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