First Supply Chain Management Certification The term
Supply Chain Management (SCM) was coined in the early eighties (1982) by Booz Allen Consultant,
Keith Oliver, but remained only a buzzword for many years. The holistic concept of a cross-functional set of processes aimed to fulfill the customer's needs, started to make sense to companies, consultants and academics in the early nineties. It was until the decade's end, when technology enabled Business Process Integration throughout each company and extended to other companies, that the term SCM was widely adopted. SCM finally grew to become normal science in the first decade of the millennium. ISCEA's founding members identified the need of a professional SCM certification organization and developed the Certified Supply Chain Manager (CSCM) certification program. It was the first certification program developed by ISCEA and was launched simultaneously with ISCEA's initial website in early 2003. There are other professional knowledge certifying bodies currently offering SCM certification. Some of them founded many years before ISCEA. launched their CSCP (Certified Supply Chain Professional) programme in 2006. Three years after ISCEA's CSCM. •
Institute for Supply Management, Founded in 1915 as National Association of Purchasing Agents, launched their CPSM
Certified Professional in Supply Management programme in 2008. Five years after ISCEA's CSCM. • Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals, Founded in 1963 as Council of Logistics Management, launched their SCPro programme in 2011. Eight years after ISCEA's CSCM.
IISB - ISCEA International Standards Board From 2005 to 2020 Mr. Mike Sheahan, former International President of
APICS, served as President of ISCEA International Standards Board (IISB). On June 30, 2020, Mr. Sheahan became "President Emeritus" and
Dr. Erick C. Jones became "President-Elect", assuming the IISB leadership role. Dr. Jones has been in the IISB Board of Directors since 2005 and is currently Chair of the IISB Technology Committee, Engineering Research Center Program Director at the
National Science Foundation, Editor in Chief of the International Supply Chain Technology Journal (ISCTJ), the George and Elizabeth Pickett Endowed Professor in the Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering (IMSE) and Associate Dean for Graduate Studies in the College of Engineering at the
University of Texas at Arlington. ISCEA International Standards Board members also include
Justin Goldston, Professor & Coordinator of Project and Supply Chain Management at
Penn State University, Dr. Charles A. Watts, executive director of Education and Certification Programs at ISCEA and also Professor in the Department of Management, Marketing, and Logistics at
John Carroll University; Dr. Kenneth Paetsch, former professor of Cleveland State University (CSU) and the
University of Illinois Springfield (UIS); Dr. Gerald (Jerry) Ledlow, Dean of UT Health Science Center at Tyler School of Community and Rural Health; Erich Heneke, Director of Business Integrity Continuity in Mayo Clinic's Supply Chain Management (SCM); Mike Loughrin, President of Transformance Advisors; Renata Rieder, Head of Service Management at Federal Office of Information Technology, Systems and Telecommunication for the Government of Switzerland; David Jacoby, President of Boston Strategies International; and Jorge A. Morales, former RFID technology advisor to the Mexican Government.
DDMRP - Demand Driven Planner Certification In 2012 ISCEA partnered with the Demand Driven Institute (DDI) to offer the Certified Demand Driven Planner (CDDP) programme. The CDDP programme certifies professionals' knowledge on
Demand Driven Material Requirements Planning (DDMRP). ISCEA continues to offer CDDP training and certification.
SCTECH - Supply Chain Technology Conference and Expo Since 2016 ISCEA has sponsored and managed a supply chain technology conference and expo named SCTECH. Besides being a Supply Chain, Operations, Engineering and Technology professionals gathering, SCTECH provides Professional Development Units (PDUs) to ISCEA's certified professional so that they can renew their certification credentials. The event has an itinerant nature. Its first edition was held in Chicago and following editions were held in Mexico and Paris. Since 2023, SCTECH has offered a Virtual Program with global outreach, along with an In-Person Executive Program for Supply Chain Leaders. The Executive Programs for both the 2023 and 2024 editions took place at SAP’s World Headquarters in Walldorf, Germany.
Supply Chain Events Accreditation Besides SCTECH, ISCEA has provided other Supply Chain Related Events with accreditation. Therefore, certified Supply Chain Professionals have been able to obtain PDUs for participating in those events and later applying for the Certificate of Participation.
Supply Chain Magazines In September 2022, ISCEA Indonesia released Supply Chain Insights, a virtual magazine intended to share information and knowledge among Indonesian supply chain professionals. In April 2024, the Global "Sustainable Supply Chain" Magazine was released with Ushasi Segupta as Editor in Chief and Madison DeSilva as Publisher. In 2025, Dr. Mahmoud Mansi, an award-winning author of 9 books and Advisory Board Member at ISCEA, was appointed Editor in Chief of ISCEA's "Supply Chain Journal Middle East". ==International expansion==