eSCM ASSESSMENT STANDARD v1.0

Scope of assessment

The assessment is for the Singapore operations of the company
Every company needs to define what aspects of the supply chain operations are being carried out in Singapore
Cross border aspects should be treated as either dealing with customers or suppliers
Internal and external
  - Internal customers / suppliers: includes those who are outside Singapore. For different legal entities within Singapore, decision needs to be taken.
- Bottom line – if they are not under scope of assessment, they need to be treated as a partner
  - External customers / suppliers: all those who are not treated as ‘internal’
Business: Each assessment should be for a business. Companies with different types of business need to consider which business should be subject to assessment.

The steps in the assessment process

Step 1: Go through the materials available on the website. Attempt to answer the on-line scorecard
Step 2: If you feel you would like to go through the eSCM assessment, obtain management approval
Step 3: Confirm participation to SCI and nominate an internal coordinator
Step 4: Coordinator constitutes an internal cross functional team and disseminates information about the eSCM project
 
Step 5: Request for an audit through the on-line requisition
Step 6: Auditor confirms the audit schedule
Step 7: Coordinator to lead the internal assessment and collection of KPI data
Step 8: Auditor to carry out 2 day audit and workshop
Step 9: Auditor to prepare report and submit
Step 10: Benchmarking

Please refer to the section titled ‘Audit process’ for details of each of the above steps.