The competitiveness of the German industry is depending on its capability to develop and build innovative and thereby better products than other companies. In the future the lead in technical competence of the employees will be the most differentiating factor from international competitors especially in complex production processes. For assessing the competencies of the employees regarding their significance for a company’s strategy as well as for deriving meaningful indicators competence profiles on the team level have to be developed. Starting from that the required competencies for maintaining and expanding the competitiveness can continuously be pursued in the “Kompetenz Monitor”.
