Certification Maintenance - APICS Heartland District

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APICS Certification:
Why
How
Maintenance
Karen Schiebout, CPIM, CSCP
The Importance of Certification
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Your Career
Your Chapter
Yourself
Careers
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Global recognition
Over 98,000 certified individuals
CPIM is well recognized
Enhance your credibility with your organization
Gain knowledge about resource management
Your Chapter
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Opportunities to network with others
Learn with others
Get enthused about your career path
Talk the same language
Opportunities to teach
Yourself
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Gain knowledge
Accomplishment
Recognition
Get a better job
Prove that you can
Paths to certification
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Self Study
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Purchase materials
Student material
CPIM Exam Content manual\
Study groups
Internet
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www.apics.org
Fox Valley classes
How to’s
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Take a chapter sponsored class
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Study with other candidates
Commit yourself to one night/day per week
Peer pressure is a good thing
Company classes
Just do it
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It’s not easy
75 questions, 3 hours
Five tests
CPIM
• Basics
• Master Planning
• Execution and Control
• Detail Scheduling
• Strategic Management of Resources
But it’s worth it
CSCP
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One test
175 questions
Four Hours
Computer Based
Must Pre-qualify
Exam Windows
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July
December
What are the Benefits of Maintaining Your
APICS Certification?
Improve Performance:
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Preserves the currency of hard-earned
certification credentials.
Improves your job performance.
Increases your competitive advantage.
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Maintaining Your APICS Certification:
Demonstrate Value:
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Demonstrates commitment to your career that
distinguishes you from others.
Positions you as leader in changing fields.
Facilitates networking with other professionals and
organizations.
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Maintaining Your APICS Certification,
cont’d:
Achieve Professional Goals:
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Is essential for career growth and advancement.
Increases your value to an organization.
Exposes you to ideas beyond scope of current
position.
APICS Certification Maintenance
Requirements
Certification maintenance:
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applies to both APICS CPIM and CSCP.
requires 75 educational points every 5 years for
APICS CPIM and APICS CSCP certified.
requires 100 educational points every 5 years for
APICS CFPIM certified individuals.
You will be notified via email
Certification points
There are four ways to get certification points
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Continuing Education
Presentations, publications, educational development
Service to the organization
Professional membership
Continuing Education
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Consider all the learning available to APICS
members
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Conference, seminar, workshop or webinar
Item writing workshop
District meeting with educational component
Continuing Education-Page 2
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CPIM review course or CSCP Learning System
Course offered by a degree granting institution
Training program by your company or other
organization such as SCOR, ASTL,ISM, CSCMP,
ASTD etc.
Presentations, Publications, Educational
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2 points per instructional hour up to 60 points
relating to operations management
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Conferences, 24 points for APICS International
Conference
Courses including certification review
Meetings (instructional)
Seminars
Tutorials
Workshops
Publications
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2 points per published article in a
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Book
Magazine
Newsletter
Proceedings
Publications Continued
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5 points for original research that is published and
distributed
30 points for written and published books
10 points for any published material that is listed as
an APICS certification reference
Service to the Operations Management
Profession
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At the association level
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5 points per year –officer governing board
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4 points per year –member governing board
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4 points year per chair of functional committee
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2 points per year-member of committee
Service Continued
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Chapter/District Level
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3 points per year officer of governing board
president, VP, secretary-treasurer
2 points per year member of governing board
VP membership or Education
2 points per year as chair of a committee
1 point per year as member of committee
Professional Membership
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6 points per year for APICS membership
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1 point per year for membership in other
organizations
Example of How to Reach 75 Points
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6 points per year for being an APICS member (5
years total, or 30 maintenance points)
24 points for attending the APICS International
Conference & Expo, Orlando, 2013
7 points for attending a seven hour Seminar Series
15 points for being an SMR Certification Committee
member
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membership
24
conference
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7
seminar
+ 15
= 76 points
committee membership
What happens if the deadline is missed?
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APICS will help you get back on track
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Participants have 5 years from the suspension of their
CPIM to submit
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Requires an additional 15 points per year beyond the due
date
How to Apply for APICS Certification
Maintenance
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Apply online or download PDF APICS
certification maintenance forms at
apics.org/maintain
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CPIM
https://www.apics.org/careers-education-professionaldevelopment/certification/maintenance/form
CSCP:
https://www.apics.org/careers-education-professionaldevelopment/certification/maintenance/form
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Costs
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Fees:
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Member price $75.
Nonmember price $150.
Questions?
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Visit the APICS FAQ page.
Read the APICS CPIM/APICS CFPIM certification
maintenance bulletin
Read the APICS CSCP certification maintenance
bulletin
QUESTIONS
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