APICS CPIM Courseware Update

Date: November 18, 2009

CPIM Courseware Update

Jerry Kilty, CFPIM, CIRM, CSCP

Quality Management Solutions, Inc.
CPIM Courseware Update Plan

Three-year plan
2008: Rewrite BSCM
2009: Rewrite DSP and SMR
2010: Rewrite MPR and ECO

2008, 2009, and 2010: Update all courseware to be

consistent with the latest exam content manual (ECM)
Todays Agenda

Instructional design changes

Content changes in the new DSP
Content changes in the new SMR
Updates to MPR, ECO and BSCM
Preparing to teach
Summary
Instructional Design of New DSP
and SMR Courses
Learning Objectives

From: Specific, measurable

objectives to guide
instructor and students

To:
Example IG Page and
Transition Slide

Transition slide header in IG

corresponds to new transition slides
Smaller slide graphics
More instructor guidance
References given
One-column format
New icons
Example PW Pages

Updated and improved content

Problems and Solutions

Problem Icon

Solution Icon

Build Slide Icon

Problem 1.2 Solution

Unit
Quantity Inventory Usage Issue Unit Issue Value
Date Cost
Received Value ($) Quantity Cost ($) ($)
($)
March 10 0 14 0
April 100 10 1,000 70 14 980
May 100 12 1,200 30 14 420
40 12 480
June 100 14 1,400 60 12 720
10 10 100
July 16
Cost of goods sold = $2,700
July starting inventory of 90 at $10 $900
Vocabulary Check

ECM Key terminology

Reinforces dictionary definitions
Matching or crossword
Performance Check Answers
Wiki Activity

Second half of last session

Students work collaboratively to build a knowledge base
on several topics (similar to Wikipedia approach)
Students then write mock exam questions
Students take the mock exam
Added as appendix to MPR, ECO, DSP, and SMR
Content Changes To DSP
And SMR
New DSP and SMR Courses

Why the Change?

Update content to meet new 2010 ECM requirements
Improve the narrative
Improve participant content and instructor guidance
Include more interactions and activities
Reinforce key terminology
Make a visual impact
Improve the experience for the instructor and students
DSP Course Roadmap

Session:
1. Inventory policies
2. Inventory planning
3. Information used in the
material planning process
4. MRP mechanics: the basics
5. Using MRP outputs and
managing projects
6. Detailed capacity planning
7. Detailed capacity
management
8. Establishing supplier
relationships
9. Supplier partnerships and
review activity
Key Content Changes - DSP

New and improved performance check questions

Changed the MRP Mechanics section to be more
interactive
Expanded material planning content in project, flow and
lean environments
Updated the procurement section to support supplier-
customer collaboration and logistics approaches to
accelerating the supply chain
Key Content Changes - DSP (cont.)

Added ECM emphasis on:

Service industry content
Project management
Role of lean/JIT
in resolving sales and operations planning
conflicts
on improving throughput and reducing inventory,
and the financial implications thereof
Improved the process flow scheduling and line
balancing content
Reference ChangesDSP

APICS CPIM DSP reprints were updated from

2001 to 2010
SMR Course Roadmap

Session:
1. Developing the Business
Strategy
2. The Global Environment and
Sustainability
3. Operations Strategy
4. Operations Strategy
Choices and Financial
Measures
5. Aligning Operations with
Supply Chain Partners
6. Infrastructure Systems
7. Change Management
8. Case Studies and Review
Activity
Key Content Changes - SMR

Increased emphasis or expanded coverage of

Business strategy development (competitive forces,
SWOT analysis)
Role of operations strategy and performance
objectives in supporting the business strategy
Supply chain management strategies
Financial analysis/measurement of operations
Key Content Changes - SMR

New content in the following areas:

Supply network design and ownership issues
Expansion into foreign markets and globalization
Sustainability and corporate social responsibility
Risk assessment and mitigation
Key Content Changes - SMR

Case studies:
Encourage higher-level thinking
Format: Short scenario descriptions followed
by probing multiple choice questions
Cover both service and manufacturing firms
Instructor guide explains the answers
Key Content Changes - SMR

Six case studies covering seven topics:

