New certification for logistics best practices

apicsAU will soon deliver a new worldwide certification in logistics, transport and distribution to the Australian supply chain community that will set global standard for logistics best practices.

apicsAU is a non-profit membership community providing leadership and innovation, education and training and professional development for the Australian supply chain, procurement and logistics industry. As a Premier Channel Partner for APICS, apicsAU can offer cost effective and locally delivered certifications to the Australian supply chain community.

The APICS Certified in Logistics, Transportation and Distribution (CLTD) designation will be delivered by apicsAU throughout Australia with qualified Australian facilitators and instructors.

Dr Pieter Nagel, CEO, apicsAU, said Australia has been identified as one of the strongest regions for the APICS CLTD.

“We’ve trained over 100,000 supply chain professionals all over the world, and now we‘re able to better serve one of the fastest growing industries in the world – logistics.”

The new certification is a result of APICS‘s merger with the American Society of Transportation and Logistics (AST&L) earlier this year. The new CLTD certification supersedes the Certified in Transportation and Logistics (CTL) certification program and is designed to provide logistics managers with a body of knowledge, best practices, technology know-how and standards for those in the logistics, transportation and distribution industries.

Candidates completing the comprehensive program will demonstrate in-depth knowledge of a broad range of logistics, transportation and distribution topics.

The CLTD designation focuses on eight content areas:

- Logistics and Supply Chain Overview

- Capacity Planning and Demand Management

- Order Management

- Inventory and Warehouse Management

- Transportation Management

- Global Logistics Considerations

- Logistics Network Design

- Reverse Logistics and Sustainability

This new certification program – developed by APICS and subject matter experts – will offer new course-ware and instructor-led learning options and a single computer-based exam delivered worldwide via a test centre network.

The APICS CLTD designation is aimed to serve the needs of both professionals and employers around the world and lessen the impact of the industry skills gap. Much like the APICS Certified in Production and Inventory Management (CPIM), Certified Supply Chain Professional (CSCP) and Supply Chain Operations Reference Professional (SCOR-P) designations, the CLTD will be globally recognised and support professional advancement.

The CLTD program is planned to launch in the second quarter of 2016.

Source: http://www.tandlnews.com.au/