Version 1 and 2: Three-hour, 75-item examination, covering the concepts and techniques of short-term scheduling and planning in a manufacturing environment as they relate to the following content areas: Planning Material Requirements to Support the Master Schedule: recognizing techniques and practices of inventory management, identifying information used in the material planning process, identifying the desirable characteristics of the detailed material planning, mechanics of the detailed material planning process, maintaining the validity of the material plan, interactions with other systems. Planning Operations to Support the Priority Plan: recognizing the characteristics and techniques of the detailed capacity planning process, identifying information used in the detailed capacity planning process, identifying desirable characteristics of the detailed capacity planning process, uses of the detailed capacity planning process, measuring the performance of the detailed capacity planning process, interactions with other systems. Planning Procurement and External Sources of Supply: establishing relationships with suppliers, techniques and concepts for supplier partnerships, implementing the new relationship to support the company's operational objectives.