1. CLTD Update What You Need to Know
May, 2017
This is Bob Collins, APICS’ Senior Director of Professional Development. I’m excited to be talking to our partners, volunteers and instructors today about our new certification program, the APICS Certified in Logistics, Transportation and Distribution (CLTD).
This webinar was designed for our partners, volunteers and instructors, NOT for the general public. This webinar includes Partner pricing information that you really don’t want to share with your customers.
Bob Collins, CFPIM, CIRM, CSCP Senior Director, Professional Development

2. What we’ll cover today: APICS CLTD (Certified in Logistics, Transportation and Distribution)
Certification overview
Progress to date
CLTD Exam
2017 CLTD Learning System
I know many of you have been patiently, and not-so-patiently, waiting for more information about this new APICS Certification, and this presentation will cover some of the essential information that you’ve been waiting for.
As I mentioned, the presentation you are watching now is designed for our Channel Partners, volunteers and IDP instructors, NOT for the general public. We will be creating a CLTD information presentation soon for the general public and your customers. Stay tuned for that .

3. APICS Education and Credentials Map

4. APICS Enterprise Solutions Map

5. Which Certification Is Right For You?
Followed by individual CLTD, CSCP and CPIM webinars (also recorded)
Huge audiences! A lot of interest.

6. APICS CLTD Certification Program Development
Program Goals and Purpose
Advance APICS mission; foster advancement of the profession
Extend APICS value in additional domains of the supply chain
Create additional APICS-AST&L merger value
Serve existing members, attract new members
Elevate awareness, professionalism, and knowledge/skills of Logistics, Transportation & Distribution practitioners
Serve as voice of the Logistics profession
Meet the market needs for a larger audience of Logistics practitioners and their employers
Set the global standard for Logistics best practices
APICS Vision Statement APICS—the world’s leading community for end-to-end supply chain excellence.
APICS Mission Fostering the advancement of end-to- end supply chain management through a body of knowledge, innovative research, systems, and methods to create value for customers, members, and organizations
Why CLTD? First and foremost, this new certification helps to advance APICS’ mission: to foster the advancement of end-to-end supply chain management.
The merger with the American Society of Transportation and Logistics, or AST&L, gave us the “raw materials,” if you will, to expand into the Logistics area of the supply chain. The CLTD replaces the AST&L Certified in Transportation and Logistics, or CTL and helps us better serve our current members and attract new members.
Finally, just as we did with CPIM and Operations Management and CSCP and Supply Chain Management, we want to elevate the awareness, professionalism, knowledge and skills of Logistics, Transportation and Distribution practitioners.

7. CLTD Certification Market Map
Strategic
Directors – leading and creating logistics body of knowledge, best practices, technology, standards
Required Level of:
Knowledge
Skill
Education
Experience
Increasing
Level of:
Value to Organization Job Complexity
Job Level +
Responsibility
Tactical
Managers – deploying and using logistics body of knowledge, best practices, technology, standards
Certified
CLTD
Target Market
Operational
Support staff– following logistics body of knowledge, best practices, technology, standards
So, who is our market for the CLTD?
When we look at Logistics, Transportation and Distribution positions, the Operational, or Support Staff supports the Tactical, or Managerial, level, which, in turn, supports the strategic, or Director and above, level.
As you move up from Operational to Strategic each group gets smaller, the amount of knowledge, skill, education and experience increases, as does the individual’s value to their organization, job complexity and responsibility.
Like CPIM and CSCP, the new CLTD is designed to target the Manager level of Logistics, Transportation and Distribution professionals. Certainly we expect to see candidates from the Operational and Strategic levels, but the target market is Managers.
Market Size

