Optimize Flow. Minimize Costs. Maximize Profits

Become a certified logistics, transportation and distribution professional

The APICS Certified in Logistics, Transportation, and Distribution (CLTD) is for current and aspiring supply chain professionals working in transportation, logistics, warehousing, distribution, and inventory management. This certification is ideal for professionals who

coordinate or manage the flow of goods and services, including handling, storage and distribution.
are involved in warehouse operations and inventory optimization.
understand transportation modes, trade compliance and distribution networks
manage returns and recycling

Earn the CLTD certification and gain the expertise to master the entire logistics spectrum, from optimizing inbound materials to managing complex reverse logistics. With the CLTD, you will gain the skills to:

Lead with confidence: Leverage best practices, the latest strategies, and industry trends to excel in logistics.
Drive business growth: Enhance operational efficiencies, reduce costs, and improve customer satisfaction.
Elevate your career: Increase your earning potential, enhance your career prospects and demonstrate your value as a logistics leader.

An APICS Certification in logistics, according to me, is more than a degree. Degree efforts pass like a heat wave, but a certification from APICS remains recognized.

Prabhu Willimas, CSCP, CLTD

General Manager at Ocean World Lines International LLC

CLTD helps you understand the entire chain, link by link, inbound and outbound in what we classically describe as a supply chain.

Brent Ruth, CLTD

Supply Chain Transformation Process Manager at Caterpillar

CLTD is a distinctive recognition, pioneering a new way of working in the field of logistics, transportation and distribution.

Giuseppe Lovecchio, CLTD

Owner, Lovecchio Consulting

Having attained the CPIM and CSCP designations already through APICS, I wanted to further my career and knowledge base by pursuing the CLTD designation.

Kenneth Murawski, CPIM, CSCP, CLTD

CLTD fits in that make-deliver-and-return process. It combines transportation, logistics and distribution in a variety of settings, whether you’re in the US or Europe or Asia or anywhere.

Gary Smith, CPIM-F, CSCP-F, CLTD-F

Vice President Supply Logistics at MTA New York City Transit

The CLTD Certification program gave me the opportunity to view my organization’s end-to-end from a new perspective. I now have the experience to think of new ideas that will improve our bottom-line and customer experience.

Dan Brown, CPIM, CLTD

Logistics Manager at Sears International

Your path to CLTD certification

Preparation starts with the CLTD Learning System, which is broken down into nine modules. After studying and preparing, you’ll need to take and pass one exam. The exam consists of 150 questions and you will have 3.5 hours to complete it.

Logistics fundamentals and strategy
Demand management and supply capacity management
Customer and order management
Warehouse distribution and fulfillment center management
Inventory management
Transportation management
Global logistics
Sustainability, reverse logistics and risk management
Logistics framework, metrics, network design, transformation and improve