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CSCP 2009 Edition Study Guide & 194 Review Questions


Everything you need to pass the CSCP exam!

According to APICS, the CSCP program takes a broad view of the field, extending beyond internal operations to encompass all the steps throughout the supply chain.

The Certified Supply Chain Professional (CSCP) certification is essential for professionals involved in the areas of supplier and customer relations, international trade, the use of information technology to enable the supply chain, and physical logistics.

 

Candidates must pass a 4-hour exam in order to earn the CSCP designation. The major topics covered included:

  • Supply Chain Management Fundamentals
  • Building Competitive Operations, Planning, and Logistics
  • Managing Customer and Supplier Relationships
  • Using Information Technology to Enable Supply Chain Management

The CSCP exam has a lot of questions that ask for your "best decisions" (i.e. how you will tackle a situation in a live environment). In fact, of the questions you will encounter in the exams, a significant portion of them requires that you pick the best possible options. These best options are often based on experience and best practices not easily found in the standard exam text books.

There are also plenty of questions on concepts and theories. These are the questions quite closely related to the published objectives of the official BOK. They mostly ask for the correct definitions of terms.

Our CSCP Study Guide goes the expert-advice way. Instead of just giving you the hard facts, we also give you information that covers the best practices. With these information, you will always be able to make the most appropriate expert judgment in the exams.

All of our study guides come with the life time free update benefit so you never have to worry about changes in syllabus :) 

 

Table of contents (this product has been updated on Nov 22, 2008)

Approx page count: 400 plus practice review questions

END USER LICENSE AGREEMENT
EXAM FORMAT
OFFICIAL EXAM TOPICS
EXAM REGISTRATION
STUDY PSYCHOLOGY & EXAM TACTICS
BEFORE YOU START
YOU ARE NEW TO THE BUSINESS WORLD …
YOU ARE NEW TO THE SUPPLY SIDE OF THE GAME …
YOU HAVE LITTLE EXPERIENCE IN THE FIELD OF MANUFACTURING …
YOU HAVE LITTLE EXPERIENCE IN THE FIELD OF INVENTORY MANAGEMENT …
 

MANAGING THE SUPPLY CHAIN
SUPPLY CHAIN
SCM
SUPPLY CHAIN DESIGN
SUPPLY CHAIN REENGINEERING
SWOT ANALYSIS
SCOR
SUPPLY CHAIN COLLABORATION
SUPPLY CHAIN QUALITY
PRODUCT CATEGORIES IN A PRODUCTION ENVIRONMENT
HIGH VOLUME/LOW MARGIN
LOW VOLUME/HIGH MARGIN
DESIGNER PRODUCTS
NPD
MANUFACTURING FLEXIBILITY
FLEXIBILITY AND MANUFACTURING STRATEGY
FMS
APS
CNC, CMM AND ROBOTICS
MANUFACTURING CONSTRAINTS
SUPPLY CHAIN METRICS
SUPPLY CHAIN CHALLENGES
THE “TECHNICAL TERMS”
BOM
SKU
EOQ
REORDER POINT
MAKE VS BUY
LEASE VS BUY
LEASING ARRANGEMENT
GLOBAL SOURCING - THE PROS AND CONS
INTERNATIONAL SOURCING
- THE TECHNICAL TERMS

JUST-IN-TIME (JIT)
WASTE ELIMINATION AND QUALITY IMPROVEMENT
THE JIT BENEFITS
KANBAN AND JIT

MANAGING THE CUSTOMER SIDE OF THE CHAIN
MARKETING MIX

MANAGING YOUR INVENTORY
INVENTORY ACCURACY
CYCLE COUNTING VS PHYSICAL INVENTORY
ADC
EOQ, POQ, LUC AND WW

MANAGING THROUGH TECHNOLOGIES
DATA MINING
EDI
XML
PORTAL
E-BUSINESS
INTERNET AND THE WEB
INTRANET
WIRELESS NETWORKING
VPN
TECHNOLOGIES FOR SEARCH AND OPTIMIZATION

