APICS Certified in Planning and Inventory Management (CPIM) Courses -- Version 7 content
- CPIM Part 1 (previously called "Basics of Supply Chain Management")
- Supply Chain Overview
- Operational Objectives to Meet Competitive Priorities
- Marketing Strategies
- Fundamentals of Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP)
- Manufacturing Strategies
- KPI's and Metrics
- Fundamentals of Demand Management
- Creating a Product Road Map
- Product Development
- Characteristics of Demand
- Forecasting
- Plan Supply
- Master Production Schedule (MPS)
- Material Requirements Planning (MRP)
- Capacity Requirements Planning (CRP)
- Final Assembly Scheduling
- Closing the Loop
- Executing the Supply Plan
- Purchasing
- Execution & Control
- Flow Processes
- Batch Processes
- Bottleneck Management
- Inventory Management
- Inventory Investment and Days of Supply
- Safety Stock
- Item Segmentation
- Order Quantity and Item Replenishment
- Tracking Inventory Through the Supply Chain
- Basics of Reverse Logistics
- Inventory Accuracy Audits
- Addressing Inventory Loss
- Planning and Managing Distribution Inventory
- Continuous Improvement, Quality Management and Technologies
- Continuous Improvement
- Information, Process, and Emerging Technologies
- CPIM Part 2 (previously 4 separate courses - MPR, DSP, ECO & SMR)
- Strategy
- Environment and Strategy
- Strategic Scope
- Strategic Objectives
- Developing Organizational Strategy
- Executing and Monitoring Strategy
- Analysis for Functional and Operational Strategies
- Functional and Operational Strategies
- Processes and Layouts
- Performance Monitoring and KPI's
- Risk Management
- Capital Equipment and Facilities
- Sustainability Strategies
- Sales & Operations Planning
- Purpose of S&OP
- S&OP Roles and Processes
- Aggregate Demand and Supply Plans
- Rreconciling S&OP Plans
- Demand
- Demand Management
- Customers
- Marketing and Product Management
- Sources of Demand
- Forecasting
- Forecast Performance
- Supply
- Creating the Master Schedule
- Using and Maintaining the Master Schedule
- Rough-Cut Capacity Planning
- MRP Design
- Using and Managing MRP
- CRP and MRP-Based Scheduling
- Final Assembly Schedule
- Suppliers
- Purchasing
- Product Costing
- Changes and Supply Distruptions
- Product Life Cycle Management
- Inventory
- Inventory Planning
- Inventory Management
- Inventory Costs, Values, and Metrics
- Inventory Control
- Waste Hierarchy and Reverse Logistics
- Detailed Schedules
- Planning Detailed Schedules
- Scheduling and PAC Methods
- Production Schedules
- Using Detailed Schedules
- Distribution
- Planning Distribution
- Replenishment and Order Management
- Reverse Logistics in Distribution Network
- Quality, Continuous Improvement, and Technology
- Quality
- Continuous Improvement
- Technology
For more information about CPIM content and classes, please email CPIM@AkronAPICS.org