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APICS THE ASSOCIATION FOR OPERATIONS
MANAGEMENT
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The Association for Operations Management (formerly APICS - The Educational Society for Resource Management) exists to supply professionals with the right tool for the job. The right tool, in this case, is a solid educational program. APICS offers its almost 70,000 members and nonmembers a full range of courses, from basic and introductory materials and programs to comprehensive educational conferences addressing total integrated manufacturing. These educational programs, courses, and materials are developed under the direction of top professionals in their respective fields - experts who understand manufacturing professionals' needs and have the solutions necessary to achieve total manufacturing performance.
Today the society's activities and offerings include:
- Programs delivered through the regular meetings of more than 270 local chapters and 14 regions throughout the United States, Canada, and Mexico.
- Workshops, seminars and conferences dealing with such cutting-edge topics as supply chain management and integrated resource management.
- Development of educational materials and programs for use in in-house training programs.
- Specific Industry Groups - focusing on specialized industries or cutting across industry and organizational lines to share common interests in such areas as aerospace and defense and process industry.
- A computerized Industrial Inquiry Service giving immediate access to current information in a variety of areas.
- The APICS library which includes the publication of timely, professional literature such as periodicals, conference proceedings, and an educational materials catalog of more than 400 titles.
- The monthly trade magazine, APICS: The Performance Advantage.
- The APICS Training Center for Manufacturing Excellence, a national center for APICS training programs, seminars, and meetings.
- A continuing commitment to work with colleges and universities to develop and improve programs in resource management, including supplying texts and other materials for classroom use.
To fulfill its mission of educational and professional development, APICS is a leader in exploring and developing theories, systems and philosophies to increase productivity while maintaining and improving quality.
APICS established production and inventory management as a recognized profession by forming the Curricula and Certification Council (C&C Council) to define the body of knowledge and develop a voluntary certification program - Certified in Production and Inventory Management (CPIM). The objectives of the program are: to recognize individuals who demonstrate a thorough understanding of production and inventory management principles and to raise the professional standards of people working in the P&IM fields.
The C&C Council defined the following five examination modules for CPIM: Basics of Supply Chain Management, Master Planning of Resources, Detailed Scheduling and Planning, Execution and Control of Operations, and Strategic Management of Resources. A candidate must pass all five examinations to receive the CPIM designation.
Seeing the need for broad-based knowledge of the interrelationships of business functions, APICS and the C&C Council developed a second certification program - Certified in Integrated Resource Management (CIRM). The objectives of the program are: to transform professionals from functional specialists into organization leaders, to develop an understanding of multiple business functions, and to help people from varied disciplines work together to establish and achieve common goals.
The C&C Council defined the following five examination modules for CIRM: Enterprise Concepts and Fundamentals (formerly Support Functions), Identifying and Creating Demand (formerly Customers and Products), Designing Products and Processes (formerly Manufacturing Processes), and Integrated Enterprise Management. A candidate must pass the first four examinations to be eligible to take the IEM examination. Passing all five examinations is the requirement to become certified.
The exams are administered for APICS by Assessment Systems, Inc. ASI provides technical advice on test development and administers, scores, and interprets the test results. Before completing the final scoring of the test, an analysis is performed to determine the performance of each question in the test, and the scoring key is verified. If any errors or ambiguities are detected, the test is re-scored to eliminate such factors from consideration in the development of final scores. The scores are used to determine those persons qualified to be recognized as Certified in Production and Inventory Management or Certified in Integrated Resource Management.
Under the guidance of the C&C Council's volunteer experts, APICS-certified volunteer members develop test questions across the country. Each test question goes through a series of reviews by the committee content experts who ultimately determine whether a test question is to be retained in the exam item pool or is to be reworked or rejected. The life cycle of each examination is approximately five years before a revised test specification is developed. Each of the examinations has at least three different forms, which encourages the candidate to study to the body of knowledge, not to the examination.
The examinations are offered on-demand via both computer-based testing and paper and pencil. The CIRM exams are offered three times a year in four-week windows. APICS Society Headquarters maintains all candidate scores in a secured and confidential automated file. A certified individual or a candidate for certification may obtain a transcript of scores from APICS Society Headquarters.
Source of official student records: APICS Customer Service, 5301 Shawnee Road, Alexandria, VA 22312-2317.
Titles of all evaluated learning experiences
Listed below are the titles of all evaluated learning experiences
for this organization, grouped under two headings. Information
on the college credit recommendation established for individual learning experiences
in each of the two areas can be accessed through the links below:
Certified
in Integrated Resource Management (CIRM)
Certified
in Production and Inventory Management (CPIM)
CERTIFIED
IN INTEGRATED RESOURCE MANAGEMENT (CIRM)
Current Examinations
Delivering Products and Services
Designing Products and Processes
Enterprise Concepts and Fundamentals
Identifying and Creating Demand
Integrated Enterprise Management
Retired Examinations or Earlier Versions of Current Examinations
Customers and Products
Delivering Products and Services
Designing Products and Processes
Enterprise Concepts and Fundamentals
Identifying and Creating Demand
Integrated Enterprise Management
Logistics
Manufacturing Processes
Support Functions
CERTIFIED
IN PRODUCTION AND INVENTORY MANAGEMENT (CPIM)
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
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Updated 3/9/05
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