MANAGING SUPPLY CHAIN PROJECTS
MANAGING PROJECT TIME

MANAGING RESOURCES STRATEGICALLY
STRATEGIC PLANNING IN GENERAL
STRATEGIC RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
ECONOMICS DEFINED
MICRO VS MACROECONOMICS
OPPORTUNITY COST
SPECIALIZATION, COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE AND ABSOLUTE ADVANTAGE
PRODUCTION POSSIBILITY FRONTIER
MARKET DEFINED
DEMAND VS QUANTITY DEMANDED
SUPPLY VS QUANTITY SUPPLIED
EQUILIBRIUM VS DISEQUILIBRIUM
MOVEMENT ALONG THE CURVES VS SHIFTING OF THE CURVES VS ELASTICITY
DIFFERENT TYPES OF MARKET STRUCTURE
MONOPOLY
PERFECT COMPETITION
OLIGOPOLY AND MONOPOLISTIC COMPETITION
MARKET POWER VS PRICE TAKING
ECONOMIES OF SCALE
LAW OF DIMINISHING MARGINAL UTILITY
MONETARY POLICY VS FISCAL POLICY
ECONOMIC GROWTH, INFLATION AND CPI
BALANCE OF PAYMENTS AND BALANCE OF TRADE
MONEY SUPPLIES, EXCHANGE RATE AND CURRENCY VALUATION
M1, M2 AND M3
FOREIGN EXCHANGE
ECONOMIC INDICATORS

MANAGING QUALITY
AN OVERVIEW OF THE TERM “QUALITY”
QUALITY ASSURANCE, CONTROL AND MANAGEMENT
TQM
GOOD PRACTICE SYSTEMS
CHECK SHEETS
QFD
FISHBONE DIAGRAM
KAIZEN
TOYOTA PRODUCTION SYSTEM
DEPARTMENTAL PURPOSE ANALYSIS
POKA-YOKE
QUALITY CIRCLE
PDCA
ADRI
SIX SIGMA
CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS
STATISTICAL PROCESS CONTROL
CONTROL CHARTS
CONTROL CHART, RUN CHART, PARETO CHART, SCATTER DIAGRAM, AND CAUSE & EFFECT DIAGRAM
ZERO DEFECTS
FAILURE TESTING
SCORECARDING
AUDIT METRICS
QUALITY STANDARDS
PQT AND QIT
KAIZEN TEAM
LEADERSHIP

KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT
DEFINING KNOWLEDGE AND KM
KM AND TEAMWORK
KM STRATEGIES

MANAGING RISKS
RISK MANAGEMENT DEFINED
THE RISK MANAGEMENT STEPS



 

MRP AND MRP II
WHY MRP IS BETTER THAN A SIMPLE REORDER POINT?
HOW MRP ACTUALLY WORKS
NERVOUSNESS
SUITABILITY
PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT
CRITICAL SUCCESS FACTORS
MRP IMPLEMENTATION ISSUES
ROUTING AND BOM
BACKFLUSHING
WHEN SHOULD BACKFLUSHING BE CONSIDERED?
MASTER SCHEDULING
WHY AND WHAT TO MASTER SCHEDULE?
TIME FENCE PLANNING
DEMAND TIME FENCE
PLANNING TIME FENCE
FINAL ASSEMBLY STAGE, CUMULATIVE LEAD TIME AND LOOK-AHEAD PERIOD
FIRM ORDERS
FAS
TWO LEVEL MASTER SCHEDULING
PROCESS FLOW SCHEDULING
PROCESSOR DOMINATED SCHEDULING VS MATERIAL DOMINATED SCHEDULING
MRP II
KEY SUCCESS FACTORS OF MRP-II
ERP
ERP ARCHITECTURE

