identify the potential of systems and technologies to increase any company's competitive position by reshaping its production and management processes; apply the concepts learned to understand the organization's strategic goals, to configure systems and technology to address strategic objectives, and to manage the organizational dimension of the implementation.
Instruction: Version 1: Three-hour, 100-item examination, addressing how systems and technologies are related to production and inventory management. Major content areas and related topics covered include: Strategic Drivers that Affect Production and Inventory Management -competitive advantage and market planning, and product volume and variety issues; Choices Affecting Production and Inventory Management -facilities, factory layout and manufacturing technology choices, strategies for changing capacity, degree of vertical integration, quality choices, information technology, and organizational choices and people issues; Configuring and Integrating Production and Inventory Management Functions -business and priority planning processes, capacity planning processes, product planning and design processes, priority and capacity control processes, cost accounting processes, and inventory planning and control processes;Managing the Implementation of Systems and Technologies-project justification, change management, implementation project phases, and project planning and control; Measuring Organizational Performance-fundamental measurement concepts, aggregate productivity measures, product cost measures, quality measures, delivery speed measures, delivery reliability measures, and flexibility.Version 2: Three-hour, 100-item examination, addressing how systems and technologies are related to production and inventory management. Major content areas and related topics covered include: Strategic Drivers That Affect Production and Inventory Management -competitive advantage and market planning, and product volume and variety; Choices Affecting Production and Inventory Management - production and inventory management transformation alternatives, facilities, factory layout and manufacturing technology, changing capacity, supply chain, quality, information technology, and organization; Configuring and Integrating Production and Inventory Management-business priority planning processes, capacity planning processes, design and engineering processes, operational processes, and cost management processes; Managing the Implementation of Systems and Technologies -project evaluation and justification, change management, project implementation, and project planning and control; Measuring Organizational Performance-fundamental measurement concepts, aggregate productivity measurement, product cost measurement, quality measurement, delivery speed measurement, delivery reliability measurement, and flexibility measurement.
Credit recommendation: Version 1 or 2: For this examination, paired with any other examination in the program, in the upper division baccalaureate degree category, 3 semester hours in Production/ Operations Management, Manufacturing Management, or Production Planning and Inventory Control (6/93) (8/99 revalidation). NOTE: Two examinations must be successfully completed to benefit from the credit recommendation. NOTE: The maximum credit recommendation for the successful completion of all six examinations is 9 semester hours.
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