To be successful, supply chain professionals need to become transformational leaders who are system thinkers, digitally fluent, and adept at using new generations of tools in all types of supply chains – forward, reverse and circular. The CTSC recognizes those individuals with highly sought-after transformation skills and enables them to gain a competitive advantage by demonstrating their understanding of supply chain transformation strategies, processes, tools, and technologies applied to managing the end-to-end supply chain transformation.
APICS CTSC credential holders gain the skills to effectively manage supply chain transformation activities that involve their extended enterprise, including the web of suppliers, manufacturers, distributors, retailers, and transportation carriers.
If you are responsible for the following, then CTSC is right for you:
- Developing a supply chain strategy
- Supporting or executing a supply chain transformation within their organization
- Creating business requirements documents for large-scale systems implementation
- Developing and managing performance control towers, business intelligence capabilities, and supporting advanced analytics
- Supporting a supply chain network design (redesign)
- Defining and prioritizing digital capabilities or in a supply chain enabling role