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Certification Maintenance
Certification Maintenance
Maintain Your Hard-Earned CPIM, CSCP or CFPIM Designation!
To keep your CPIM, CSCP or CFPIM status current and avoid suspension of your credentials, you must demonstrate that you have maintained your certification through the APICS Certification Maintenance program every five years. To maintain your hard earned designation, CPIMs and CSCPs must earn 75 professional development points, and CFPIMs must earn 100 professional development points every five years.
Follow the link below to obtain more details on the Certification Maintenance Requirements.
Application Submissions
Once you have earned the correct number of professional development points, you may submit your completed Certification Maintenance Application, Professional Development Journal, and processing fee no later than the last day of the anniversary month in which you were certified.
I. Continuing Education (No Maximum for Points Earned)
- Conference, Seminar, Workshop
- Professional Development Meeting (PDM)
- Degreed Course
- APICS Exam
- Independent Study
II. Presentations, Publications, and Educational Development (Max Points: CPIM=60; CFPIM=80)
- Teaching Courses, Tutorials, Seminars, workshops
- Unpublished Presentations
- Published and Distributed article, presentation, chapter or
contribution - Published original research
- Published book
III. Contributions to the Resource Management Profession (No maximum for points earned)
- Society-level board officer
- Society-level member of a governing board
- Society-level chair of a standing committee
- Society-level member of a standing committee
- Chapter/Region-level officer of a governing board
- Chapter/Region-level member of a governing board
- Chapter/Region -level chair of a standing committee
- Chapter/Region -level member of a standing committee
IV. Professional Membership (No maximum for points earned)
- APICS membership
- Other resource management-related organization membership
Total Points Required: CPIM=75; CFPIM=100 every 5 years
1 point per full hour of production
1 point per full hour of production
1 point per full hour of production
10 points per exam passed
3 points per program completed
2 points per full hour of instruction
2 points per full hour of instruction
2 points per article / contribution
5 points per publication
30 points per book
5 points per year of service
4 points per year of service
4 points per year of service
2 points per year of service
3 points per year of service
2 points per year of service
2 points per year of service
1 point per year of service
6 points per year
1 point per year
APICS CPIM/CFPIM Certification Maintenance
If you prefer to pay by check or to mail your certification maintenance application, please refer to the following links to download the paper versions of the:
These forms also can be faxed to +1-773-639-3171 or emailed to certification@apics.org.
