Basics of Supply Chain Management

BASICS OF

SUPPLY CHAIN

MANAGEMENT

APICS

CPIM Certification Course

Study Guide

Institute of Manufacturing Resource Management of India

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Foreword

First, let me thank Mr. Anakala Vijay Bhaskar Reddy, CPIM, and Mr. Pradeep V.

Khetan, CPIM for giving me the opportunity to write this foreword. I feel honoured and

flattered.

It is my mission, vision and dream to see my country, India, attain back the leadership

position in the world. I am quite confident that we as a nation will do it. Towards

achieving this mission, I found APICS body of knowledge quite powerful. I decided to

bring this body of knowledge to India, when I took my APICS certification exams in 1985

in the US. The APICS certification programme started in India in 1992. The beginning

was tough. Mr. Anand Mahindra may not remember, but I am still grateful to him for

sponsoring senior managers of Mahindra & Mahindra and Mahindra Ugine in this

programme, as the first few APICS certification candidates. Then came the support of

BaaN Company. Mr. S. Ramanathan, then heading BaaN, was (and is) our well-wisher.

We received a lot of support from Arthur Anderson (Accenture now). I have not forgotten

the support I received from Mr. J. A. Choudhary, who was the chairman of STPI,

Hyderabad at that time. I know that I am forgetting many names but the whole success is

attributed to lots and lots of people who provided their selfless support to this programme

and to me. I am also thankful to each and everyone at APICS head quarters in USA, who

gave us tremendous support at every step. Last but not the least, I must thank my wife

Shashi, CPIM herself and my brother-in-law Pradeep Khetan, CPIM, who became

responsible for running this show, for holding this torch tight and making progress under

all adverse conditions.

Even though, the programme was highly appreciated...