BSCM

Basics of Supply Chain Management

#1 Course designed for entry-level professionals in Supply Chain

Official APICS (ASCM)
terminology

Adaptable to company
needs

Study time aprox.
40 hours

Certified
APICS Tutors

11 Years
of lecturing

Benchmark course in SCM developed to unify the knowledge of your supply chain staff

Official APICS ASCM Terminology: Ensure that everyone within your organization is on the same page with industry-standard terminology.

Exclusively in English: Embrace the universal language of modern Supply Chain Management, fostering clear communication and alignment across teams.
Flexible Course Content: Tailor the curriculum to meet the specific needs and challenges of your company, ensuring relevance and applicability.
Enhance Cooperation: Develop a deeper understanding of the interconnectedness of the entire supply chain, fostering collaboration and synergy among team members.
Optimize Processes: Replace individualized solutions with standardized material and information flows, optimizing efficiency and performance.
Identify Talent: Identify promising junior talent within your organization for further development.

BSCM for Entry-Level professionals in Supply Chain

Tailored for entry-level professionals like supply planners, production planners, and ERP consultants
Covers fundamental concepts, tools, and terminology for managing material flow in the supply chain
Provides a comprehensive overview of material flow from suppliers to customers
Prerequisite for everyone, working in the supply chain. BSCM provides you with an overview of the internal operations of your company. It also gives a lot of attention to a “common language”, which diminishes misunderstandings due to a lack of knowledge of terminology, concepts, and definitions
Also valuable for professionals in non-operations fields e.g. sales, engineering warehousing, order entry, IT, etc. to understand basic principles and foster collaboration across departments

Why earn BSCM certification

First step for lifelong professional development and preparation for the follow-up certifications

Leaving your comfort zone and challenging your proffesional career development

Expands understanding of supply chain issues and principles

Improves professional English vocabulary for clearer communication

Facilitates better cooperation with colleagues from various departments

Provides access to the APICS ASCM community for networking and industry connections

and more...

BSCM Course

For groups and companies.

Traditional tailor-made classes with the guidance of an APICS-recognized tutor

Available in-person at your facility (2x 2 days) or online (10x 3,5 hours)

Book: Introduction to Materials Management

Hands-on exercises

Online exam in the comfort of your office or home

BSCM Certification

LinkedIn Official Certificate Achievement

Studying materials

The book: Introduction to Materials Management

Covers all the essentials of modern supply chain management, manufacturing planning, and control systems, purchasing, and physical distribution. Clearly written and exceptionally user-friendly, its content, examples, questions, and problems lead students step-by-step to mastery. Widely adopted by colleges and universities worldwide.

Practice quiz with 25 MCQ’s (Multiple Choice Questions) to test your knowledge at the end of each chapter

At the end of every chapter, you'll find case studies along with easy math problems you can solve using Excel

One sample exam

The content consists of 16 chapters

Chapter 1: Introduction to Materials Management

Chapter 2: Production Planning System

Chapter 3: Master Scheduling

Chapter 4: Material Requirements Planning

Chapter 5: Capacity Management

Chapter 6: Production Activity Control

Chapter 7: Purchasing

Chapter 8: Forecasting

Chapter 9: Inventory Fundamentals

Chapter 10: Order Quantities

Chapter 11: Independent Demand Ordering Systems

Chapter 12: Physical Inventory and Warehouse Management

Chapter 13: Physical Distribution

Chapter 14: Products and Processes

Chapter 15: Just-in-Time Manufacturing

Chapter 16: Total Quality Management

BSCM exam

Online exam in the comfort of your office or home
The test consists of 120 multiple-choice questions
There are no Excel questions in the exam
You need at least 100 correct answers to pass the exam
You have 120 minutes to complete the exam.
Results are available immediately after the exam.
After successful completion of the exam, you receive the Supply Chain Education certificate

Supply Chain Education graduates work here

BSCM certification is suitable for professions across multiple industries

Professions

Plan

Category analyst
Supply chain analyst
Demand planner
Business process analyst
Planning engineer
Production scheduler
Inventory analyst
Replenishment manager
Materials manager
Plan manager
Demand manager
Commodity manager
Category manager
SCM Projet Managers
Production Planning Leader
ERP Application Specialist
ERP Application Manager
ERP Developer

Source

Purchasing clerk
Buyer
Procurement specialist
Materials technician
Purchasing agent
Sourcing specialist
Vendor manager
Sourcing manager
Supplier manager
Procurement engineer
Master Planner

Make

Production technician
Capacity manager
Quality technician
Quality specialist
Continuous improvement manager
Lean six sigma specialist
Safety manager
Manufacturing engineer
Production Supervisor
Continous Improvement Leader

Delivery

Logistics coordinator
Load planner
Inventory associate
Inventory controller
Warehouse supervisor
Export manager
Inventory control specialist
Logistics specialist
Distribution specialist
Logistics analyst
Transport planner
Logistics Supervisor
Customer Order Desk Leader

Return

Packaging engineer
Customer service representative
Route manager
Import manger
Reverse Logistics Manager

Industries

Aerospace
Automotive
Chemical
Consumer markets FMCG
Industrial
Consumer Electronics

IT infrastructure
Energy – Oil & Gas
Technology
Logistics, transportation, distribution
Warehousing and inventory

Academics
Manufacturing
Consulting
Services
Defense

Pharmaceutical
Education
Government
Healthcare
FMCG

BSCM Pricing

Basics of Supply Chain Management

Traditional tailor-made classes with the guidance of an APICS-recognized tutor. Available in-person at your facility (2x 2 days) or online (10x 3,5 hours).

