Optimize workforce planning with a dynamic skills matrix and smart skills management
Replace Excel with a dynamic skills matrix and modern skills management: keep certifications, competencies, qualifications and restrictions up to date, visualize skills instantly and automate assignments. Identify and mitigate operational and security risks with real-time skills visualization, accelerate upskilling to improve workforce versatility, and streamline workforce planning for efficiency — all integrated with SAP SuccessFactors.
By Mercateam
Overview
Visualize at a glance frontline workers' skills and identify skill gaps
Control security and operational risks with a live skills matrix and centralized skills management. See required workstation skills vs. employee competencies, spot critical gaps, and plan targeted upskilling so production continuity is preserved.
Increase upskilling and versatility in the workforce
Identify skills gaps from the skills matrix and launch training workflows in one click. Build training plans, track progress and validations, and increase employee versatility so your workforce adapts faster to changing production needs.
Be efficient and stress-free during audits for compliance
Update, track and store training results, proofs and certification dates automatically. Automatic expiry alerts and a centralized skills database let you find competency records in minutes — audits become fast and reliable.
Details
Solution type
Extensions and Add-ons
Industry
Consumer Products, Aerospace and Defense, Automotive, Chemicals, Cross-Industry
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Features
Visualize frontline workers' skills and identify skill gaps with dynamic matrix
Centralize employee data and display an interactive skills matrix to compare worker competencies against workstation requirements. Track multi-skilling, certifications and expiry dates with automatic alerts so you can proactively manage risk and training needs.
Launch training workflows to boost versatility and ensure production continuity
Create tailored upskilling paths, manage content and assessments, and automate validation workflows (including numeric signatures). Link training outcomes to the skills matrix so completed courses instantly update employee skill profiles.
Boost efficiency with automated workforce planning
Use multi-criteria workforce planning that accounts for skills, shifts, restrictions and rules to automatically assign the best operator to each workstation. Easily re-run plans for last-minute changes to maintain production flow.
Plans and pricing
Skill starter
All features of skills matrix : Skills and clearances taxonomy, mapping and search engine
Validity period management with alerts in the Skills matrice, the workflow of training and dashboards
Training and content management : Employee's documents upload, Workstation training, job instruction
Analyze your data and simulate the impact of your strategic decisions on your SWP (Strategic Workforce Planning)
Create employees in different teams and update skills and clearances, including validity period, and quickly find who knows what across the whole organization.
- Minimum contract 3 months
All features of skills matrix : Skills and clearances taxonomy, mapping and search engine
Validity period management with alerts in the Skills matrice, the workflow of training and dashboards
Training and content management : Employee's documents upload, Workstation training, job instruction
Analyze your data and simulate the impact of your strategic decisions on your SWP (Strategic Workforce Planning)
Create employees in different teams and update skills and clearances, including validity period, and quickly find who knows what across the whole organization.
Technical Information
| Solution type | Extensions and Add-ons |
| Category | Talent Management |
| Industry | Consumer Products, Aerospace and Defense, Automotive, Chemicals, Cross-Industry |
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Resources
3 Minutes Demo of Mercateam (Build your skill matrix for factories)
Join Mercateam's blog & community about Industry 4.0
Our Client Usecases And Testimonies
Free skill matrix for manufacturing
Publisher
Mercateam
Founded in 2019, Mercateam is a modern SaaS platform trusted by over 300 industrial sites to centralize skills, training and production planning. Backed by more than 5 million in funding and a team of +50 passionate professionals, we build tools that help frontline teams gain agility and versatility. From our early days visiting dozens of factories, we saw how manual systems—Excel spreadsheets, paper schedules—held back productivity. Today, our mission is to put people back at the heart of Industry 4.0 by enabling real-time skills management, dynamic skill matrices, and streamlined workforce planning. Companies in food & beverage, aerospace, automotive, pharma, cosmetics, construction and more rely on Mercateam to manage competencies, grow operator skills, and boost overall performance — with full transparency, security, and commitment to innovation.
