Certifications

BBOpEx is an ASCM Accredited Consulting Partner continuously providing the industry leading APICS certifications and training you’ve come to trust through inhouse performance driven interventions.
Enhance your skills and advance your career with APICS certifications. Using the APICS body of knowledge, study materials, resources and certifications, our certifications prepare you with the kind of supply chain knowledge that recruiters value.

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Certified in Planning and Inventory Management (CPIM)

The APICS Certified in Planning and Inventory Management (CPIM) provides a comprehensive body of knowledge, best practices and standards to allow candidates to better respond to supply disruptions, respond to demand variations and manage supply chain risk. CPIM serves the needs of both professionals and employers around the world by making you a more valuable asset to your organization and keeping you and your organization more competitive in today’s global economy.

WHY SHOULD I EARN THE CPIM?

The pandemic caused a major shift in consumer demand and put a spotlight on supply chain vulnerabilities. This makes planning more important than ever, and CPIM learning material reflects that. Earning the APICS CPIM demonstrates mastery of an organization’s internal operations and an in-depth understanding of materials management, master scheduling, forecasting, production planning and how it applies across the extended supply chain. After earning the CPIM you will be able to:

• Increase inventory accuracy and reduce inventory
• Improve forecasting
• Improve the S&OP process
• Manage and apply capacity resource planning
• Work more productively with your company’s ERP system

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Certified Supply Chain Professional (CSCP)

Demonstrate knowledge of the essential technology, concepts and strategies in today’s extended supply chain.

Why Seek the CSCP Designation?

Supply Chain Mastery – Supply chains drive growth. Good leaders are key to ensuring the supply chain organization is performing at its peak and contributing to the health of the business. The APICS Certified Supply Chain Professional (CSCP) program helps professionals demonstrate mastery of supply chain management best practices. CSCP designees are distinguished as industry experts with specialized, high-level knowledge and skills.

APICS CSCP education is essential if you are:

• Interested in increasing your knowledge and expertise in the field of global supply chain management, specifically customer relations, international trade, information technology enablement and physical logistics

• Consulting or facilitating supply chain functions or working with ERP systems

• Creating a common standard of understanding, vocabulary, resources and frameworks within your company to address supply chain challenges and opportunities

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Certified in Logistics, Transportation and Distribution (CLTD)

The APICS Certified in Logistics, Transportation and Distribution (CLTD) provides a comprehensive body of knowledge, best practices and standards for those in the logistics, transportation and distribution industries. CLTD serves the needs of both professionals and employers around the world by making you a more valuable asset to your organization and keeping you and your organization more competitive in today’s global economy.

WHY SHOULD I EARN THE CLTD?

Earning the APICS CLTD demonstrates expertise in streamlining and optimizing logistics, transportation and distribution including order management, distribution inventory management and warehouse management.

After earning your CLTD you will be able to:

• Improve distribution inventory management

• Develop and monitor warehouse performance metrics

• Identify and mitigate risk in logistics and transportation

• Manage and execute orders with an emphasis on logistics

• Identify and maintain optimal inventory levels including costs, controls and policy

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Supply Chain Operations Reference (SCOR) model

The Supply Chain Operations Reference (SCOR) model is the world’s leading supply chain framework, linking business processes, performance metrics, practices and people skills into a unified structure.

Why SCOR framework?

• Increase the speed of system implementations
• Support organizational learning goals
• Improve inventory turns

The SCOR framework is available only to ASCM members, contact us pfe@bbopex.co.za to learn more.