APICS Exams (meet upper lev reqs for Business Operations Management)

[ivanjak]

Talk about a monkey wrench in my plans!

Was approved to take the APICS CPIM exams to satisfy the concentration in Operations Management requirements for my Excelsior business degree back in April of 2009. After completing ALL the other requirements - including the capstone class - as well as purchasing quite a few dollars worth of books and study materials for the APICS exams, I learned today that, since ACE no longer evaluates the APICS exams, they are no longer accepted for credit at Excelsior. And since six months had expired since my approval was given, that previous approval will not be honored.

So, a couple of things to note for the future:

1. I haven't checked with ACE yet to see if they plan to evaluate APICS again in the future or to ask why they discontinued their evaluation, but for the time being - APICS exams will no longer accepted for credit at most institutions that use ACE as a guide.

2. Your exam and course approvals at Excelsior will expire after six months, so don't get caught out like I just did - take your exams within the given time.

I had to call my advisor at Excelsior after reading your post. I am taking last CPIM exam next week and graduating with BS in Operations. Since I had it documented they are honoring their approval of CPIM for 12 advanced and 3 lower credits. They used the word 'Honor", it seems that APICS stopped paying the ACE Evaluation Fee which is why Excelsior stopped granting credit. Fault lies with APICS. I would start there with my grievance. I also had a letter from Excelsior dated in October. If you started the first exam within 6 months you may have executed and the agreement with Excelsior may be in effect. Just one guy talking.