Membership

APICS—The Educational Society for Resource Management is an international educational society recognized worldwide for its training and certification programs.

Our nearly 60,000 members are resource management professionals from 20,000 manufacturing and service companies around the world. APICS members are individuals responsible for directing the supply chain, materials management, information services, purchasing, customer service, and quality control within their companies.

Join online  to start shaping the direction of your future today.

APICS education and training tools offer members the opportunity to shape the direction of their future. Join APICS to begin benefiting from:

·Enhanced skills and career mobility achieved through APICS certification programs

·Full use of the premier online resource management placement site—the APICS Career Center

·The latest techniques and strategies discussed in leading-edge publications (available in print and online in the Members-Only section of the APICS Web site)

·Discounts averaging 20% on APICS books, videotapes, courseware, and training aids

·Timely information on trends and best practices shared at the APICS International Conference and Exposition

·Savings on more than 30 workshops and programs designed to keep performance levels high

·Solutions and best practices shared by and with your peers through 10 electronic discussion lists

· Real-time solutions to real-life business challenges in areas from software selection to production activity control, available through Ask APICS (formerly the Industrial Inquiry Service)

·Specific industry/interest group knowledge offered by APICS SIGs

·Recognition, career enhancement, increased project management, and team-building skills achieved through participation in the APICS Recognition Program.