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.

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) is due in 2003, 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.