It's time to take your first step in your career plan. It's time to position yourself on the cutting edge of technology. It's time to achieve the professional distinction that is so essential in today's highly competitive job market. It's time to pursue the BASICS OF SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT (BSCM). 

The knowledge you gain from the Basics of Supply Chain Management provides the fundamental framework. It is essential to the improvement of your strategic position in today's volatile employment market. 

In Basics, you learn the fundamentals of resource management and get a complete overview of the material flow from internal and external suppliers into and out of your organisation. By passing an optional, comprehensive examination at the end of the module, you earn not only professional distinction, but also a Certificate of Achievement. 

Basics of Supply Chain Management is the entry module for the Certified in Production and Inventory Management (CPIM) program. 

The Basics of Supply Chain Management modules provides :-

• A solid overview of the supply chain 
• An introduction to the concepts covered in the other four CPIM modules 

The Basics exam benefits professionals at all levels and in all functions of an organization by teaching them how to :- 

• understand businesswide concepts for satisfying customer expectations
• determine and manage customer demand
• manage the transformation processes used to satisfy customer demand
• manage the supply activity supporting transformation processes
• recognize basic terminology and identofy relationships among activities in the supply chain