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CPIM
Expand Your Career Opportunities and Improve Your Companys Protability
The APICS CPIM program offers in-depth education for individuals in the operations management profession who wish to improve their knowledge of production and inventory management.
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APICS CPIM
Certied in Production and Inventory Management
PRACTICE QUESTIONS
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orm a supply chain to make and distribute a set of products. dynamic nAn alternative use of kanban methodology to create an automatic ing of a purchase order to a supplier. Dynamic kanban is used as an nt of the manufacturing execution system to allow for Just-in-Time ies to production. demand planningUsing forecasts and experience mate demand for various items at various points in a supply chain. Several sting techniques may be used during the planning process. Often, families ms are aggregated in doing this planning. Aggregation also may occur graphical region or by life cycle stage. Forecast demand is compared to demand in order to measure and increase forecast accuracy. See: demand ement. inbound logisticsThe group in charge of moving materials uppliers or vendors into production processes or storage facilities; or, ual movement of such material. key performance indicator (KPI)a al or nonfinancial measure, either tactical or strategic, that is linked to c strategic goals and objectives. materials handlingThe movement of from one point to another inside a facility or between facilities. strategic lesThe most important variables that effect the business environment usiness strategy. These are typically the economic situation, population raphics, changes in technology and government policies. triple bottom TBL)Measuring the economic, social, and environmental consequences rms activities. visibilityThe ability to view important information hout a facility or supply chain no matter where in the facility or supply
APICS Dictionary
The APICS Dictionary contains the core terminology and emerging vocabulary you need to speak the same language across your supply chain.
The APICS Dictionary contains core terminology and emerging vocabulary needed across industries and within your supply chain. The 13th edition contains more than 4,000 important industry terms.
Note: APICS members may order one free copy or download an electronic version at apics.org/freedictionary.
e information is located. warehouse management system (WMS)A hat manages all processes that a warehouse carries out. These processes receiving, picking, and shipping. continuous process improvement A never-ending effort to expose and eliminate root causes of problems: p improvement as opposed to big-step improvement. Syn: continuous ment. See: kaizen. lean productionA philosophy of production that zes the minimization of the amount of all the resources (including time) he various activities of the enterprise. It involves identifying and eliminating ue-adding activities in design, production, supply chain management, and with customers. Lean producers employ teams of multiskilled workers at all the organization and use highly flexible, increasingly automated machines ce volumes of products in potentially enormous variety. It contains a set of s and practices to reduce cost through the relentless removal of waste and the simplification of all manufacturing and support processes. Syn: lean, nufacturing. (NOTE: Lean definition only says Syn: lean production.) ns management1) The planning, scheduling, and control of the activities Advancing finished goods Innovation, A field of study that nsform inputs into Productivity,and services. 2)and Competitive Success on the effective planning, scheduling, use, and control of a manufacturing e organization through the study of concepts from design engineering, al engineering, management information systems, quality management,
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