APICS North Shore Chapter - Certification Maintenance

Many CPIMs, CFPIMs and CSCPs are due for their 5-year recertification. In order to maintain your certification, you must update your Professional Development Journal, and submit it with your Certification Maintenance application and $75 or $150 application processing fee by your deadline.

Reminders will be communicated on a monthly basis, however, the onus is on each member to keep their contact information up-to-date, and to keep an eye on their Certification expiration date. Your certification expiration date should be listed on your last membership renewal letter, immediately under your membership expiration date. For more information visit:
http://www.apics.org/certification/maintenance/default.htm.

If you suspect that your contact information may not have been up-to-date at some point, we urge you to call or email the National Association to verify your certification expiration date and certification maintenance application deadline:

Toll Free: 800.444.2742
Email: certmain@apics.org

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. For more information, scroll to the RECERTIFICATION ANNOUNCEMENT at the bottom of this page.

Once you've achieved APICS certification, you must do the following to maintain the use of your 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.

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 six points per year (or 30 points total). Other professional memberships directly related to Operations and/or Supply Chain Management (e.g. ISM [formerly NAPM] or PMAB) count for one point per year.

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

All-day seminars that are directly related to an Operations and/or Supply Chain Management topic may count for six to eight points (one point per hour of instruction).

The North Shore Chapter can provide you with assistance such as attendance lists to PDMs, newsletter copies, and so forth. If you need assistance, please contact Adrienne Galbraith at newsletter@apics-northshore.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 or Certification Bulletin for details. Certification Bulletins are available at http://www.apics.org/certification/maintenance/default.htm.

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.

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.