The Tempe, Arizona-based Institute for Supply Management™ (ISM) announced in december the launch of its new assessment tool, SMART. This new assessment tool appraises the skills of a supply team to uncover knowledge gaps and identify organizational training needs.

Employees can rate their skills using a web-based questionnaire and compare them to supervisor expectations. Results are compiled into a report outlining a training and development strategy for a company’s specific supply chain needs. The report validates and helps to build a business case for training.

Available internationally, SMART was developed through research studies and expert focus groups to evaluate tasks in supply management categories that are then rated by individual knowledge, job importance and frequency.

Source du communiqué : ISM