SCPro™ Certification, SCPro™ Fundamentals Certification, Online Supply Chain Training & Academic Case Studies at CSCMP
Established in 1963, the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP) is the preeminent worldwide professional association of Supply Chain Management professionals. The CSCMP is a non-profit association that provides leadership in the development, design and improvement in occupations that deal with logistics and management of supply chains.
CSCMP exists to provide opportunities for supply chain professionals to communicate in order to develop and improve their supply chain management skills; identify and conduct research which adds to the knowledge base of supply chain theory and practice; and create awareness of the significance of supply chain to business and to the economy.
CSCMP’s leadership role has been in providing unbiased and neutral professional education to individuals and corporations for over 40 years. This expertise is supported by the ability to provide world-class instructors from the ranks of the over 9,000 global members and from longstanding relationships with leading practitioners and the education community.
You can learn the latest supply chain trends and solutions when you attend CSCMP events. Choose from a variety of conferences, workshops, and seminars that focus on strategy, processes, fundamentals, and supply chain best practices. In addition, CSCMP event faculty is the best in the business. You will learn from supply chain experts who have had hands on experience with some of the most successful companies in the world.
Certification & Training Programs
SCPro Certification Program
- SCPro™ Certification: The SCPro™ certification program is a career development opportunity for supply chain professionals. Developed by industry experts in partnership with CSCMP, SCPro™ is a three-tiered certification program that assesses progressive knowledge, skills and abilities across supply chain activities. Candidates preparing for each level of the SCPro™ certification deepen their supply chain management knowledge, skills and abilities. Once earned, professionals must keep the certification current by fully meeting certification renewal requirements every three years.
- SCPro™ Level One: Cornerstones of Supply Chain Management assesses knowledge of eight elements of supply chain management through an exam comprised of multiple-choice questions.
- SCPro™ Level Two - Analysis and Application of Supply Chain Challenges: Analysis and Application of Supply Chain Challenges assesses ability to apply supply chain knowledge through a case study-based exam.
- SCPro™ Level Three - Initiation of Supply Chain Transformation: Initiation of Supply Chain Transformation assesses ability to demonstrate knowledge, skills, and abilities through completion of a well-defined project in a real-world setting. Successful completion of the project demonstrates the gamut of supply chain management skills needed to positively impact an organization.
- SCPro™ Bridge Exam: The SCPro™ Bridge Exam leverages the knowledge and credentials already earned by supply chain professionals by incorporating previously achieved professional credentials with CSCMP's SCPro™ Level One Certification. In order to sit for the SCPro™ Bridge Exam, candidates must - Currently hold professional credentials or certification from an accredited association OR An advanced degree (master’s degree or higher) in the supply chain or logistics AND Four years of relevant supply chain management experience.
SCPro Fundamentals Certification
- SCPro™ Fundamentals Certification: SCPro™ Fundamentals offers your business a comprehensive program to assess and train your supply chain team to operate at the highest level of effectiveness. The program offers 8 training certification tracks that can be taken individually or in combination with other tracks to increase expertise.
- Supply Chain Management Principles Track: The Supply Chain Management Principles certification track is a great place to start and is considered to be a ‘launch pad’ to begin your supply chain educational and certification process. It provides a high-level overview of each of the functions in a supply chain.
- Customer Service Operations Track: This certification track discusses the basics of customer service; sound communications; advice for dealing with challenging customers; the customer order and return processes (reverse logistics); jobs in customer service; and legal concerns.
- Transportation Operations Track: The Transportation Operations certification track provides the details for transporting goods. Transportation of goods often requires multiple modes of transportation. The combination of modes can vary depending on cost, values, dimensions, weights, frequencies, time-sensitive delivery requirements, and other special requirements (e.g., hazardous or refrigerated cargoes).
- Warehousing Operations Track: The Warehousing Operations certification track provides the basics of warehousing operations, including distribution centers and fulfillment centers. Key elements of the track include the role of warehousing and distribution centers in the supply chain, and the other key functions of processing goods: receiving, movement, storage, picking, packing, and packaging.
- Demand Planning Track: The Demand Planning certification track presents the details necessary to create and utilize a forecast to build an actual demand plan. Forecasting is a process that predicts customer demands.
- Inventory Management Track: The Inventory Management certification track provides the details to effectively plan for and manage inventory levels to satisfy customer demands and maximize organizational profitability.
- Manufacturing & Service Operations Track: The Manufacturing & Service Operations certification track provides a key element of the operations organization in a company.
- Supply Management & Procurement Track: The Supply Management & Procurement certification track presents the details of how goods and services are ordered by converting purchase requisitions, created by the demand planning organization, to purchase orders that are issued to suppliers. In this track, specific emphasis is placed on supplier identification, selection and approval, sourcing activities, negotiations with suppliers and the overall systematic selection of goods and services.
CSCMP Academic Case Study
- The CSCMP Academic Case Study Library is an excellent resource for any academic teaching in supply chain or logistics. Created and curated by the academic community, the cases below also offer teaching notes and data files to help fellow academics teach important lessons in the classroom.
E-Learning Topics
- Integrated SCM
- Demand Planning
- Transportation
- Supply Management
- Manufacturing
- Warehousing
- Inventory Management
- Order Fulfillment & Customer Service
SCM & CSCMP
- SCM Definition: Supply chain management encompasses the planning and management of all activities involved in sourcing and procurement, conversion, and all logistics management activities. Importantly, it also includes coordination and collaboration with channel partners, which can be suppliers, intermediaries, third party service providers, and customers. In essence, supply chain management integrates supply and demand management within and across companies.
- CSCMP History: CSCMP was originally founded as the National Council of Physical Distribution Management (NCPDM) in January 1963. NCPDM was formed by a visionary group of educators, consultants, and managers who envisioned the integration of transportation, warehousing, and inventory as the future of the discipline. At that time, physical distribution was just beginning to edge its way into the corporate lexicon and make its considerable presence felt in the business community. In 1985, recognizing the growing field of logistics, the association’s focus broadened as it changed its name to the Council of Logistics Management (CLM). It stayed that way until 2004 when CLM’s Executive Committee voted to become CSCMP, effective in 2005.