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Interactive Intelligence in Real-Time: The ADR Academy's New Adaptive Learning Program
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Article Overview: “Companies are scrambling to keep the skills of their buyers and supply managers up to the task of responding to wildly fluctuating costs and availability of key supplies. They need high quality training courses that are easily and instantly available,” said ADR North America CEO Bill Michels, C.P.M. “The ADR Academy fills that need with nine key courses that anyone can take if they have Internet access and a credit card.”
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Interactive Intelligence in Real-Time: The ADR Academy's New Adaptive Learning Program
“Companies are scrambling to keep the skills of their buyers and
supply managers up to the task of responding to wildly fluctuating
costs and availability of key supplies. They need high quality training
courses that are easily and instantly available,” said ADR North
America CEO Bill Michels, C.P.M. “The ADR Academy fills that need with
nine key courses that anyone can take if they have Internet access and
a credit card.”
When I first received word that ADR North America was teaming with
the Institute of Supply Management to “provide procurement and supply
professionals with educational opportunities through the ISM – ADR
School for Supply Management” several thoughts came to mind.
To begin, I immediately reflected back on the two-part PI Window on
Business series titled “Is The Traditional Association Model Dead?”
It was an interesting and somewhat controversial series in that we
assembled an international guest panel of thought leaders to discuss
the changing dynamics of a profession and industry with which the
majority of associations had seemed to have lost touch.
Of the many topics that were discussed, none stood out more
noticeably than the declining value of the available certification
courses which still seemed to reflect a Rodney Dangerfield, functional
silo mindset of an adjunct position.
Trapped in a static time-warp that failed to recognize the strategic
value of procurement, and its significant impact on increasingly
complex supply chain practices within the emerging globalized
enterprise, this excuse me ineffectiveness was reflected in listener
comments such as the following:
“Where it once did, the value gained from the traditional
Association model can no longer compete for my attention. I need to
collaborate bigger, faster, stronger – and at my convenience.
Associations could better leverage Web 2.0 to deliver a greater
level of service to me as a supply chain professional by more actively,
rapidly and efficiently aligning with the pace at which new, useful
industry information becomes available – then delivering this
information in an effective way, so as to keep me abreast of trends,
best-practices and exchange ideas with fellow members; thereby making
me a more valuable professional.
If done effectively, this would be a value proposition beyond
what I see today in many other Associations. This value, in turn, may
then attract membership at a higher rate; thus creating an even larger,
and more valuable platform for so many to exchange real-life, real-time
expertise and experience – again, contributing to my value as a
professional.
The platform could also host polls for its members – such as
rating the many certification and professional designation courses
available to us. This service would be valuable to the many of us that
seek continual professional development, but would appreciate our
peers’ comparative assessments prior to making the spend.”
From Lance, Global Logistics Specialist, Panama (Maersk Logistics)
Growing sentiments like the one expressed above should have served
as a general wake-up call for associations. In some cases, such as
with ISM’s teaming with ADR, it did.
Responding to the need to “collaborate bigger, faster, stronger – and at (the procurement professional’s) convenience,” the high quality courses which according toADR’s CEO Bill Michels are “easily and instantly available,” deliver information in an effective way, so as to keep (the procurement professional) abreast of “trends and best-practices.” In short, adaptive learning is now a reality through the ADR Academy!
The key however, is that the real value is not confined to the convenient venue through which the curriculum is delivered.
ADR’s Michels, who is an author and acknowledged industry expert,
brings to the table 20 years of experience with more than 200 clients
worldwide.
The resulting 9 courses, which take between 90 minutes and 2 hours
to complete, offer practical tools, hands-on exercises and case studies
to help professionals to gain a working knowledge in critical areas of
a modern supply chain practice.
Having had the opportunity to briefly review the Portfolio Analysis
module, the aforementioned Michel’s expertise is clearly present in the
material. The fact that ADR specializes in providing “high quality
professional development programs for supply managers, using workshops,
eLearning modules, Webinars and blended forms of teaching,” means that
the ongoing veracity and relevance of the courses will be maintained to
always reflect real-world conditions.
Referring once again to Lance, the Global Logistics Specialist from
Panama, the ADR Academy is the answer in terms of making him (as well
as professionals in general), more valuable to their companies and the
industry as a whole.
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