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Introducing the APICS CPIM Recertification Exam


APICS is pleased to announce that a new certification product is being 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 had been required to retake all five CPIM exams. Instead, candidates now can renew their certifications by taking a single exam. This exam will be available only through December 31, 2011. 

The three-hour exam will consist of 120 multiple-choice questions. It 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.

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

Visit apics.org/recertification to learn more about the program, eligibility guidelines, exam delivery, costs, application information, and study options.

APICS will be actively marketing the exam and encourages partners to help spread the word to individuals who can benefit from this limited-time offer.

If you have any questions regarding the APICS CPIM Recertification Exam, please email certification@apics.org.

Register for the APICS CSCP July/August CBT Exam
Help your members gain the competitive edge they need to get ahead. Earning an APICS CSCP designation is the first step to enhancing employment marketability. Give your chapter members the opportunity to become an APICS CSCP by registering for the July/August APICS CSCP CBT exam. The APICS CSCP CBT exam window is July 3-August 7, 2010.  For more information, including application, registration processes, testing locations, and exam dates, visit apics.org/cscp.


Read all about our very own Mary Ann Mauldwin and Ford Racing.

In an article written by Mark Yost, the author of "Varsity Green: A Behind the Scenes Look at Culture and Corruption in College Athletics" read all about Mary Ann Mauldwin's success with Nascar. Click the link below to access the full story.

"The Nascar season kicks off this weekend in Daytona, Fla., and Ford Motor Co. is hoping to return to championship form. Ford has a competent stable of drivers, with Carl Edwards and Matt Kenseth among them, but its title chances may very well rest with a 57-year-old former middle-school teacher named Mary Ann Mauldwin.

Her official title at Roush & Yates Racing Engines is director of operations, but what she really does is look for waste and inefficiency. Hired five years ago by Ford's primary Nascar-engine builder, Ms. Mauldwin has overseen a complete restructuring of the business, changing everything from inventory control to how the engines are put together."

The Wall Street Journal, February 4, 2010; "At Ford Racing, Quality (Control is Job One"


    


 
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