Supply Chain Assessments | How the Infosys × ASCM Collaboration is Transforming Supply Chain Excellence

Transforming Supply Chain Excellence with Infosys and ASCM

Every few years, something happens in our profession that quietly shifts the way we work. The announcement that Infosys has entered a collaboration with the Association for Supply Chain Management (ASCM), supported by KnoWerX Education, is one of those moments, and its significance goes well beyond the three organisations involved.

Here is what it actually means for the supply chain community for the organisations we run, and for the professionals we are.

First, what happened

Infosys, one of the world’s leading consulting and digital services companies, has joined a select group of ASCM-recognised organisations with direct access to ASCM’s enterprise assessment suite. Through this collaboration, Infosys will deliver four enterprise-level diagnostics to organisations worldwide: Supply Chain Maturity, Digital Readiness, Sustainability, and Organisational Skills, all benchmarked against ASCM’s SCOR® model, the standard behind the world’s leading supply chains.

KnoWerX Education, ASCM’s Premier Elite Partner with 34 years in supply chain education, supported the collaboration by enabling Infosys’s consulting teams on ASCM’s assessment methodology and supply chain capability development.

Why this is bigger than it looks

• Standards-based diagnostics are going mainstream. For decades, a rigorous answer to “where does our supply chain actually stand?” was available only through expensive consulting engagements, which meant most organisations simply never measured. They invested in technology, restructured teams, and launched improvement programmes based on internal feedback. This collaboration makes standards-based assessment accessible: the diagnostics themselves are complementary, with the insight of a global consulting leader behind the findings. When measurement becomes accessible, the entire community’s baseline rises.

• The assess-first philosophy just got a global endorsement. The most expensive mistake in supply chain transformation is starting with the solution instead of the diagnosis buying the planning system, or launching the AI pilot or automating the process, before establishing whether the foundations are ready. That an organisation of Infosys’s stature has built its go-to-market around assessment-led transformation is a signal to every boardroom: diagnose first, transform second. The industry’s biggest players are now echoing the argument that many of us have made for years.

• People are officially on the scorecard. Look carefully at the four assessments. Alongside maturity, digital readiness, and sustainability sits kills, a formal recognition that supply chains are run by people, and that workforce capability is as measurable and as strategic as any technology. For a profession that has long fought for talent development to be treated as a board-level topic, this is validation of the highest order.

• The bar for supply chain professionals is rising — in a good way. As standards-based assessments spread, organisations will increasingly uncover precise, documented gaps between the skills they have and the skills they need. Professionals fluent in the SCOR® framework, in maturity models, and in globally recognized bodies of knowledge the ground covered by certifications like CSCP, CPIM, CLTD, and CTSC will find themselves speaking the exact language these assessment reports are written in. The credential that was once a nice-to-have is becoming the vocabulary of transformation.

• What should organizations do? — If you lead a supply chain — or influence one — the practical takeaway is simple: get measured. Whether your organisation is fighting to catch up or defending a lead, an objective, SCOR®-benchmarked view of your maturity, digital readiness, sustainability, and skills gives you what internal reviews never can: an honest comparison against global best practice, and a prioritised roadmap to your next level. The assessment is complimentary; the clarity shapes your next three years of decisions.

•  What should professionals do? — Three things. Bring this to your organisation; introducing a free, standards-based assessment to your leadership is a visible, career-enhancing contribution. Learn the language of the standard SCOR®, maturity models, and the ASCM bodies of knowledge are becoming the shared vocabulary of serious supply chain conversations. Invest in your own capability because every one of these assessments will end with the same conclusion the profession has always known: supply chains improve when their people do.

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The bigger picture

Collaborations like this one signal a maturing profession one where global consultants, standards bodies, and education partners align around a single idea: supply chain excellence is measurable, and measurement is where improvement begins. For the community, that means better-run supply chains, better-informed leaders, and better-recognised professionals.

That is worth celebrating. And more importantly worth acting on.

KnoWerX Education is ASCM’s Premier Elite Partner and Top Partner Asia-Pacific 2025, with 34 years of supply chain education excellence and 120,000+ professionals trained.

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