Each learner’s educational needs are different. Therefore, the means of delivering that content can and should vary depending on several factors, including:

• Location of learners
• Complexity level of the course
• Learners’ goals for what they need to learn
• Type of skill or knowledge sought.

Accenture Supply Chain Academy uses a formal process to develop every course, as well as a wide range of learning delivery methods. Each course is tailored to match a specific organization’s or student’s needs.

Course Development
In education, consistency of user experience is as important as the content in each course. That’s true regardless of how the program is delivered—live or recorded, online or in-person, instructor-led or self-study. That’s why the Supply Chain Academy uses a standardized process and design templates when devising all of its courses. The result: courses that provide a high degree of familiarity to learners (thus enhancing the learning environment). These courses are SCORM- and AICC-compliant and easy to integrate into leading third-party learning management systems.

Course Delivery
Today’s organizations need flexible, cost-effective solutions to their learning challenges. Therefore, the Supply Chain Academy uses the full range of contemporary approaches to learning delivery. We offer many programs via distance learning, in which weekly interactive events are open to all users. And recordings of each session are available for playback online at a student’s convenience. Simulation programs provide students with the opportunity to experience situations and challenges in a “lifelike” environment—either online or live. This is similar to how airplane pilots hone their skills on flight simulators. Online self-study courses enable students to learn at a time and in a place that best fits their schedules. The eKnowledge library supports the efforts of informal learners by providing fast and easy online access to more than 100 digitized books and publishers representing “best-in-class” supply chain experts. And live classroom workshops bring together students and an expert in one location for several days of intensive instruction and dialogue.

By offering such a blended approach to learning, the Accenture Supply Chain Academy provides the optimal learning experience for each student.

View a list of all Accenture Supply Chain Academy Classes.