Total price (excl. VAT.)
Price per student

min. 3 students
5’100 €
1’700 €

for 4 students
5’800 €
1’450 €

for 5 students
6’500 €
1’300 €

for 6 students
7’200 €
1‘200 €

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BSCM covers the End-to-End supply Chain, from Raw Material to Finished Goods, from Farming, Foresting, Fishing and Mining to Final Consumers, from Procurement and Purchasing to Physical Distribution and the Last Mile, Environmental and Social Governance included.

What our graduates say

Supply Chain Education helped me really a lot with proper certification program, finally we decided for CSCP and I don’t regret at all. Whenever I have any question, it was really easy to reach them and get proper answer very soon, even no issue with online connection after 8 PM.

Rob is very experienced and professional lector, very passionate about logistics and supply chains. His stories from real life helped me a lot to understand the themes and remember them after the lessons.

Due to the covid situation we had 10 lessons in Zoom platform on weekly basis from 9:00 to 12:30, it was very convenient. It was first time to have such a difficult topics in English for me, before the first lesson I was little bit scared about the internet connection and if I will keep the pace with the group and with Rob as a Dutch lector, but it wasn’t an issue at all.

I believe all of this lead to my successful exam, although it took lot of selfstudy hours as well.

I had a pleasure of taking a CSCP training in a study group guided by Rob van Stratum in the summer of 2014. Rob has a great skill of presenting complex concepts in an understandable and easily memorable form, as well as put them in a relevant practical business context.

The notes made during these sessions gave me leads to deepening the knowledge in particular areas. And when I had a need to clarify some topics, Rob has been exceptionally responsive and provided additional comments to my questions even at a much later time after the courses. I appreciate a lot Rob's willingness to support his students and lead them to a successful passing of the challenging CSCP exam.

I joined the CPIM II remote individual courses with SUPPLY CHAIN EDUCATION s.r.o. and the overall experience was awesome. The service enables you to accommodate the studying slots in your busy working schedule and is flexible to change.
The instructor, Rob, is very nice, experienced and is always there to support you that you are well prepared for the exam. The convenience and effectivity of this course is just unchallenged.

Recommended to everyone who seeks to pass the CPIM exam!

I am glad to be a part of the APICS family. This certification for sure upgraded my skill set so now I can be more effective and perform my job much better.

This course was a great starting point for my professional knowledge and my career. I can highly recommend this training to everybody in the field.

I would recommend APICS training to all supply chain managers who are interested in making an impact and who want to improve their understanding of the supply chain. We found Rob and Ana to be excellent at delivering the APICS message and keeping the students engaged.

I participated in the class sessions held in Basel in order to prepare for the CSCP exam with Rob. I remember Rob as a very kind and knowledgeable person. The class was very interactive and he provided a great summary of the key topics with real examples. Thanks to this approach, my learning curve went up faster and I could be well prepared for the rest of the studies.

We've gone through lot of content in 4 days. It was a difficult pace to maintain, which implies a lot of work at home to get certified. However, it is clear the teacher has lot of knowledge and experience to bring to the session

Great school!

I attended in 2021 the CPIM 1 course with Ana and really enjoyed it. After the passing the exam, I had much more interviews in SCM field.

Thank you.

I would like to recommend Certified in Production and Inventory Management certification, I have passed the CPIM 2 this year and CPIM 1 in 2020. Very valueble experience, also on-line training was fruitful. My lector Ana was always prepared to help during training and also before test after training.

I am proud to be part of CPIM certificated team.

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Challenge acccepted!!!

If you doubt whether to improve your knowledge in supply chain management or not, stop right there.

I gladly recommend Supply Chain Education CZ services and the great support of Jiri Sychra • SCM Professional and Vaclav Sulista 🧭 Consulting.

There are available different certified programs based upon your career path and interests. I’ve chosen the APICS #CSCP program provided by Association for Supply Chain Management, because « a little is never enough ».

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We deliver globally recognized APICS certifications, end-to-end learning and development with our industry experts and global standards to transform your supply chain.

Official APICS and ASCM partner

Teaching in English or Czech

Certified and experienced tutors

Individual approach

200+ Trained professionals

On-line or In person

Based in Prague, teaching accessible from the whole of Europe

Official APICS partner since 2013

Supply Chain Education is an official APICS partner. Our mentors are certified and globally recognized APICS Training Partners and committed to enhancing our students’ core competencies in supply chain operations.

All mentors have a wealth of experience in supply chain management which we will be happy to share with you.

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