In 2014, where I at that time, worked as a Supply Chain Planning & Logistics Manager at the Danish headquarters in the German-owned wholesale giant Metro Cash & Carry, I acquired an APICS certification in CPIM, Basics of Supply Chain Management.
The education was, due to my work in the retail industry, not the most obvious choice as the education focus – seen from my personal perspective – primarily was on manufacturing companies and the particular environment and characteristics which characterize this type of companies. Despite that, the course taught me a basic supply chain platform, here under to be well grounded in a solid conceptual understanding being able to work with recognized and targeted methods in everyday life in own business. Similarly, the ability to communicate accurately and in a specialized technical language with greater understanding of standard terminologies.
In the spring of 2015 I conducted a career shift from retail to pharma, more specifically to a global independent, research-based pharmaceutical company that develops, manufactures and markets medical products worldwide.
As head of a department with responsibility for a very complex supply chain with distribution to affiliates worldwide, so I find myself in a very central role in the company’s supply chain, and therefore it was quite a natural choice in my professional education to join CSCP training. Thus, it was a goal for me, to accomplish the highest level of supply chain knowledge and full process- and business understanding in order to master even complex logistics operations. Tuition with 2 x 2 full-day training is completed, all 1,200 pages is read (and read once again) and I coach myself in a personal web-based training environment towards the exam as of the time of writing the date is set, but not yet conducted.
I was given the opportunity to continue to develop professionally and I now possess a far-reaching perspective on how I operate in complex supply chains. I fell genuinely excited to discuss and apply my learning’s with colleagues and in my personal and broad network.
Both Basics and CSCP can be completed in a relatively short period of time, which was a big plus to me in relation to the fact that I in parallel have to deliver good results in my professional worklife and at the same time be a present and balanced family man. However, the programs are very intense while they are ongoing, and there is a need for allocating quite a lot of hours to read and understand the educational material as well as training and preparation for the exam. It is my absolute recommendation to read the material prior to the presence training, in order to achieve maximum benefit and bringing yourself in a situation where you can take an active part in teaching.
APICS, CPIM, Basics of Supply Chain Management and subsequently the APICS CSCP, Certified Supply Chain Professional, have provided me personal advancement. These competence lifts combined with my military background as an officer in the army, specializing in logistics, and with extensive experience with leadership, as well as subsequent training and certification in Lean Management and Six Sigma, has given me a strong and wide, but at the same time, specialized supply chain profile, with the possibility of lifting even complex supply chain tasks.
In 2014, where I at that time, worked as a Supply Chain Planning & Logistics Manager at the Danish headquarters in the German-owned wholesale giant Metro Cash & Carry, I acquired an APICS certification in CPIM, Basics of Supply Chain Management.
The education was, due to my work in the retail industry, not the most obvious choice as the education focus – seen from my personal perspective – primarily was on manufacturing companies and the particular environment and characteristics which characterize this type of companies. Despite that, the course taught me a basic supply chain platform, here under to be well grounded in a solid conceptual understanding being able to work with recognized and targeted methods in everyday life in own business. Similarly, the ability to communicate accurately and in a specialized technical language with greater understanding of standard terminologies. In the spring of 2015 I conducted a career shift from retail to pharma, more specifically to a global independent, research-based pharmaceutical company that develops, manufactures and markets medical products worldwide. As head of a department with responsibility for a very complex supply chain with distribution to affiliates worldwide, so I find myself in a very central role in the company’s supply chain, and therefore it was quite a natural choice in my professional education to join CSCP training. Thus, it was a goal for me, to accomplish the highest level of supply chain knowledge and full process- and business understanding in order to master even complex logistics operations. Tuition with 2 x 2 full-day training is completed, all 1,200 pages is read (and read once again) and I coach myself in a personal web-based training environment towards the exam as of the time of writing the date is set, but not yet conducted. I was given the opportunity to continue to develop professionally and I now possess a far-reaching perspective on how I operate in complex supply chains. I fell genuinely excited to discuss and apply my learning’s with colleagues and in my personal and broad network.Both Basics and CSCP can be completed in a relatively short period of time, which was a big plus to me in relation to the fact that I in parallel have to deliver good results in my professional worklife and at the same time be a present and balanced family man. However, the programs are very intense while they are ongoing, and there is a need for allocating quite a lot of hours to read and understand the educational material as well as training and preparation for the exam. It is my absolute recommendation to read the material prior to the presence training, in order to achieve maximum benefit and bringing yourself in a situation where you can take an active part in teaching. APICS, CPIM, Basics of Supply Chain Management and subsequently the APICS CSCP, Certified Supply Chain Professional, have provided me personal advancement. These competence lifts combined with my military background as an officer in the army, specializing in logistics, and with extensive experience with leadership, as well as subsequent training and certification in Lean Management and Six Sigma, has given me a strong and wide, but at the same time, specialized supply chain profile, with the possibility of lifting even complex supply chain tasks.
