Certifications
Below is a brief description of the current Certifications related to Supply Chain Management. For more information please check out the flyer below or send us an email!
SAP Student Recognition Award Certificate
What you need to know: SAP course
As a member of the SAP University Alliances program, West Chester University's School of Business' Department of Management began offering SAP-integrated courses in the Fall 2020. SAP is the global leader in enterprise application software, with 440,000 customers in more than 180 countries.
Students who complete three of the SAP-integrated courses with a grade of “C” or better are eligible to receive the SAP Student Recognition Award certificate. Please note that students who plan to take any of these courses specifically to obtain this certificate must check with the instructor to ensure the required SAP content will be covered that semester. Very likely, students can graduate with a Minor in Supply Chain Management (SCM) and SAP Certificate since most SAP courses will be based on the SCM minor courses. See the list of SAP-intergrated coursed below.
MGT 341 Prod. & Oper. Mgt. (Fall and Spring; SAP Production Planning and
Execution module)
MIS 300* Intro to Mgt. Info. Systems (Fall and Spring; SAP Sales and Distribution
module)
SCM 351 Supply Chain Mgt (Fall and Spring; SAP Material Management module)
SCM 361 Principles of Project Mgt (Fall; SAP Project Management module)
SCM 381 Quality Mgt. (Spring; SAP Quality Management module)
SCM 391 Purchasing & Procurement Mgt. (Fall; SAP Customer Service module)
* Note that MIS 300 taught by Prof. Tim Rutherford will not cover SAP SD module but
will cover more comprehensive topics such as basic SAP ERP navigation, ERPsim, and
ScrimmageSIM.
For additional information about the SAP courses and the SAP Student Recognition Award
certificate program, please contact:
Mark Yang, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Management
SCM Major/Minor Advisor
SAP Program Director
Associate Professor
myang@wcupa.edu
Example Certificate:
Certified in Production Inventory Management
The Certified in Production and Inventory Management (CPIM) program has been recognized
as the international standard for individual 
assessment in the field of operations managements as it relates to transformation
of products and services. Initiated by APICS in 1973, it continues to provide a standard
for individuals and organizations to evaluate their knowledge of this ever-evolving
field. APICS has administered more than 1 million exams in over 40 countries, and
more than 105,000 professionals have earned the APICS CPIM designation with 3,000
members at the Fellow level.
The mission of the APICS CPIM program is to be the premier professional certification for supply chain and operations management. The exams test the candidate’s knowledge and understanding of the principles and practices of operations and inventory management.
The APICS CPIM program utilizes two exams in a progression from basic - CPIM Part 1, to advanced - CPIM Part 2. For more information of CPIM exam, please click here or check the Association of Supply Chain Management (ASCM) website.
https://www.apics.org/credentials-education/credentials/cpim/