Alignment of competitive and operations strategies
Operations strategy and performance objectives
Quality and operations management choices
Global competitive and operations strategy choices
Scale, capacity, and layout effects on operations
Quality systems and risk management/recovery
Differentiation between order winners and qualifiers
Reference Changes - SMR

All prior references have been replaced by new content

from selected textbook chapters and journal articles into
a sourcebook
The sourcebook is: APICS Strategic Management of
Resources References Sourcebook, Pearson Custom
Publishing, 2009.
An exception is the 12th edition of the APICS Dictionary,
which is not included in the sourcebook.
Reference Changes - SMR

Textbooks:
Slack et al., Operations and Process Management, 2nd ed.,
FTPrentice Hall, 2009
Thompson et al., Crafting & Executing Strategy, 15th ed.,
McGraw-Hill Irwin, 2007
Horngren et al.,, Financial and Managerial Accounting, 2nd ed.,
Prentice Hall, 2008.
Jacobs et al., Operations and Supply Management, 2nd ed.,
McGraw-Hill Irwin, 2009.
Reference Changes - SMR

Harvard Business Review Reprints:

Strategy and Society: The Link Between Competitive Advantage
and Corporate Social Responsibility
The Contradictions that Drive Toyotas Success
The Secrets to Successful Strategy Execution
Leading Change: Why Transformation Efforts Fail
Other Articles:
EMS and Sustainable Development: A Model and Comparative
Studies of Integration
Current Operational Practices of U.S. Small & Medium-Sized
Enterprises in Europe
Lean Accounting and Finance
Changes to MPR,
ECO, and BSCM
2010 ECM Reference Changes

BSCM:
BSCM reprints updated from 2006 to 2009
ECO:
Added: Intro. to Materials Management, Arnold et al.
Removed: Capacity Management by Blackstone
Removed: Managerial Accounting by Garrison et al.
MPR:
MPR reprints updated from 2007 to 2010
BSCM, ECO, MPR Changes

Course Edits from Edits from ECM Additional Information

Instructor Log Changes
BSCM 86 4 59 slides updated, 142 pages
changed
ECO 2 2 One new page on supplier
and customer service
measures; 12 pages changed
MPR 14 5 Nine slides updated, four new
slides, two new pages, 24
pages changed. Updates
include
Logistics resource planning
CPFR
Transportation performance
characteristics
Recommendations for
Preparing to Teach

For DSP and SMR

Order replacement instructor kits: $150 price is good
through March 31, 2010.
BSCM
Order $25 update kitprice good through July 1, 2010.

Pre-orders taken as of November 16, 2009

Official release for all materials is December 14, 2009
Recommendations for
Preparing to Teach (cont.)
MPR and ECO
Download net change documents and replacement
pages at www.apics.org/InstructorCenter/CPIM/
Downloads available December 14, 2009
Or order $25 update kits
All courses
Review new 2010 ECM and references
Summary
Summary

Extensive analysis led to 3-year update plan

Course rewrites include a new format and improved
instructional design.
Extensive content changes and updates were made
to DSP and SMR.
All course content was update to correspond to the
2010 ECM.
We gave recommendations for preparing to teach the
courses.
Acknowledgements

DSP
Richard Donahoue, CPIM, CSCP (Lead)
Tom Cox, CFPIM, CSCP
Susan Franks, CPIM, CSCP
Tom Geraghty, CPIM
Debra Hansford, CPIM, CIRM, CSCP, CPM, CPSM
Ed Kantor, CPIM
Carolyn Farr Sly, CSCP, CPIM, CPM
Acknowledgements

SMR
Chuck Nemer, CPI, MA-Leadership (Lead)
Pam Somers, CPIM CIRM CSCP
Michael Ford, CFPIM, CSCP
Tom Geraghty, CPIM
Richard Donahoue, CPIM, CSCP
Tom Cox, CFPIM, CSCP
Acknowledgements

MPR
Michael D. Ford, CFPIM, CSCP (Lead)
Howard Forman
ECO
Thomas Cox, CPIM, CSCP
Ed Kantor, CPIM
Rob van Stratum, CPIM CIRM, CSCP
BSCM
Thomas Geraghty, CPIM (Lead)
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