Supply Chain Concepts

The chances of success on an APICS exam can be greatly enhanced by understanding key terminology. Several key concepts are summarized on CPIMTest.com to aid exam candidates.

Major Topic Area: MRPII/ERP

Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP)

S&OP Production Strategies (Chase, Level, Combination)

Capacity Requirements Planning

Load profile

Material Requirements Planning

Input/output control

 

Major Topic Area: Accounting

Activity Based Costing

GAAP

Break Even Point

Net Present Value

 

Major Topic Area: Quality

Cause & Effect Diagram

Common causes

Control Chart

Cost of quality

Flow chart

Histogram

Pareto Analysis

quality control

Statistical Process Control (SPC)

Major Topic Area: Lean, TOC

Drum Buffer Rope

MUDA

Single Minute Exchange of Dies (SMED)

Synchronous Production

Takt time

Theory of Constraints (TOC)

Total Productive Maintenance

 

Major Topic Area: Supply Chain

Bull Whip Effect

 

Major Topic Area: Demand Management

Delphi Method

Seasonal Index

 

 

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