DEMAND PLANNING & MANAGEMENT
NATURE OF DEMANDS
DEMAND MANAGEMENT VS DEMAND PLANNING
HOW DO YOU ACTUALLY MANAGE THE DEMAND?
DEMAND FORECASTING
STATISTICAL TOOLS FOR FORECASTING
MOVING AVERAGE
ABC CLASSIFICATION
MORE ON QUANTITATIVE TECHNIQUES
THE CENTER
THE DISTRIBUTION
NORMAL DISTRIBUTION
CORRELATION ANALYSIS AND CONTINGENCY ANALYSIS
STATISTICAL INFERENCE
OTHER ANALYSIS METHODS
BULLWHIP EFFECT

MANAGING COST AND PERFORMANCE
PRINCIPLES AND STANDARDS
IAS
GAAP, FASB AND SFAS
THE ACCRUAL PRINCIPLE
THE HISTORICAL COST PRINCIPLE
THE CONSISTENCY PRINCIPLE
THE PRUDENCE PRINCIPLE
THE MATERIALITY PRINCIPLE
THE MATCHING PRINCIPLE
THE SEPARATE LEGAL ENTITY CONCEPT
THE CONSERVATIVE PRINCIPLE
THE GOING CONCERN CONCEPT
MEASURING COSTS
STANDARD COSTING
ACTIVITY-BASED COSTING
LCC
THROUGHPUT ACCOUNTING
OVERHEAD COSTING
DEPRECIATION
ACRS VS MACRS
FAIR VALUE VS HISTORICAL COST
INVENTORY VALUATION
CAPITALIZATION OF INTEREST COSTS
CAPITALIZATION OF LEASES
Leasing
PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT AND ROI
PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT AND BENCHMARKING
MEASURING PERFORMANCE
FINANCIAL MEASURES
METRICS FOR OPERATION AND INVENTORY MANAGEMENT
OTHER METRICS
BENCHMARKING

MANAGING COMMUNICATION AND INFORMATION
THE ROLE AND APPROACHES OF INFORMATION MANAGEMENT
INTEGRATING INFORMATION AND BUSINESS STRATEGIES
COMMUNICATION MANAGEMENT
VERTICAL COMMUNICATION
HORIZONTAL COMMUNICATION
DIAGONAL COMMUNICATION
CIRCULAR COMMUNICATION
COMMUNICATION BARRIERS
FORMAL NETWORK VS GRAPEVINE

SALES AND OPERATIONS PLANNING
S&OP STAGES AND COMPONENTS
EFFECTIVE S&OP

CAPACITY MANAGEMENT
WHY AND WHAT TO MANAGE IN TERMS OF CAPACITY
RATED CAPACITY
CAPACITY CONTROL
RCCP EXPLAINED
PERFORMING RCCP
CRP EXPLAINED

MANAGING PROCUREMENT
NEW TREND IN PURCHASING
NEW TREND IN SUPPLIER RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT
JIT AND PURCHASING
WASTES IN THE PURCHASING PROCESS
BENEFITS OF JIT PURCHASING

MANAGING YOUR SHOP FLOOR AND YOUR WAREHOUSE
WORK CENTERS
JOB SHOP SCHEDULING
PRODUCTION FLEXIBILITY
PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT
PRODUCTION SCHEDULE
MPC AND PAC
LINE SCHEDULING
DISPATCHING
PRIORITY RULES
QUEUE MANAGEMENT
OPERATION OVERLAPPING
OPERATION SPLITTING
INPUT/OUTPUT CONTROLS
PERFORMANCE MEASURES AND VISUAL CONTROL
WAREHOUSING STRATEGIES AND ACTIVITIES
Layout planning
Space Requirement
Modern Technologies
SETUP REDUCTION
RFID
CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT
TOOLS FOR QUALITY CONTROL
SHOPFLOOR LAYOUT
WAITING-LINES

MANAGING LOGISTICS
TRANSPORTATION
BASIC MODES OF TRANSPORTATION
DRP AND DRP-II
REVERSE LOGISTICS
PACKAGING
YARD & DOCK MANAGEMENT
SHIPPING ACROSS THE GLOBE

LAST MINUTE TIPS

194 Review Questions

 

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