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Certified in
Integrated Resource Management
Certification Review Course Descriptions
CIRM is a comprehensive
educational program designed to help you understand the power of
collaboration among organizational resources such as product
development, marketing/sales, human resources, finance, and
operations. The CIRM program enables you to effectively interact
with cross-functional departments for more strategic decision
making, enhanced collaboration, and improved productivity.
Benefits of CIRM
A CIRM education can help you to:
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Gain a greater understanding
of the strategy and role of the value-driven enterprise
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Collaborate with internal and
external suppliers for enhanced profitability
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Initiate and manage change
within the organization
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Understand the integrated
planning of supply chain resources and business processes
required to deliver products and services to customers
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Translate customer demand into
requirements for value-added products and services
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Convert a need into a product
or service that meets the expectations of customers
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Apply strategic
decision-making skills to solve enterprise-wide issues.
Who should earn the CIRM
designation?
Any professional who would benefit from a complete understanding
of the interrelationships between major business function in an
enterprise is an ideal candidate for CIRM education.
Enterprise Concepts and Fundamentals
(ECF)
Enterprise Concepts and Fundamentals introduces the strategic
fundamentals of the value-driven enterprise, the management concepts of
organizational design and structure, and the basic business processes
that will be covered in the CIRM curriculum.
Topics include:
- Strategic Fundamentals
- Management Concepts
- Business
Processes
- Support
Functions.
CIRM
candidates are strongly advised to take the ECF course before taking the
remaining modules.
Course Information: 8 weekly sessions, 2.5
hours each session, 20 hours total
Identifying and Creating Demand (ICD)
Identifying and Creating
Demand presents the strategies and tactics that identify, define, and
quantify customer wants and needs. It also demonstrates how to translate
requirements into value-added products and services.
Topics include:
- Marketing Input to the Business Plan
- Sales
- Customer Ordering and
Service
- Performance
Measurement.
Course Information: 8 weekly sessions, 2.5
hours each session, 20 hours total
Designing Products and Processes (DPP)
This module examines the
systems, approaches, and strategies used by an enterprise to convert a
need or innovation into a product, process, or service that meets the
expectations of both the enterprise and the customer. Examine the
activities in the design process, which include organizing and defining
the design team, determining the resources needed, identifying the work
to be done and the anticipated output from the work, doing the actual
work, and measuring the results.
Topics include:
- Comprehension and Translation of Requirements
- Work Structure
(Planning and Implementing a Design Project)
- Performance Assessment
of the Design Process
- Continuous Improvement
and Innovations.
Course Information: 8 weekly sessions, 2.5
hours each session, 20 hours total
Delivering
Products and Services (DPS)
The Delivering Products and
Services module expands on the concept of the value-driven enterprise,
which was introduced in the Enterprise Concepts and Fundamentals module.
Learn how to integrate an enterprise's systems, approaches, and
strategies to make the transition from concept to product and from
customer expectation to product delivery. Understand the integrated
planning and control of supply chain resources and business
processes—including producers, distributors, and customers—that are
required to deliver products and services to customers.
Topics include:
- Identification of the Delivery Strategy
- Execution and
Assessment
- Continuous Improvement
and Innovation.
Course Information: 8 weekly sessions, 2.5
hours each session, 20 hours total
Integrated Enterprise Management
(IEM)
Follow the relationships and
interactions of functional groups working toward a common goal. This
final module acts as a capstone of the whole CIRM educational program.
Uniting all the areas covered in the other four modules, Integrated
Enterprise Management applies strategic thinking to enterprise-wide
issues, such as the integration of individuals within teams, functions,
and the enterprise, and the evolution of an enterprise within its
environment and over time.
Topics include:
- Personal Skills and Teamwork Necessary for the Individual to Succeed
in an Integrated
Enterprise
- Making Change Happen
- Functions and Their
Integration within the Enterprise
- The Enterprise in the
Environment
- The Enterprise Through
Time.
NOTE: Candidates
must pass the first four exams before taking the IEM exam.
Course Information: 8 weekly sessions, 2.5
hours each session, 20 hours total
Additional CIRM information and exam requirements is
available from APICS Customer Service (1-800-444-2742) in the free
CIRM
Certification Bulletin: CBT Registration Procedures, item #09016.
Certification
Brochure Available
The benefits of pursuing the APICS CPIM or APICS CIRM designation are
outlined in this brochure, APICS stock #09058. This document includes
module outlines for both certification programs, details about attaining
the CFPIM designation, information regarding the Certification
Maintenance program, an overview of certification exam preparation
resources, and information on exam registration procedures. Contact
APICS Customer Service (1-800-444-2742) to order a copy.
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