APICS North Shore Chapter - Certification Maintenance

For many recertification candidates, your application will be due on your certification date. Please note that your certification date may not be the date on your CPIM certificate. Call APICS Customer Service at (800) 444-2742 to check when your paperwork is due.

If you find that your certification has expired, the APICS CPIM Recertification Exam provides a unique opportunity to individuals whose CPIM credentials have expired and previously were required to retake all five CPIM exams. Instead, candidates now can renew their certification by taking one exam. This exam is a limited-time offering and will be available only through December 31, 2011. For more information, scroll to the bottom of this page.

Once you've achieved APICS certification, you must do the following to maintain the use of your CPIM or CFPIM designation:

track points you earn over a 5 year period
record these points in your Professional Development Journal
fill out and submit an application by your 5-year deadline

repeat this cycle every 5 years till you apply for lifetime certification at age 62.

You should begin counting points as soon as you become certified. Those certified prior to 1/1/98 may count points for activities held on or after August 18, 1997.

For each 5 year cycle, you need 75 points for CPIM, and 100 for CFPIM. A partial listing of how to earn points follows.

APICS membership counts for 6 points per year (or 30 points total). Other professional memberships directly related to Resource Management (e.g. ISM [formerly NAPM] or PMAB) count for 1 point per year.

Every APICS North Shore Chapter Professional Development Meeting (PDM) that you attend counts as 1 point (one point per hour of instruction). We hold at least 8 meetings each year. (That's a total of 40 points over 5 years, if you attend!)

All-day seminars that are directly related to a Resource Management topic may count for 6-8 points (one point per hour of instruction).

If you were certified on or before 12/31/98, your application (with points earned) was due in 2008, and will be due again in 2013, 2018, etc., in the same month your certification was received.

If you were certified on or after 1/1/99 your application (with points earned) is due 5 years after your initial certification was/is received.

To be sure of your original certification date (it may not be the date on your certificate) please call APICS Customer Service at (800) 444-2742 or send an email to service@apicshq.org

One year before your application is due, you should receive an electronically scannable application form from APICS. All information from your Professional Development Journal must be transferred to this application. The application must be turned in by your deadline.

If you do not meet the deadline, your certification will be suspended and you must follow a more rigorous procedure to regain the use of your CPIM or CFPIM designation. Refer to your information package for details.

RECERTIFICATION ANNOUNCEMENT

APICS is pleased to announce that a new certification product has been developed this year. The APICS Certified in Production and Inventory Management (CPIM) Recertification Exam was approved by the APICS Leadership Team in February 2010.

The APICS CPIM Recertification Exam provides a unique opportunity to individuals whose CPIM credentials have expired and previously were required to retake all five CPIM exams. Instead, candidates now can renew their certification by taking one exam. This exam is a limited-time offering and will be available only through December 31, 2011.

The three-hour exam will consist of 120 multiple-choice questions. The test will include 30 items taken from each of the following modules: Detailed Scheduling and Planning, Master Planning of Resources, Execution and Control of Operations, and Strategic Management of Resources. There will be no unscored items on this exam.

First APICS Recertification Exam:
Candidates will have the opportunity to take a paper-and-pencil exam at the 2010 APICS International Conference & Expo in Las Vegas, Nevada. The exam is scheduled for October 17, 2010. The next opportunity to take the exam will be in December 2010.

Who Is Eligible?
To be eligible for the APICS CPIM Recertification Exam, candidates must have obtained their CPIM before the year 2000 and have expired CPIM credentials.

Eligibility Process and Cost:
Candidates will be required to go through an eligibility process that will verify that the candidates previously earned the APICS CPIM designation. Applications will be reviewed, and candidates will be notified if they qualify. Once the application is approved, candidates will be able to register online or by phone with Pearson VUE. There is a non-refundable application fee of $150. The cost of the exam is $425 for members and $575 for nonmembers. Candidates who are unsuccessful on their first attempt can retake the exam at a discounted rate of $350.

Visit http://www.apics.org/recertification to learn more about the program, exam delivery, costs, application information and study options to prepare for the exam.