APICS / SAPICS Career Path 

Education Framework and Career Path

Recommended Entry Requirements SAPICS Education Programs APICS International Education / Certification Programs
APICS Eligibilty Requirements -Diploma / Degree

+ 5 Years working experience in the field of SC /Operations Management or

CPIM or CIRM

 

 

 

CSCP (Certified Supply Chain Professional)

(4 domains)

  • Supply Chain Management Fundamentals
  • Building competitive Operations, Planning and Logistics
  • Mangaging Customer and Supplier Relationships
  • Using IT to enable  Supply Chain Management.
Diploma / Degree

+ 2 years working experience in the field of SC / Operations Managment   
  CPIM (Certified in Production & Inventory Management)  

(Total of 5 Modules incl. BSCM)

  • Master Planning of Resources
  • Detailed Scheduling and Planning
  • Execution and Control of Operations
  • Strategic Management of Resources
Matric + 5 years working experience in the field of SC / Operations Management Programme in operations Mangement (5 modules)

  • Introduction to Operations Management
  • Operations Planning
  • Detailed Planning
  • Operations Scheduling
  • Operations Strategy Mangement
  • Principles of Production & Inventory Management
  • Warehouse Management in Practice
  • Inventory Management
  • Sales & Distribution in Practice
  • Basics of Stores & Stock Control
  • Basics of Production & Inventory Management
APICS CPIM Basics of Supply Chain Management (BSCM)

(CPIM module one)
 Matric + 2 Years working experience in the field of SC / Operations Management   APICS Fundamental Program(4 Modules)
  • Fundamentals of Inventory Control
  • Fundamentals of Planning
  • Fundamentals of Manufactruing Control
  • Fundamentals of Operations Management
 Up to Matric Not Applicable