Becoming

A Certified Professional

The Logistics Institute offers two core certifications: P.Log and LS

Thinking of becoming a certified professional?

A certification program provides you with transferable skills, valuable industry perspectives, practical tools and techniques – comprehensively providing a unique skills portfolio to increase your market worth.

Do you have a minimum of 4 years of experience under your belt? Head directly for the P.Log Designation and become a Professional Logistician.

And if you're starting out in your career, start with the LS Designation. Become a Logistics Specialist first, gain experience and then become a P.Log. This tiered approach is structured to give you a strong foundation of skills as you move forward in your supply chain logistics career.

P.Log. Certification Pathways

  • Supply Chain and Logistics Optimization

    An online certification program with 7 modules that can be completed within 7 months (or less).

    Holistic in approach, this program aims to give you a unique skills portfolio by combining your professional development with personal capabilities. It allows you to build the competencies you need to succeed as a 21st century supply chain logistics professional by integrating supply chain logistics business expertise with leadership and human-centric skills.

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  • Business Innovation

    Imagine. Innovate. Build.

    In this 3-module, self-directed online program, you'll use five distinct business analytics tools to gain a greater understanding of the impact of external factors on an organization and its success. You'll learn to identify risks, and explore ideal responses to ambiguous situations, while addressing various stakeholder motivations. You'll walk away with a downloadable template that can be applied to your own organization.

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  • Strategic Leadership: Business Intelligence

    This 5-day, in-person, "bootcamp" style program gives you the tools and insights to analyze the risk factors faced by all businesses today, what the impact is to your organization, and the measures needed to manage stakeholder engagement. Collaborate with industry peers and experts, get multiple perspectives from other experts and explore different solutions to current problems facing the SCL industry.

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P.Log Certification requires a minimum of 5 years' business experience.

Not there yet? Consider becoming a Logistics Specialist first.

LS Certification is a stepping stone to the P.Log. You'll be a certified LS until you're ready to become a P.Log, at which time you'll have advanced standing to earn the P.Log.

LS Certification

  • Logistics Specialties Program

    This online, self-directed program prepares you for a successful career in supply chain and logistics. Focused on building your capacity to understand and solve "fuzzy" or ill-defined problems, this program equips you with a toolkit of skills and exercises that increases your capacity to handle the tumultuous, unclear and uncertain nature of today's economic environment.

    Completing this program results in the Logistics Specialist [LS] designation

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Programs Aligned to Roles & Responsibilities

  • The Logistics Institute uses Competency Standards [see below] that focus on the responsibilities needed in various supply chain logistics roles. These are the basis for all its  professional certification programs and training resources. 

Your level of experience in any role also weighs in your program choice. As an example, if you are new to a supervisor role, it is recommended you develop a strong foundation with the Logistics Specialties Program. If you have 10+ years in the role, then we'd recommend starting directly with the Optimization program.

Competency Standards

  • Logistics and Supply Chain Competency Standards are aligned with the scope of your responsibilities, the nature of Supply Chain Logistics, and the expertise you require to be successful.

    Competencies are defined in terms of the SKA nexus:

    • Skills: the ability to do and to act;
    • Knowledge: the ability to know what to do and how to act;
    • Aptitude: the ability to do it all well.

     

    These principles position learning as competency and skills development, not as theoretical or academic insight. They identify what a learner should know about as well as what a learner should learn to do.

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