VCARE SCKEA (Supply Chain Knowledge Evaluation Assessment)

The VCARE SCKEA is a groundbreaking tool designed to evaluate supply chain knowledge, strategic decision-making, and problem-solving capabilities. With two distinct approaches, it caters to both end-to-end expertise and specific functional knowledge.

End-to-End Knowledge Assessment

For those seeking a comprehensive evaluation, this is the full-strength, in-depth assessment. It evaluates expertise across 7 critical areas of supply chain operations, including Strategy, Inventory Management, Logistics, and Resilience.

Key Features:

• 5 Levels of Assessment: Progress through levels sequentially, starting from Fundamental (Level 1) to Expert (Level 5).
• Duration: Each level takes approximately 40 minutes to complete.
• Passing Criteria: A score of 70% or higher is required to move to the next level.
• Progressive Learning: You cannot skip levels—each builds on the knowledge of the previous one.

This assessment is ideal for individuals seeking to demonstrate mastery of end-to-end supply chain operations or organizations aiming to benchmark their team’s comprehensive knowledge.

Support Function Assessment

Designed for professionals specializing in specific areas, this option allows you to focus on a single functional domain of supply chain operations. Examples include:

• Procurement: Evaluating expertise in sourcing and supplier management.
• Manufacturing & Production: Assessing skills in managing production processes and quality control.
• Warehousing & Distribution: Optimizing storage, inventory flow, and distribution strategies.

Key Features:

• No prerequisites: Begin with any specific functional area relevant to your role.
• Duration: Each assessment takes approximately 50 minutes.
• Diagnostic insights: Gain actionable results tailored to your functional expertise.

Pricing

• €99 per individual for the end-to-end or functional assessment.
• Certification Credit: The €99 fee is credited toward any certification program purchased from us, effectively making it free if you choose to study further.

ASCM Talent Analysis

The ASCM Talent Assessment is a team-focused tool designed to evaluate collective capabilities across the SCOR process areas. Conducted anonymously, this assessment provides a clear picture of your team’s strengths and areas for development.

Key Features:

• Team-Wide Analysis: Highlights knowledge gaps and skill strengths across the organization.
• SCOR Focus: Evaluates alignment with industry-standard SCOR processes for benchmarking and improvement.
• Customizable: Tailored to align with your team’s specific goals and strategic priorities.

Talent Development & Supports We Provide

At Supply Chain Planning.ie we are driven to help individuals, and teams to make a positive impact through supply chain. We are more than happy to help people to develop in their career, to deliver improvements and to raise the ambition of supply chain professionals to make a positive impact on the world around us. These assessments provide independent, evidence based approaches to help both individuals and teams to improve.

Individuals looking to develop their career

We are here to help you move on in your career. Knowing the level you’re at is a great step to know your market value, what your strengths and weaknesses are, and how to build your capability so you flourish. We are here to help you navigate this journey and advise you on the steps you can take to develop. Sometimes people under-value themselves, and having independent hard facts that show your level, how you’ve developed, and your potential.. these are tangible things you can do for yourself to take the next step in your career. We’ll help you do that. We’ll help you navigate the courses that can build you skillset in the areas that matter. We’ll help you apply it to your roles, especially if you step into something new and challenging.. we’re here to help.

Human Resources and Team Leaders

Often we hear the challenge expressed that there are weaknesses in the supply chain team that. The challenge can be how to identify what capabilities and potential there is within the team, other than relying on the gut feel of the line-manager. These assessments provide an evidence based, independent approach to provide facts, not general opinions. It can highlight specific weaknesses in a team that can justify training and upskilling in the specific areas that will help. It can identify the areas we must hire in for. It can highlight the stars in our team who have great capability, often unsung heroes who get on the with day-to-day operations without any fan-fare.. and it highlights the capability of these people.. even when they shun attention themselves. This approach can also help us validate the skillsets of people we’re looking to bring into the team to ensure a fit/addition on supply chain skillset. Even for candidates who are not successful, they will have the assessment as something they can keep, ensuring a positive interaction with your company, even if they were not hired. You are helping them develop, beyond the dreaded ‘thanks but no thanks letter’.

Supply Chain Recruiters

Both for your client companies, and the candidates you represent, the SCKEA assessment represents a point of difference for supply chain recruiters who want to utilize it. By ensuring each candidate takes the assessment, there can be a robust assessment of capability, qualifying the right people for the right roles. In combination with interviews & meetings, this evidence based approach allows recruiters to have hard evidence to support their decision to put candidates forward to clients in a way that builds trust on both sides. It also gives recruiters an opportunity to help candidate upskill in areas they feel will help them be more attractive to the jobs market. All helping to bring a point of difference to your offering to clients and candidates. We are here to help you do this