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Not only does it provide a comprehensive guide to the CPIM Strategic Management of Resources Exam as a whole, it also provides practice test questions as well as detailed explanations of each answer.

Secrets of the CPIM Strategic Management of Resources Exam Study Guide includes:

• A thorough and detailed overview of strategic management of resources
• A guide to aligning resources with the strategic plan.
• An analysis of competitive marketing issues.
• A review of choices affecting facilities, supply chain, information technology and organizational design.
• An in-depth look at configuring and integrating operations to support the strategic plan.
• A guide to evaluating and managing projects.
• Comprehensive practice questions with detailed answer explanations.

It's filled with the critical information you'll need in order to do well on the test: the concepts, procedures, principles, and vocabulary that the APICS The Association for Operations Management expects you to have mastered before sitting for the exam.

The Aligning Resources with the Strategic Plan section covers:

• Strategic planning model
• Strategic planning personnel
• Operational structure
• Manufacturing strategy development
• Flexibility

The Competitive Marketing Issues section covers:

• Competition and company strategy
• Focused operations strategy
• Chain of transformations
• Manufacturing environments
• Variety and volume
• Order winning strategy
• Product life cycle
• Structural decisions

The Choices Affecting Facilities, Supply Chain, Information Technology, and Organizational Design section covers:

• Facility design decisions
• Integration
• Factory focus
• Technology decisions
• Cross-functional problem solving
• Organizational Structure
• Workforce involvement
• Quality
• Continuous and process improvement

The Configuring and Integrating Operations to Support the Strategic Plan section covers:

• Manufacturing planning and control system
• Implementing plan in operations
• Operations management
• Master production schedule
• Material requirements planning
• Operations management execution
• Production activity control system
• Sourcing
• Inventory

The Evaluating and Managing Projects section covers:

• Business process reengineering
• Project evaluation and selection
• Project investment analysis
• Project planning
• Project implementation
• Project managers
• Performance measurement
• Product quality measurements
• Financial performance measurements

These sections are full of specific and detailed information that will be key to passing the CPIM Strategic Management of Resources Exam. Concepts and principles aren't simply named or described in passing, but are explained in detail. The guide is laid out in a logical and organized fashion so that one section naturally flows from the one preceding it. Because it's written with an eye for both technical accuracy and accessibility, you will not have to worry about getting lost in dense academic language.