With the APICS Certified Supply Chain Professional (CSCP) program, you can take your career and organization in a new and exciting direction.
Shape your future, align your goals, and distinguish yourself from the competition. In this challenging global marketplace, only the most well-trained, well-educated professionals will be sought after by employers and valued by organizations. Join their ranks today by earning the APICS CSCP designation.
DISTINGUISH yourself as a SUPPLY CHAIN EXPERT and significantly reduce costs in your organization.
International APICS-Certification
APICS – The Association for Operations Management – is a not-for-profit international educational organization, known throughout the world for its education and professional certification programs, advancing productivity, innovation and competitive success. APICS offers 2 internationally recognized certification programs: CPIM (Certified in Production and Inventory Management) and APICS Certified Supply Chain Professional (CSCP). PICS Belgium is the official APICS associate for Belgium.
Move Your Career Forward with the APICS CSCP
• The APICS CSCP certification encompasses the entire global supply chain.
• The APICS CSCP sets the standard for certification.It is administered in 72 countries and preferred by leading companies worldwide.
• Employers and recruiters seek APICS CSCP designees.
• The APICS CSCP increases your professional value and secures your future.
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.
How Your Organization Benefits
From day one, you can apply your APICS CSCP program knowledge to solve everyday work issues. Your knowledge and expertise will make you more valuable in your organization. Companies that sponsor all or part of their employees’ tuition will gain a return on investment in the form of long-term loyalty and more productive employees. With APICS CSCP, your employees will have
• the proven knowledge and organizational skills to strategically streamline operations
• the tools to effectively manage global supply chain activities that involve suppliers, plants, distributors, and customers located around the world
• the skills to create consistency and foster collaboration through best practices, common terminology, and corporate wide communication
• an understanding of the valuable technologies that drive planning and management of successful operations.
The APICS CSCP learning system
The 2012 APICS CSCP Learning System is a comprehensive professional development and exam preparation program. It consists of three print modules and web-based study tools that refl ect the entire APICS CSCP Exam Content Manual (ECM) and provides you with a broad view of global end-to-end supply chain management. The 2012 APICS CSCP Learning System is enhanced to support the recent structural and content changes to the APICS CSCP exam.
Module 1:
APICS Fundamentals of Supply Chain Management
• 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
Learning system components
Comprehensive Print Materials
• Five books with approximately 1,000 pages of content.
• Progress check questions at the end of each section.
• Organized information from more than 150 references.
Interactive Web-Based Components
• Pretest to determine your strengths and weaknesses and help you create a customized study plan based on your individual needs.
• Timed section-specific tests off er immediate feedback, answer rationales, and reference the relevant sections in the text so you can review problem areas.
• Timed post-test to determine your progress.
• Progress report revealing the web-based tools you’ve completed to date and how well you have mastered the material.
• E-flashcards with relevant terms and definitions, and an online glossary for quick reference.
• Practice test bank of more than 900 multiple-choice questions.
• Access to the Resource Center, including a complimentary electronic download of the 2012 ECM, additional study resources, and test-taking tips.
• Earn a certificate of Achievement by scoring 80% or higher on the post-test.
APICS CSCP Exam Eligibility Requirements
The APICS CSCP exam tests your knowledge of advanced topics. All APICS CSCP candidates must meet one of the following criteria to be eligible to take the APICS CSCP exam.
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent plus two years of related business experience.
• APICS CFPIM, APICS CPIM designation plus two years of related business experience.
• Five years of related business experience.
Earning your CSCP
To earn the CSCP designation, candidates must pass one, four-hour comprehensive exam. The exam will consist of 175 multiple-choice questions and will be delivered via paper-and-pencil administrations and computer based testing.
The 2012 exam administrations for Paper & Pencil Exams are scheduled: March 17, 2012 | June 23, 2012 | December 15, 2012.
The 2012 exam administrations for Computer Based Testing are scheduled: April 07 till May 19, 2012 | June 30 till August 11, 2012 | December 01 till January 12, 2013
Lead the way with the APICS CSCP
SCHEDULE 2012
WINTER (to be held in Brussels)
Preparation for the APICS CSCP certification date of the P&P exam: 17 March ’12. Date of the Computer Based Testing: 07 April till 19 May ’12.
Mondays: 9, 16, 23, 30 January; 06, 13, 27 February, 05 March.
SPRING (to be held in Antwerp)
Preparation for the APICS CSCP certification date of the P&P exam: 23 June ’12. Date of the Computer Based Testing: 30 June till 11 August ’12.
Mondays: 16, 23 April; 07, 14, 21 May; 04,11, 18 June
FALL (to be held in Brussels)
Preparation for the APICS CSCP certification date of the P&P exam: 15 December ’12. Date of the Computer Based Testing: 01 December till 12 January 2013.
Mondays: 01,08,15, 22 October; 05, 19, 26 November; 03 December
Participation fee
The fee per participant for the APICS CSCP Preparation course is 1.100€. PICS members get a 110€ discount.
The course participation fee is exclusive of 21% VAT, which shall be applied on the invoices.
The fee does not include the CSCP Learning System, which is the mandatory APICS course material 850€ (excl. VAT); The fee also does not include the voucher for the exams 850€ (excl. VAT). You can buy the bundle (exam voucher and learning material) when committed to take the exam the same year at 1450€ (excl. VAT). At the time of printing this brochure precise prices for the APICS CSCP Learning System and exam vouchers for certification exams in Belgium are not yet known. As soon as this information becomes available it will be published on the PICS Belgium website.
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