Retail Supply Chain Certification (RSCC)

Building the Skills for High Performance
Most top executives in the Retail Industry have a keen intellectual grasp of the critical value of talent—and the issue of attracting, engaging and retaining the right talent has moved to the top of the corporate agenda. But how do you attract key talent for your organization? How do you ensure employees can continue to develop themselves? And how can you acknowledge and reward excellent performers?

A cohesive, high-quality training program can help address these issues. Accenture—in partnership with Walmart—developed the Retail Supply Chain Certification (RSCC) program, an online training program that is specifically designed for retailers and their suppliers.

This program—certified by the Voluntary Interindustry Commerce Solutions (VICS) Association—is targeted at professionals involved in inventory management and replenishment, to give them access to the best thinking from academic, industry and functional experts. The program sets a standard of professional excellence and quality, and offers companies a chance to focus on the development of talent.

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A Unique Offering
The RSCC content and delivery is powered by Accenture’s Supply Chain Academy, the global leader in total supply chain knowledge and learning solutions. The RSCC program consists of more than 40 hours of training, drawing from the insights, experience and expertise of numerous supply chain experts from dozens of institutions. No other training program can offer such broad content with such extensive depth and global reach.

The content and knowledge for the RSCC program is delivered in a blended learning architecture: a collection of online learning courses, instructor-led virtual sessions, white papers and links to thought capital on the Internet. The RSCC program is a completely flexible program that facilitates the development of deep skills at any time, anywhere, through Internet access. This creates tremendous flexibility to allow for self-paced training.
 

• Increase the organizational capability to grow and maintain industry leadership through consistency in processes and terminology worldwide.
• Create a common operating language among planners internally and allow them to work better with planners externally.
• Move the emphasis away from procedural learning (how) to conceptual learning (why) within organizations and facilitating the 'thinking outside the box' mentality.
• Useinventory, replenishment and forecasting competencies as a market differentiator to drive competitive advantage.
• Attract and retain key talent in your organization by improving job satisfaction and workforce retention.

How Does It Work?
Participants in the RSCC program will have access to a number of online courses to prepare for their exams. Courses supporting the certification are broken down into four modules, containing both core and elective courses. Participants can take the modules in any order:
-    Supply Chain Fundamentals (9.25 core hours)
-    Forecasting and Planning (8.5 core hours)
-    Inventory Management (14 core hours)
-    Metrics and Process Integration (7.5 core hours)

Each module has an accompanying online exam, allowing participants to focus on one module at a time. This makes it easier for the user to prepare for the exam and encourages participants to schedule training throughout the year. Participants have two attempts to score at least 75% in order to pass each exam. RSCC certification will be awarded once the user successfully passes all four examinations.