
All about the MB-330 Supply Chain Management exam update 2021-12-10
The MB-330 Supply Chain Management exam was changed on December 10, 2021.
There have been a lot of smaller changes, nothing really big. The overall sections remain the same, but the weight between them has changed somewhat. For the better, I think…
Do note the new sections (groups of topics) however, supposedly areas of interest at the exam
- Configure additional product details
- Manage Orders.
Below are the most important changes, primarily mentioning new or removed things. Smaller changes, like renaming or topics moved between groups are not mentioned – or not mentioned in detail.
- New means completely new in the exam details
- Removed means completely removed from the exam details, not just moved between sections.
Implement product information management (Was: 25-30%. Is: 35-40%)
Create and manage products
New
- Differentiate between bills of materials (BOMs) and formulas
- Create and manage product states during the life cycle of a product
- Create product attributes
Removed
- configure catch weights
- create a direct-delivery product
Configure prerequisites for products
Section name changed and some topics moved to the next section
New
- Describe use cases for Item groups
(NEW) Configure additional product details
- create and print labels, including product, wave, and license plate labels
- create and assign bar codes and Global Trade Item Number (GTIN) codes
- configure product unit conversions
- configure default order settings
- configure product filter codes
Manage inventory pricing and costing
New
- Describe how price groups constrain pricing
Removed
- Describe inventory costing methods
Implement Inventory management (Was: 15-20%. Is: 20-25 %)
(NEW) Manage quality
- Configure and process nonconformances
- Configure quality associations
- Configure components for the quality control process
- (Process quality orders)
- (Process quarantine orders)
- Apply inventory blocking
- Create batch disposition codes
Implement and manage Supply Chain processes (Same: 15-20%)
Implement procurement and sourcing
New
- Describe use cases for procurement workflows
- Create purchase agreements
- Create and process purchase orders that use change management
- Configure vendor collaboration features
- Create and process vendor returns
Removed
- Configure change management processes
Implement common sales and marketing features
New
- Describe how price groups link discounts to system tables
- Describe sales order reservations
- Configure sales agreements
- Configure and process quotations, sales orders, and return orders
- Configure quotations, sales orders, and return orders
- Configure trade allowances and customer rebates
Removed
- Configure and process inter-company trade relations documents
Implement warehouse management and transportation management (Was: 20-25%. Is: 15-20 %)
Configure warehouse management
New
- Create and manage warehouse workers
- Configure work policies and work break
Perform warehouse management processes
New
- Describe the capabilities of the load planning workbench
- Create cycle counting work (and Perform cycle counting)
- Update inventory statuses
Removed
- Process inbound and outbound orders
Implement Planning OptimizationMaster Planning (Was: 15-20%. Is: 5-10 %)
There have been just a few name changes.
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