APICS, the Association for Operations Management
About APICS
APICS, the Association for Operations Management, is a global leader and premier source of the body of knowledge in operations management, including production, inventory, supply chain, materials management, purchasing, and logistics. Since 1957, individuals and companies have relied on APICS for its superior training, internationally recognized certifications, comprehensive resources, and worldwide network of accomplished industry professionals.
SkillSoft recognizes the importance of APICS to many of its clients, particularly those in the manufacturing, distribution and service sectors, and although SkillSoft does not offer courseware that is aligned toward APICS certification programs, our courses cover a wide range of subjects that support the professional development of APICS certification holders, and the time spent in training with many of SkillSoft courses can be applied toward the accumulation of professional development points, which are required to maintain a certification.
Certification
APICS offers two certification programs, Certified in Production and Inventory Management, and Certified Supply Chain Professional. APICS certifications are recognized worldwide as standards of professional excellence and quality within the manufacturing and service industries.
Maintaining a certification
The APICS Certification Maintenance Program uses professional development points as a way for certification holders to track their certification maintenance activities. APICS CPIM and APICS CSCP designees must earn a total of 75 professional development points within five years of receiving their designation. APICS CFPIM designees must earn a total of 100 professional development points in the same 5-year time period.
APICS offers certification holders a wide range of activities for achieving professional development points to fit into each person's professional circumstances and his/her career development plans. (See the APICS site here for full details.) Continuing Education is among the many activities that APICS approves for Professional Development Points and courses taken in any of the subject areas listed below would be eligible.
SkillSoft's Business Skills and IT courseware libraries include hundreds of courses that align with these subject areas for which learners may be eligible for 3 professional development points for each course completed.
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Access Accounting Accounting Management Accounting Software Training Analysis and Decision Making Asset Management Basics of Supply Chain Management Bottleneck Management and Production Sequencing Business Forecasting Business Law Business Policy Business Process Modeling and Redesign Business Process Reengineering Business Psychology Business Statistics C++ Certified Public Accountants Exam Preparation CIRM Certification Review Courses Computer Communication Computer Organization Computer Software Training Course CPIM Certification Review Courses CPM Review Courses Critical Thinking Database Management Demand - Flow Techniques Distribution Resource Planning (DRP) Economics Enterprises Resource Planning (ERP) Executive Management Finance Financial Analysis Financial Integration Global Dimensions in Business Human Resource Management Industrial Engineering Integrative Planning and Control International Purchasing Inventory Management Inventory Software Training Invoicing Location and Lot Control (Warehousing) Management Management Accounting Management of Information Systems Technology Management of the Total Enterprise Managerial Accounting Managerial Ethics |
Managerial Finance Managing Business Information Systems Manufacturing Planning Manufacturing System Training Marketing Marketing Management Master Planning Material and Capacity Requirements Planning Meetings Management MGI Home Study Courses Material Requirements Planning (MRP) Multi-Site Implementation Strategies New Product Development Object-Oriented Abstraction and Design Operating Systems Operations Analysis Operations Management Optimizing Financial Goals Within the Supply Chain Order Processing Organizational Behavior Organizational Development Philosophy of Values and Ethics Policy Formulation Principles of Management Production Control Production Management Production Planning Project Management Project Management for Information Systems Purchasing Quality Management Resource Management Sales Delivery and Invoicing Sales Orders SAP Training Secured Credit Statistical Analysis Statistical Inventory Control Statistical Methods Strategic Management and Policy Structured Programming Applications Team Building Theory of Constraints Transportation Management Warehouse Management Warehousing |
Reporting Professional Development Points
APICS certification holders should contact APICS directly for instructions and guidelines for reporting their certification maintenance activities.
