V Skill HF-D9.8-001 sector-specific 10 skills
Logistics planning
Plans goods flows, capacity and routes so that lead time, cost and availability stay balanced, and adjusts the plan when disruption occurs.
How hrmforce measures this
- Assessment method
- Work sample test · rho 0.33 (SD 0.09)
- hrmforce instrument
- Work sample test, Knowledge test (client-specific)
- Competency (50-framework)
- Planning and Organizing
- Trainability
- high
- Demand outlook 2026 to 2030
- declining
The candidate performs a representative work sample under standardised conditions.
Behavioural anchors
| Level | Behaviour at this level |
|---|---|
| N1 Guided | Completes the daily plan according to the standard schedule and reports availability bottlenecks to the planner. works under supervision and follows instruction · routine, one variable at a time · own task |
| N3 Proficient | Independently replans routes and capacity when resources fail, weighs cost against lead time and informs customer and carrier. sets own approach and seeks input proactively · several variables, some ambiguity · own team or process |
| N5 Leading | Designs the organisation's logistics network and planning principles and holds chain partners to performance agreements. sets the standard and the policy · strategic, under high uncertainty · organisation, value chain or profession |
N2 and N4 are deliberately not anchored. Raters place them between the anchors, following the O*NET convention.
Underlying skills
These skills inherit the assessment route and the behavioural anchors of this construct.
| T | Skill | Definition | Demand outlook 2026 to 2030 |
|---|---|---|---|
| V | Making a transport plan Transport planning | Distributes shipments over vehicles and days so that delivery agreements, capacity and cost match each other. | declining |
| V | Drawing up a route schedule Route scheduling | Builds a trip with stops, time windows, loading and unloading times and accounts for the driver driving time. | declining |
| V | Applying route optimisation Route optimisation | Calculates a shorter or cheaper route with planning software and tests the outcome against practice. | rising |
| V | Calculating loading metres Loading metres | Calculates loading metres, weight and volume of a shipment and determines the loading space required. | stable |
| V | Capacity planning in the warehouse Warehouse capacity planning | Matches the number of pickers, docks and hours to the expected order volume per day and part of day. | stable |
| K | Applying driving time rules in planning Driving time regulations | Plans trips within the statutory driving and rest times and builds breaks and weekly rest into the schedule. | stable |
| T | Using a transport management system Transport management system | Enters orders, trips and statuses in a transport management system and extracts planning and invoicing data from it. | stable |
| V | Resolving disruption in the plan Disruption handling | Replans in case of breakdown, congestion or a missed time slot and informs driver and customer of the new arrangement. | stable |
| V | Consolidating shipments Shipment consolidation | Bundles shipments with the same direction or recipient into a more efficient load and calculates the gain. | stable |
| V | Monitoring logistics performance Logistics KPI | Tracks metrics such as delivery reliability, load factor and cost per shipment and reports deviations to management. | rising |