8. CLTD Market Map Employer Types 3PLs and logistics services
Asset based, non-asset based
Manufacturing firms
Direct or indirect
Retailers
Government/military
Mega-construction
Energy production/supply
Large distributors
Importers/exporters
Service industry providers
Consulting firms
Industry Sectors
Automotive
Commodities & industrial
Defense & government
Food & beverage
Healthcare
Energy, oil, & gas
Pharmaceuticals & chemicals
Retail
Technology
Humanitarian aid
Transportation/Distribution Subdomains
Air cargo
Contract logistics
Freight forwarding
Intermodal
IT solutions
Road freight
Ocean freight
Warehousing
Key Geographic Areas
North America
Europe
Africa
Middle East
Japan & Korea
SE Asia & Australia
Brazil/CESA
China/Hong Kong
Our initial analysis of the LTD market place revealed a huge, underserved market, a market bigger than the CSPC market. This Market Map is just the tip of the iceberg of the Employer types, industry sectors, the various subdomains within logistics, key geographic areas and job titles that are targeted by this new certification.
This certification is not for UPS or Fed Ex (although, some of their managers would benefit from it), rather it is designed for LTD professionals in corporations. When you are ready to market CLTD classes, you will want to start by going to your existing company clients and ask who heads up Logistics, Transportation or Distribution in their company.
Job Titles
Logistics manager/engineer
Logistician/analyst
Logistics planner/specialist
Distribution manager
Global sourcing, import/export
Inventory and logistics
Supply chain logistics
Traffic manager/analyst
Transportation/fleet mgr
Vendor managed inventory
Warehouse operations mgr
Warehousing distribution
Reverse logistics

9. Take Advantage of Your Existing Network
Ask you current member companies: “Who is in charge of your logistics, distribution and transportation functions? Can you give me an introduction?” Who in the company is an APICS evangelist? Can they go with you to meet your new connection? Watch for upcoming webinar on selling CLTD

10. Body of Knowledge Development
Overall Approach
Market Needs Assessment (Market Research, Demographic Analysis, Interviews of Key Stakeholders)
BOK Research
Reviewed Core References
Reviewed Job Listings to Identify Core Competencies, KSAs
Reviewed APICS Distribution and Logistics Managers Competency Model for alignment
Logical Job Analysis
Selected World-Class SME Team
Completed BOK Outline Development
Validated and Finalized Core Reference List
BOK Weighting and Exam Specification
Like all APICS “high stakes” certifications, we used certification industry standards in developing the body of knowledge for the CLTD.
We started with a market needs assessment, followed by a body of knowledge research. We pulled together a world-class team of over 20 high-level Logistics, Transportation and Distribution professionals from around the globe to finalize the body of knowledge outline with the help of a psychometrician, including diagnostic weights, and to validate the finalized core reference list,

11. Exam Specification
Eight content areas have been identified, with the following relative weighting:
Diagnostic part
Main topic
Percentage
of exam I
Logistics and Supply Chain Overview 8% II
Capacity Planning and Demand Management
III
Order Management
10% IV
Inventory and Warehouse Management
17% V
Transportation
22% VI
Global Logistics Considerations
VII
Logistics Network Design
VIII
Reverse Logistics and Sustainability
Here are the eight diagnostic areas, with their percentages. You can get more information in the Exam Content Manual, or ECM, which will be available on Shop APICS by April 6, A free Preview of the ECM will also be posted about the same time.
The ECM will be available free to purchasers of the CLTD Learning System, but some people will want to review it before the Learning System is available and purchase it now.
Exam Content Manual (ECM) Available: April 6

12. CLTD Eligibility Requirements
Apply to take the APICS CLTD exam
To earn your APICS CLTD designation, you must pass one comprehensive exam. Prior to taking the exam, you must be eligible. Eligibility applications must be received two weeks prior to the day you register for the exams.
To be eligible for the APICS CLTD designation, you must have:
3 years of related business experience or
Bachelor’s degree or the international equivalent*, or
CTL, CSCP, CPIM, CFPIM, CIRM, SCOR-P, C.P.M., CSM or CPSM designations
*APICS defines the international equivalent of a Bachelor’s degree as the level of study that would qualify an individual for a graduate program in the country where the undergraduate degree was earned.
There are eligibility requirements for the new CLTD Certification. They match the eligibility requirements for CSCP: 3 years of related business experience OR Bachelor’s degree or international equivalent Or one of the listed certification designations.

13. APICS CLTD Learning System
Edition 2017, Version 1.0
Student Materials
Reading Materials
8 modules covering key domains
Approximately 850 pages
Available in print and e-reader formats
Web-based reinforcing tools
The CLTD Learning System will be available by July 1, We hired Holmes Corp to develop the Learning System and it will look and feel a lot like the CSCP Learning System with both print and online material available.
Notice that it will be the 2017 edition. Since we’re releasing the Learning System mid-year, we will not update CLTD until November or December, 2017.

