Certification Maintenance

Certification Maintenance

For more information and to assist you in keeping track of your certification points, click on the following links:

The Certification Maintenance program upholds both the objectives of the CPIM and CFPIM programs and APICS' vision to promote lifelong learning. The program recognizes that individuals are at various levels in their careers, come from a variety of industries, have differing educational needs and career goals, and have varying degrees of access to continuing education. Requirements for maintaining certification can be met through a variety of professional development activities.

Certification Maintenance Program Requirements
To maintain your hard-earned CPIM or CFPIM designations, you must demonstrate that you have participated in a variety of professional development activities. CPIMs must earn 75 professional development points and CFPIMs must earn 100 professional development points. The certification maintenance program runs in five-year intervals, commencing from the date of initial certification and ending on the last day of the month that initial certification was received.

Earning Professional Development Points
Many activities from a wide variety of sources are accepted for professional development points toward Certification Maintenance. The Certification Maintenance Bulletin provides the official guidelines for accepted activities and points earned. Please use the Professional Development Journal to keep track of your professional development points.

You may view a list of topics and activities considered operations management related. This list is a compilation of responses to candidate inquiries regarding the eligibility of specific topics and activities. It is not an exhaustive list—it is presented only as a sample of some of the topics that fall under the definition of "operations management related."

New! Earn Points through the APICS CSCP Program

With the launch of the APICS Certified Supply Chain Professional (CSCP) program in 2005, APICS added two ways to earn certification maintenance points. Individuals who earn a certificate of completion for the APICS CSCP Learning System will receive 30 points and those who pass the CSCP exam will receive an additional 20 points.
Our local contact in the Philadelphia Area Network for Certification Maintenance is Barbara Craft. If Barbara cannot help you she will direct you to someone who can.

Here are a few an examples for counting your points: Please see the Official Certification Bulletin for all the potential sources of points.

APICS Membership (6 points per year)
APICS CSCP Learning System (30 points for earning a certificate of completion)
APICS CPIM and CIRM Exams (10 points earned for each exam passed)
APICS Conference & Exposition (24 points for full conference registration and attendance)
APICS Educational Offerings (1 point per instructional hour)
Membership in other Professional Societies related to resource management (1 point per year)
PAN-APICS Professional Development Meeting (generally 1 point per meeting)
Chair of a Standing Chapter or Region Committee (2 points per year)
Member of a Standing Chapter or Region Committee (1 point per year)
Presentation Relating to Resource Management (2 points per hour)

Application Submission Process
Once you have earned the correct number of professional development points, submit your completed Certification Maintenance Application, Professional Development Journal, and processing fee no later than the last day of the anniversary month in which you were certified.


*Example 1*		Points
Five Years of APICS Membership		30
2006 Congress for Progress		27
Three Years Other Society		3
Ten PDMs in Last Three Years		10
CPIM Exam 2003		10
PAN-APICS One-Day Workshop		8
		88 Total Points
*Example 2*
Five Years of APICS Membership		30
2007 Congress for Progress		27
PAN-APICS One-Day Workshop		8
		65 Total Points

Person Number One has enough points (75) for their CPIM Maintenance. Person Number Two is short 10 points for their CPIM Maintenance. Please remember it is a lot easier to earn points than take CPIM exams. You worked hard for your credentials, do not risk losing them. Count up your points!