Certified Supply Chain Professional (CSCP) Preparation

Program facts

Study fee

Free

subjects

8

lessons

32

Estimated time

29 hours

Content last reviewed

22 October 2026

Access period

30 days

Study language

Arabic and English

About the program

The eight units and 32 lessons progress from demand diagnosis and sales and operations planning through network design, data and measures, sourcing, operations, logistics, relationships, risk and optimization. Each lesson contains worked reasoning and an exercise with guided feedback. Study scope maps to the ASCM CSCP 5.0 outline, which remains published. Learning checks supply feedback; internal completion assessment is separate from the issuer’s exam.

Practical relevance

Fictional country-neutral cases cover capacity gaps, inventory position, perfect orders, network cost, risk and sustainability without requiring confidential employer data.

Why this program

Supply-chain choices connect demand, capacity, inventory, supplier and transport to one customer promise. The program teaches calculations and tradeoffs, showing where quality or timing changes an answer instead of relying on vocabulary lists.

Career relevance

For planning, procurement, operations and logistics professionals who want structured CSCP review and cross-functional decision practice. It promises no eligibility, exam result or career outcome.

What you will learn

• Separate demand from constrained sales and build forecasts and an S&OP plan.
• Design network flows and govern data and performance measures.
• Compare make-or-buy, qualify suppliers and reconcile purchase orders.
• Plan materials, capacity, replenishment and inventory counts.
• Choose warehousing, transportation, trade and returns decisions.
• Measure customer and supplier service and resolve defects.
• Assess upstream and timing risk and exercise responses.
• Compare improvement, sustainability and technology using explicit evidence.

Who it is for

• CSCP candidates seeking organized review of the current outline.
• Planning, purchasing, operations and logistics professionals who want worked cases.
• Supply chain supervisors and managers who want an integrated view linking demand, supply, operations and logistics.
• Analysts and advisers who support network design, risk management and sustainability decisions in supply chains.

Curriculum

1. Subject 1 Open for free

   Demand, forecasting and alignment

   Apply demand, forecasting and alignment across four cases with reasoned decisions.

   4 lessons · 3.5 hours

   1. Demand pattern diagnosis 46 min
   2. Marketing and life-cycle effects 46 min
   3. Forecast and bias 46 min
   4. Sales and operations reconciliation 46 min
2. Subject 2

   Network and information

   Apply network and information across four cases with reasoned decisions.

   4 lessons · 3.5 hours

   1. Flow network design 46 min
   2. Visibility and cyber exposure 46 min
   3. Master-data lifecycle 46 min
   4. Supply-chain measures 46 min
3. Subject 3

   Sourcing and procurement

   Apply sourcing and procurement across four cases with reasoned decisions.

   4 lessons · 3.5 hours

   1. Make-or-buy decision 46 min
   2. Category strategy 46 min
   3. Supplier qualification and contract 46 min
   4. Purchase orders and reconciliation 46 min
4. Subject 4

   Operations and inventory

   Apply operations and inventory across four cases with reasoned decisions.

   4 lessons · 3.5 hours

   1. Master schedule and materials 46 min
   2. Capacity and production control 46 min
   3. Replenishment and traceability 48 min
   4. Cycle count and improvement 46 min
5. Subject 5

   Logistics and reverse flow

   Apply logistics and reverse flow across four cases with reasoned decisions.

   4 lessons · 3.5 hours

   1. Warehousing network 46 min
   2. Fulfillment and transportation 46 min
   3. Trade and documents 46 min
   4. Returns and disposition 46 min
6. Subject 6

   Customer and supplier relationships

   Apply customer and supplier relationships across four cases with reasoned decisions.

   4 lessons · 3.5 hours

   1. Voice of customer 46 min
   2. Service recovery 46 min
   3. Supplier partnership 46 min
   4. Supplier remediation 46 min
7. Subject 7

   Supply-chain risk

   Apply supply-chain risk across four cases with reasoned decisions.

   4 lessons · 3.5 hours

   1. Risk identification 46 min
   2. Risk assessment 46 min
   3. Risk response 46 min
   4. Response exercise 46 min
8. Subject 8

   Optimization, sustainability and technology

   Apply optimization, sustainability and technology across four cases with reasoned decisions.

   4 lessons · 3.5 hours

   1. Strategy and network redesign 44 min
   2. Process optimization 46 min
   3. Sustainability measures 46 min
   4. Technology adoption 46 min

Subjects unlock in sequence as you progress.

Strengths

• Eight units aligned with CSCP 5.0 domain weights.
• Thirty-two worked cases and 32 guided exercises in both languages.
• Original measurement separated between learning checks and internal completion.
• Explicit calculation assumptions and reasoning limits across inventory, risk and sustainability.

Evidence basis

ASCM’s official outline defines CSCP 5.0 scope; selected primary professional sources support forecasting, sourcing, trade, data and sustainability methods. Cases and questions are original rather than ASCM items.

How the route works

Professional Certification Preparation programs help learners prepare for a recognized external certification through structured knowledge, review, practice questions, and readiness assessments. Arab Platform for Professional Studies (ARPS) does not administer the certification owner's official exam.

Structured self-paced study aligned to the current external certification scope, with knowledge review, practice questions, readiness checks, and internal mock assessments.

• Focused preparation for a specific external certification.
• Content aligned to the current official exam scope when available.
• Practice questions and internal readiness assessments.
• Clear separation between Arab Platform for Professional Studies (ARPS) preparation and the official external exam.

Assessment

The route includes an internal assessment for Arab Platform for Professional Studies (ARPS) completion eligibility and separate mock/readiness assessments that are not the external official exam.

Assessment attempts: 2 per assessment, 7 days apart

The pass mark is announced before the program is published.

Certificate

The Arab Platform for Professional Studies (ARPS) credential confirms completion of the preparation program only; the target professional certification requires passing the external issuer's examination under its rules.

Every certificate has a public verification code. Verify a certificate

Verification example: a real issued certificate

Disclaimer: Any internal completion credential documents this preparation program only, not CSCP or ASCM endorsement.

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