ASCM Certified in Transformation for Supply Chain (CTSC) study plan

Define supply chain transformation in your own words and distinguish it from continuous improvement and pure cost-reduction programs

Map the end-to-end supply chain operating model (plan, source, make, deliver, return) and label where transformation typically bites hardest

List the core drivers of transformation (customer expectations, disruption, cost-to-serve, sustainability, talent) and rank them by business impact for a sample company

Build a one-page glossary of 15 foundational terms with a correct example for each

Explain how transformation foundations feed strategy: connect operating-model gaps to strategic choices

Compare three transformation archetypes (incremental, platform/replatforming, business-model reinvention) and match each to a scenario

Draft a maturity self-assessment across 6 capability areas and score a fictional organization

Identify the governance bodies a transformation strategy needs and state each body's decision rights

Write a transformation charter containing scope, objectives, success metrics, constraints, and explicit out-of-scope items

Build a stakeholder decision-rights matrix (RACI-style) for a transformation steering committee

Define 5 leading and 5 lagging KPIs and specify the data source and owner for each

Draft a risk register with 8 risks scored on likelihood and impact, each with a mitigation and an owner

Translate strategy into a phased roadmap with 3 waves, each with entry and exit criteria

Sequence initiatives using dependency mapping and value-versus-effort scoring

Define the program operating cadence (weekly delivery, monthly steering, quarterly value review) and the artifacts each produces

Establish a benefits-tracking approach that ties each initiative to a baseline and a target

Decompose the roadmap into workstreams with clear ownership, scope boundaries, and interfaces

Write 3 user stories with acceptance criteria for a supply chain process or system change

Design a pilot: pick scope, define success thresholds, set duration, and specify a kill/scale decision point

Build a RAID log (risks, assumptions, issues, dependencies) and practice triaging 10 entries

Map stakeholders by influence and impact and choose an engagement approach for each quadrant

Draft a change-impact assessment covering process, role, and skill changes for the top 3 affected groups

Write a resistance-management plan naming likely objections and a response for each

Design a communication plan with audience, message, channel, owner, and timing for the first 90 days

Compare build-versus-buy and best-of-breed versus platform-suite options against explicit criteria

Explain the role of data governance, master data, and integration architecture in enabling transformation

Identify where automation and analytics create value and where they create risk in a supply chain context

Draft 6 requirements (functional and non-functional) and a test-and-acceptance approach for a solution

Synthesize all domains into one integrated transformation case narrative from diagnosis to benefit realization

Revisit every earlier deliverable and correct gaps flagged during the plan

Run two timed 60-question practice sets and log every miss by domain

Close knowledge gaps by re-studying only the two weakest domains using your logged misses