CSCP Certification Review Course
Course At A Glance
Format
Live-Online
Length
13 Weeks
Program Hours
39 Hours
Pricing
UTC offers two pricing models. If you are a current ASCM Plus Member, you may select our exam prep and exam prep voucher bundle. Upon registering, we will verify your ASCM membership. If we find that you do not have an active membership, we will ask that you renew your membership before we purchase your exam voucher.
$3,175 - Exam Prep Plus Exam Voucher
$2,475 - Only Exam Prep

Who Should Attend
This course is designed for supply chain professionals who lead and manage their organization's supply chain operations. Individuals who manage the following categories are a great fit for the program:
- Supply chain design
- Transportation
- Distribution channels
- Customer management
- Supplier management
- Supply chain management
- 3PL/4PL management
- Supply chain consulting
What You Will Learn
- Supply chain design and leadership principles that encompass end-to-end operations from suppliers to customers
- Strategies to improve supply chain processes and bottom-line results
- The design and development of an integrated supply chain
How You Will Benefit
- Enhance value for your customers through a strategic supply chain design
- Align supply chain processes with corporate strategy
- Optimize performance and ROI through better supply chain processes
- Improve the value stream by understanding data analytics
- Strengthen team communication and productivity through technology
- Boost your confidence and become a recognized leader in supply chain management


Course Outline
The course is divided into 8 modules.
- Module 1: Supply Chains, Demand Management, and Forecasting
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- Visualizing the supply chain entities, structures, and flows used to procure and deliver goods and services
- Differentiating vertical versus horizontal integration and different levels of supply chain maturity
- Using planning, communicating, influencing, and prioritizing steps in demand management, including market research and demand forecasting
- Assessing portfolios and products using product portfolio management, the 4Ps of marketing, and product life-cycle management (PLM)
- Using sales and operations planning (S&OP) to align supply with demand
- Module 2: Global Supply Chain Networks
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- Designing the supply chain and configuring the supply chain network
- Balancing efficiency with responsiveness while being resilient
- Optimizing technology by matching requirements to various supply chain technologies and interfaces
- Forming cross-functional and cross-organizational supply chain design teams
- Safeguarding and maintaining cybersecurity, data privacy, and supply chain master data
- Improving the supply chain by measuring and analyzing performance with supply chain metrics focused on customers, financial reports, operational practices, and customer service
- Becoming familiar with accounting and financial reporting information and strategic analysis tools
- Module 3: Sourcing Products and Services
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- Following a sourcing process to capture changes, such as for new products
- Managing supply based on total cost of ownership and make-versus-buy analysis
- Developing a category strategy and sourcing categories • Doing spend and portfolio analyses to right-size the supplier base
- Developing supply plans based on buyer-supplier relationships • Influencing product designs to promote collaboration and requirements inclusiveness
- Negotiating effective supply contracts/purchase orders and selecting proper payment terms
- Module 4: Internal Operations and Inventory
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- Leveraging manufacturing planning and control including master planning, master scheduling, material requirements planning, distribution requirements planning, and various levels of capacity checks
- Managing, planning, and controlling inventory to keep it at proper levels and replenish it efficiently
- Understanding the effects of inventory on financial statements and inventory-related cost categories
- Using quality and continuous improvement techniques and principles, including lean and just-in-time
- Module 5: Forward and Reverse Logistics
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- Determining strategies for logistics, warehouse management, and transportation management
- Complying with international standards and considerations for import/export, tax/tariff, and labor laws
- Managing reverse logistics and waste
- Module 6: Supply Chain Relationships
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- Segmenting customers, suppliers, and other partners
- Using supplier relationship management (SRM) and customer relationship management (CRM) to develop, measure, and maintain relationships
- Understanding the communication process and dimensions
- Module 7: Supply Chain Risk
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- Identifying, assessing, classifying, and responding to supply chain risks in a cost-effective manner
- Learning about common supply chain risks and how to make preventive and contingent action plans
- Module 8: Optimization, Sustainability, and Technology
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- Considering inputs and objectives of organizational strategy and supply chain management strategy
- Recognizing and resolving strategic misalignments and gaps
- Building sustainable best practices and ensuring corporate social responsibility compliance
- Embracing sustainability principles, standards, and reporting methods, including the UN Global Compact and GRI sustainability reporting standards
- Assessing technology needs and learning about emerging technologies
- Implementing changes using project management and change management
Learn From an Approved Education Partner
UTC is a proud Association of Supply Chain Management (ASCM) Academic Partner. When you choose us for your education, you are choosing quality.
Our program and course content align directly with the ASCM certification exams.


Exam Preparation, Details and Qualifications
Your journey to becoming certified begins with the CSCP Learning System, included with your registration for the course. The CSCP Learning System builds on existing strengths and deepens your understanding of supply chain management principles. The instructor-led class format helps you navigate concepts and enriches your learning.
The exam consists of 150 computer-based questions and takes approximately 3.5 hours.
To qualify for the CSCP, candidates must meet one of three requirements:
- Possess at least three years of supply chain related business experience.
- Possess a Bachelors’ degree or the international equivalent.
- Hold an ASCM CLTD, CPIM, SCOR-P, CIRM, CTL or an ASCM fellows level certification or possess a CPM, CSM or CPSM.
Use Army Credentialing Assistance Funds
Army Soldiers have the opportunity to use Army Credentialing Assistance to pay for the class.
Eligible participants will receive the exam prep, exam voucher, and a one-year ASCM Plus Membership.
Membership beyond the first year is the responsibility and at the discretion of the participant.

What Students Are Saying

If you decide that CSCP is the right fit for your career, then I would absolutely say that UTC has a great course to take.
Gene Pledger, CSCP

I highly recommend the course. While you can prep for the exam on your own, the networking interactions and insight you gain from personal conversations in a prep course are highly valuable.
Raul Maya, CSCP

Meet Your Instructor
Chris Barnes, CPIM-F, CSCP-F, CLTD-F
Chris Barnes is a solutions consultant and thought leader with One Network Enterprises and Executive Director of ASCM Atlanta, the premiere supply chain organization in the southeast. He has invested 30+ years developing and managing multiple client, engineering consulting, strategic planning, and operational improvement projects in warehousing, distribution, and manufacturing environments. Barnes holds a B.S., in Industrial Engineering from Bradley University, and an MBA in Industrial Psychology from University of West Florida. He is a certified ASCM instructor and one of the few in the world holding the CPIM-F, CSCP-F and CLTD-F designations.
Barnes is host of the popular podcast, Supply Chain is Boring, part of the Supply Chain Now network, served on the International Board of Trustees for the Institute of Industrial Engineers and is a Past President of WERC Atlanta.