What are your thoughts on APICS CSCP certification? Is it truly worth the time? Industrial engineer with 2 YOE, looking for advise on whether is a good investment or not. Thanks!

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Nope. Look into Supply Chain MicroMasters from MIT. Atleast the tools in them are useful.

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Thanks for sharing. I haven’t heard of this before

Short answer: no, long answer: nooooo.

Jokes aside, learning supply chain management on edx and coursera plus reading books would be a far better use of your time

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I think it’s more useful for those without a Supply Chain or IE degree or those looking for a refresher. It will probably be a breeze with an IE background. Some clients like it but may not be worth your time.

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APICS is great if you want to focus on warehousing / materials management
ISM (better recognition in US) and CIPS (better recognition all other countries except US) if you want to focus on procurement
There are other resources that are equally good but less recognized as the 2 above.

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