Get SMART with new supply management team assessment tool
By Manufacturing Business Technology Staff -- Manufacturing Business Technology, 12/17/2007 8:58:00 PM
The Institute for Supply Management (ISM) introduces SMART, a new assessment tool that 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 in a report outlining a training & development strategy for a company's specific supply chain needs. The report validates and builds 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.
Supply management professionals are responsible for trillions of dollars in the purchases of products and services annually. As the largest supply management institute in the world and a member of the International Federation of Purchasing and Supply Management, the mission of ISM is to lead supply management.
