PROFESSIONALS WITH THE CPIM DESIGNATION SEE SIGNIFICANTLY IMPROVED HIRING POTENTIAL AND AN AVERAGE 14% SALARY INCREASE*

Thousands of employers around the world look for the APICS CPIM designation when making critical hiring decisions. These companies know that APICS CPIM designees have the proven knowledge and skills to strategically streamline operations. The APICS CPIM is designed for production and inventory control professionals across all industries.

To earn the CPIM designation, a professional must pass two exams to demonstrate mastery of essential terminology, concepts, and strategies related to production and inventory management. The San Diego CITD and DSN for Global Trade & Logistics, in collaboration with the San Diego Chapter of APICS, is offering courses designed to prepare professionals for each of the certification exams.

Course: APICS CPIM Part 2: Advanced Supply Chain for Internal Operations (formerly MPR, DSP, SMR, and ECO)

Master Planning and Resources (MRP)

You will explore processes used to develop sales and operations plans, identify and assess internal and external demand and forecasting requirements, and effect an achievable master schedule consistent with business policies, objectives and resource constraints.

Detailed Scheduling and Planning (DSP)

This course focuses on material and capacity scheduling and planning. It starts with a discussion of inventory management as it relates to order planning and customer service. It includes a detailed explanation of material requirements planning (MRP), a technique suitable for use in job shops. The course also introduces another material planning technique: material-dominated scheduling, which is applicable to process industries and other mature production environments. The course explains capacity requirements planning in detail and introduces other capacity-planning techniques, including processor-dominated scheduling.

Strategic Management of Resources (SMR)

Choosing appropriate methodologies and techniques for specific needs, and acquiring an appreciation for the integration nature of operations.

Execution and Control of Operations (ECO)

Students will gain expertise in prioritizing and sequencing work, executing work plans, implementing controls, reporting activity results and evaluating and providing feedback on performance. The course explains techniques for scheduling and controlling production and process operations. It also addresses the execution of quality initiatives, continuous improvement plans and controlling and handling inventories. Students also will learn how to evaluate performance and collect data for effective feedback.

This course is 13 weeks and meets once per week on Wednesdays from 6 PM - 9 PM on the following dates: 02/21/18, 02/28/18, 03/07/18, 03/14/18, 03/21/18, 04/04/18, 04/11/18, 04/18/18, 04/25/18, 05/02/18, 05/09/18, 05/16/18, 05/23/18

For full description of course content, visit http://apicssd.starchapter.com/content.php?page=CPIM

If you are interested in purchasing or upgrading an APICS membership, go to http://apics-sd.org