CPIM certification: Céline Moulin Boudier testifies

Testimony of Céline, her CPIM certification

For Céline, a bio­chemist and biotech engi­neer, Sup­ply Chain was not ini­tial­ly the field that nat­u­ral­ly imposed to her. But all it took was one APS (Advanced Plan­ning Sys­tem) project, which she had been com­mis­sioned to car­ry out on com­ple­tion of her stud­ies. It was at a man­u­fac­tur­er of nat­ur­al ingre­di­ents for the food, nutraceu­ti­cal, phar­ma­ceu­ti­cal and cos­met­ics indus­tries that she first encoun­tered the world of the sup­ply chain. Céline was put in charge of the new APS for plan­ning and opti­miz­ing sup­plies for mul­ti-site flows and pro­duc­tion. She quick­ly devel­oped a pas­sion for Sup­ply Chain and joined ALOER in 2014.

Recent­ly CPIM cer­ti­fied, Céline talks about her expe­ri­ence and the dif­fer­ent stages of her cer­ti­fi­ca­tion.

Why choose CPIM certification rather than DDMRP*?

Céline ” The choice was made very quick­ly. Our man­ag­er, Eti­enne GEORGES, gave me the oppor­tu­ni­ty to fol­low a course that is inter­na­tion­al­ly rec­og­nized in the world of sup­ply chain man­age­ment. Being CPIM cer­ti­fied (Cer­ti­fied in Pro­duc­tion and Inven­to­ry Man­age­ment) has giv­en me a cer­tain exper­tise in best prac­tices in oper­a­tions man­age­ment. The train­ing is very com­pre­hen­sive. It cov­ers all areas of sup­ply chain, flow man­age­ment and glob­al cor­po­rate oper­a­tions. In addi­tion to the expe­ri­ence in the field that I’ve been devel­op­ing for over 5 years, this inter­na­tion­al cer­ti­fi­ca­tion is also the recog­ni­tion of my exper­tise by an offi­cial body. CPIM cer­ti­fi­ca­tion is a dif­fer­en­ti­at­ing cri­te­ri­on for a sup­ply chain con­sul­tant. ”

The CPIM certification “route” is a long one. How have you spent the last few months between your international assignments and the revisions required by this training course?

Céline ” When under­tak­ing this train­ing, you need to be ful­ly aware of the com­mit­ment it requires. The CPIM is a long, intense course. In addi­tion to its dense con­tent, it must be val­i­dat­ed by 5 exams. Tak­ing it in par­al­lel with a pro­fes­sion­al activ­i­ty requires a cer­tain amount of orga­ni­za­tion. And I insist, a strong com­mit­ment. Ded­i­cat­ing reg­u­lar time to train­ing is THE key! ”

Aside from best practices in flow management and operations management, isn’t CPIM training too theoretical?

Céline ” The CPIM cer­ti­fi­ca­tion pro­vides an overview of the main Sup­ply Chain con­cepts. The course cov­ers the chal­lenges and main process­es of Sup­ply Chain Man­age­ment. Of course, it also cov­ers meth­ods and tools for plan­ning and man­ag­ing flows. It’s true that these con­cepts are pre­sent­ed in a the­o­ret­i­cal way. How­ev­er, our cus­tomers’ expe­ri­ence enables us to adapt and apply them quick­ly. ALOER cus­tomers are also look­ing for access to sup­ply chain best prac­tices based on a glob­al­ly rec­og­nized bench­mark. ”

Have you noticed an improvement in your skills and are you already applying the principles of CPIM in your role as a consultant?

Céline ” Absolute­ly. This cer­ti­fi­ca­tion has enabled me to bet­ter under­stand the frame­work and chal­lenges of cus­tomer assign­ments, and thus to bet­ter meet their expec­ta­tions. ”

You’re a newly-certified CPIM. Can you share a few tips and tricks with future CPIM graduates?

Céline ” I would sim­ply say two words to them: reg­u­lar­i­ty and per­se­ver­ance! This inter­na­tion­al­ly rec­og­nized cer­ti­fi­ca­tion is very demand­ing, but also very reward­ing. ”

Thanks Céline!

* DDMRP for Demand Dri­ven Mate­r­i­al Require­ments Plan­ning is a plan­ning and exe­cu­tion tech­nique for indus­try and dis­tri­b­u­tion.

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