Hello everyone,
I'm excited to join the ASCM community and begin my journey toward the CSCP certification.
I'm a distribution and supply chain leader from Illinois with 20+ years of experience transforming under-performing DCs into top-performing operations. My background spans shipping/receiving, inventory control, fleet management, and SAP system implementation across retail, manufacturing, and logistics sectors.
I am currently pursuing my Bachelor's degree in Business Management and will finish in Fall 2027. I recently started the CSCP Learning System and I'm looking forward to deepening my knowledge in end-to-end supply chain strategy, particularly in areas like demand planning, global logistics, and supplier relationship management where I hope to expand my expertise beyond the distribution center floor.
Any tips, study recommendations, or advice from those who have already completed the CSCP journey would be greatly appreciated. I'm especially interested in hearing how fellow operations leaders balanced the learning system with full-time management responsibilities.
Looking forward to connecting and exchanging insights with professionals from around the world!
Hi Nichelle! I am also pursuing a CSCP certification. Any study tips?
Recently, I have been reading the provided textbook on my lunch break, and sometime listening to the learning system audio. Not a huge fan of the audio, can be a little bot-like and scary sometimes😅
I'm studying as well. No tips from me directly. But from what i have been seeing. It probably will help to have more than one source of study guide. Good luck!!! Keep in touch, if you find anything, let me know.
Thanks for the advice. Reading works better for me as well. I get distracted easily with audio.
Hello Kevin and Nichelle,
I got my CSCP certification in March, and followed it up with a CTSC certification in May. The way I studied was by first reading the full study content available on APICS. I created a moderately detailed summary of each chapter and topic, and read those summaries as well.
But what I found most useful was taking a lot of practice and mock exams. If you have time to re-read the summaries, you will probably have a lot of "A-ha" moments realizing why you missed certain questions. Try not to memorize the questions; instead, try to really understand the concepts and the context in which they are asked. Practice as much as you can until you feel ready to take the actual exam.
I hope this is helpful. Good luck!
Hi Kawtar! This is helpful, will definitely take your advice:)