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Other APICS Certifications

Other Educational Opportunities from APICS             

Certified in Integrated Resource Management

CIRM is a comprehensive educational program designed to help you understand the power of collaboration among organizational resources such as product development, marketing/sales, human resources, finance, and operations. The CIRM program enables you to effectively interact with cross-functional departments for more strategic decision making, enhanced collaboration, and improved productivity.

Benefits of CIRM:  a CIRM education can help you to

• Gain a greater understanding of the strategy and role of the value-driven enterprise
• Collaborate with internal and external suppliers for enhanced profitability
• Initiate and manage change within the organization
• Understand the integrated planning of supply chain resources and business processes required to deliver products and services to customers
• Translate customer demand into requirements for value-added products and services
• Convert a need into a product or service that meets the expectations of customers
• Apply strategic decision-making skills to solve enterprise wide issues. Who should earn the CIRM designation? Any professional who would benefit from a complete understanding of the interrelationships between major business function in an enterprise is an ideal candidate for CIRM education

CIRM Exam Modules:

• The CIRM designation is awarded upon successful completion of exams covering the following five modules.
• Enterprise Concepts and Fundamentals Enterprise Concepts and Fundamentals introduces the strategic fundamentals of the value-driven enterprise, the management concepts of organizational design and structure, and the basic business processes that will be covered in the CIRM curriculum. Topics include
• Strategic Fundamentals Management Concepts Business Processes Support Functions.
• Designing Products and Processes This module examines the systems, approaches, and strategies used by an enterprise to convert a need or innovation into a product, process, or service that meets the expectations of both the enterprise and the customer. Examine the activities in the design process, which include organizing and defining the design team, determining the resources needed, identifying the work to be done and the anticipated output from the work, doing the actual work, and measuring the results. Topics include
• Comprehension and Translation of Requirements Work Structure (Planning and Implementing a Design Project) Performance Assessment of the Design Process Continuous Improvement and Innovations.
• Delivering Products and Services The Delivering Products and Services module expands on the concept of the value-driven enterprise, which was introduced in the Enterprise Concepts and Fundamentals module. Learn how to integrate an enterprise's systems, approaches, and strategies to make the transition from concept to product and from customer expectation to product delivery. Understand the integrated planning and control of supply chain resources and business processes—including producers, distributors, and customers—that are required to deliver products and services to customers. Topics include
• Identification of the Delivery Strategy Execution and Assessment Continuous Improvement and Innovation.
• Identifying and Creating Demand Identifying and Creating Demand presents the strategies and tactics that identify, define, and quantify customer wants and needs. It also demonstrates how to translate requirements into value-added products and services. Topics include
• Marketing Input to the Business Plan Sales Customer Ordering and Service Performance Measurement.
• Integrated Enterprise Management Follow the relationships and interactions of functional groups working toward a common goal. This final module acts as a capstone of the whole CIRM educational program. Uniting all the areas covered in the other four modules, Integrated Enterprise Management applies strategic thinking to enterprise-wide issues, such as the integration of individuals within teams, functions, and the enterprise, and the evolution of an enterprise within its environment and over time. Topics include
• Personal Skills and Teamwork Necessary for the Individual to Succeed in an Integrated Enterprise Making Change Happen Functions and Their Integration within the Enterprise The Enterprise in the Environment The Enterprise Through Time.

Certified Fellow in Production and Inventory Management

Certified Fellow in Production and Inventory Management

"Earning APICS' CPIM and CFPIM designations has enhanced my credibility as a knowledge resource in demand and supply chain management both inside and outside DuPont Company."

Stephen T. Desirey, CFPIM Manager, Business Planning SAP DuPont Company

Once you earn your CPIM designation, you are eligible to take your professional credentials to the next level with the Certified Fellow in Production and Inventory Management (CFPIM) program. The CFPIM designation is awarded to an elite group of professionals who share their knowledge with others through presenting, publishing, teaching, and participating in other professional development activities.

CFPIM Application and Instructions:

• CFPIM Activities Presentations Earn points for any talk given either before an APICS or non-APICS audience, including the APICS International Conference and Exposition presentations, APICS national or regional conference talks, non-APICS conferences, dinner meetings, or workshop presentations.
• Published Works Eligible works include any article in APICS magazine, Production & Inventory Management Journal, Journal of Operations Management, a chapter submitted for the APICS handbook, or an article in a non-APICS magazine or journal.
• Classroom Instruction Claim one point for each hour of classroom instruction made to an APICS audience or non-APICS audience as long as the content relates to the APICS body of knowledge.
• Additional Activities Earn points for officially sanctioned CPIM or CIRM workshops or for contributing to the expansion of the CPIM program by, for example, participating in APICS courseware review.
• Maintain Your CFPIM Designation To maintain the currency of your hard earned CFPIM designation, you must participate in the Certification Maintenance program.