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Certification Maintenance
Certification Maintenance
Maintain Your Hard-Earned CPIM or CFPIM Designation!
To keep your CPIM or CFPIM status current and avoid suspension of your credentials, you must demonstrate that you have maintained your certification through the APICS Certification Maintenance program every five years. To maintain your hard earned designation, CPIMs must earn 75 professional development points, and CFPIMs must earn 100 professional development points.
Follow the link below to obtain more details on the Certification Maintenance.
Application Submissions
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.
I. Continuing Education (No Maximum for Points Earned)
- Conference, Seminar, Workshop
- Professional Development Meeting (PDM)
- Degreed Course
- APICS Exam
- Independent Study
II. Presentations, Publications, and Educational Development (Max Points: CPIM=60; CFPIM=80)
- Teaching Courses, Tutorials, Seminars, workshops
- Unpublished Presentations
- Published and Distributed article, presentation, chapter or
contribution - Published original research
- Published book
III. Contributions to the Resource Management Profession (No maximum for points earned)
- Society-level board officer
- Society-level member of a governing board
- Society-level chair of a standing committee
- Society-level member of a standing committee
- Chapter/Region-level officer of a governing board
- Chapter/Region-level member of a governing board
- Chapter/Region -level chair of a standing committee
- Chapter/Region -level member of a standing committee
IV. Professional Membership (No maximum for points earned)
- APICS membership
- Other resource management-related organization membership
Total Points Required: CPIM=75; CFPIM=100 every 5 years
1 point per full hour of production
1 point per full hour of production
1 point per full hour of production
10 points per exam passed
3 points per program completed
2 points per full hour of instruction
2 points per full hour of instruction
2 points per article / contribution
5 points per publication
30 points per book
5 points per year of service
4 points per year of service
4 points per year of service
2 points per year of service
3 points per year of service
2 points per year of service
2 points per year of service
1 point per year of service
6 points per year
1 point per year
APICS CPIM/CFPIM Certification Maintenance
New CPIM Recertification Exam
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.
APICS CPIM Recertification Exam
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 un scored items on this exam.
First APICS Recertification Exam
Candidates will have the opportunity to take a paper-and-pencil exam at the 2010 APICS International Conference & Expo in Las Vegas, Nevada. The exam is scheduled for October 17, 2010. The next opportunity to take the exam will be in December 2010.
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 apics.org/recertification to learn more about the program, exam delivery, costs, application information and study options to prepare for the exam.