14. APICS CLTD Exam Computer-based testing globally with Pearson VUE
150 multiple-choice questions (20 pre-test questions)
Candidates have 3.5 hours to complete
Scaled score range , minimum passing score is 300
The CLTD will be a single exam and will be offered on demand (that is, there will be no exam windows) by Pearson VUE, starting October 1. This gives you and your instructors three months to prepare before you can take the exam.
The exam will contain 150 questions – 20 of them pre-test, or non-scored questions. Candidates will have 3 ½ hours to complete the exam and we’ll use Scaled Scoring like we do for other APICS Certification exams.
However, anyone who takes the exam between October 1 and January 1 will not get an immediate score. Because the entire exam is new, we will need at least 200 (non-instructors) to take the exam before we can run a Cut Score event and determine the passing raw score. Anyone taking the exam during this period should have their scores and pass/fail information by January 1, After that date, all exams will be scored immediately when the candidate finishes the exam.

15. APICS CLTD Learning System
Edition 2017, Version 1.0
Instructor Materials
Classroom PowerPoint slides
Instructor Resource Book
Optional final exam (paper-pencil)
The CLTD Instructor materials will be available about Nov 1, 2016, with the usual materials included.
Until that time we will encourage both self-study and study groups. If you want to prepare for the exam, we recommend putting together a study group of other instructors and volunteers. If you have a company who wants to get started right away with CLTD, we recommend helping them set up a study group as well. We’ll have more information about facilitating a successful study group when we publish the Learning System.

16. APICS CLTD: Exam Pricing
2016 Credential Pricing
North America and ROW
CLTD
Partner - Member
$400
Partner - Non-member
$475
Partner - APICS One **
Partner - APIS SCC (Premier & Standard Corps)
Premier Partner - Member
$350
Premier Partner - Non Member
$450
Premier Partner - APICS One
Premier Partner - APICS SCC
Corporate Services - Member
Corporate Services - Non-member
$525
Rack Rate - Member
Rack Rate - Non-member
Rack Rate - Student member
College/Universities
N/A
Retakes
$250
Here is the exam pricing. Note that North America and Rest of World pricing are the same. Again, let me remind you that this information is for APICS channel partners, not the general public, as are the . . .

17. APICS CLTD: Learning System Pricing
Individual, Self-Study
Member (Non-member)
CLTD Learning System
$895 ($1195)
PCP & CU Pricing
$595
CLTD Instructor Kit
$995 first, $395 add’l
CLTD Student Slides Booklet
$20
Channel Partner Pricing
$695
$25
Corporate Pricing
1 LS
2-25
$845 ($1145)
26-50
$795 ($1095)
51-100
$745 ($1045)
$695 ($995)
$645 ($945)
$595 ($895)
1000+
$545 ($845)
$ LS
. . . prices for the Learning Systems. The member price will be $895. Premium Partner price is $595, and Channel Partner is $695. The Instructor Kit will be $995 for the first one and $395 for each additional Instructor Kit.

18. CLTD in the Instructor Development Program
The CLTD Learning System is similar to CSCP Learning System
IDP Maintenance – CLTD Recognition mirrors CSCP Section V: Ongoing Development requirements:
Associate - CLTD
Lead - CLTD
Master - CLTD
Designation
Instruct
Pass Exams
Valid CLTD Certification
Instructor Evaluation Summary
Associate*
1 full CLTD module
*instruct or co-instruct
Not required
Required for all designations
Lead
Entire CLTD course 2 times
Master
Entire CLTD course 3 times
Yes

19. So far
800 + exams taken 193 CLTD recognized instructors in IDP

20. NEXT
2018 Edition – updates based on suggestions from instructors and candidates 2018 – conducting a Job Task Analysis (JTA) Why so soon? Need survey to verify original “logical Job Task Analysis 2020 – new release: major update based on new JTA

21. Thank You! Send questions to: PDAdmin@apics.org
Thank you for your time and interest. Please do contact us if you have additional questions.
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