As product life-cycles decrease and speed-to-market pressures increase, the ability to train workers quickly and efficiently becomes paramount to a company’s ability to compete in the marketplace. Rapid e-learning addresses both time and cost issues by using technology tools to shift the dynamics of e-learning development. Rather than requiring months to develop learning materials, rapid e-learning takes weeks. Read this white paper to learn how rapid e-learning can make a significant contribution to your training efforts in your organization. This white paper is written by The Nielsen Performance Group. Request Free!
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Critical to a successful web conferencing experience is the ability of the presenter to share rich content on their screen with meeting attendees. With new Turbo Screen SharingTM capabilities, Adobe® Acrobat® ConnectTM Professional’s screen sharing capabilities outperform the industry. Adobe Acrobat Connect Professional offers users the ability to have a more productive and engaging web conferencing experience while providing the IT department with a program that efficiently utilizes bandwidth and minimally impacts the infrastructure. This report is written by handl Consulting. Request Free!
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It is clear that as enterprise learning becomes a central part of strategic business alignment, the anytime, anywhere promises of eLearning are more likely to be met by extending the metaphor of the classroom and taking better advantage of today’s informal learning tools, resources, and techniques. Request Free!
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Process manufacturers across Food & Beverage, Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG), Specialty Chemical and Life Sciences industries are facing significant challenges with respect to rising supply chain costs and customer service requests. This Aberdeen research report focuses on current demand management capabilities and examines how Process manufacturers must increase responsibilities to deal with demand fluctuations in unstable markets. Many Process manufacturers have concerns regarding the ability to drive volumes in accordance with previously established plans, as well as with maximizing the utilization of assets. Some strategic actions in response to these pressures include: Internal collaboration processes Customer level forecasting External collaboration Statistical forecasting Published by: Aberdeen Group; Presented by: Infor Request Free!
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A number of external pressures are making Going Green a top concern for manufacturing executives. Globally, governments are exerting pressure on businesses to do more in reducing the negative impact their operations have on the environment. Along with that, businesses are feeling the pressure from the physical world as well. Even if it is possible for these companies to ignore the impact their operations have on such things as carbon emissions, there is no way they can ignore the shortages of natural resources. A shortage of resources that go into your products, or are necessary to make or move your products, is a direct threat to the success of your business. To learn more, download this executive brief inside, you will find information in regard to issues such as: What is Green and Why Go Green Now? Lean Materials Management Modeling the environmental impact of your product Reducing your carbon footprint Request Free!
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In today’s complex business environment, increased regulatory and compliance pressures are being placed on organizations everyday. To stay ahead of the game, manufacturers should look to move from just being reactive to actively managing and proactively designing compliance into every initiative. Read these best practices and discover how product compliance and risk management can turn in a sustainable competitive advantage. Request Free!
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The ability to keep up with changing consumer tastes is a hallmark of successful Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) companies. Yet despite this continual innovation in their core businesses, most companies don’t have the same approach to IT governance. As a result, many manufacturers run enterprise applications and workflows that don’t really meet their needs. Learn how you can take the first steps towards a continual IT innovation strategy in this free white paper! You’ll get the four key questions that you should ask to help you build an IT infrastructure that can grow and develop as your business does, based on your specific needs. Request Free!
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To achieve operational excellence, manufacturers must be able to keep control over cost structures while meeting customer expectations. While it sounds like an almost impossible task, somehow Best-in-Class companies manage to average: 99% manufacturing schedule compliance 99% perfect orders 97% overall yield 94% Overall Equipment Efficiency (OEE) Learn how you can do the same in this free Special Report! Find out about the pressures facing the manufacturing industry, what the top companies in the field are doing to overcome them, and how you can formulate your own strategy towards operational excellence. Published by: Aberdeen Group; Presented by: Infor Request Free!
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The management of SAP landscapes is a major challenge for many organizations. To keep their service level agreements, the impact of huge workloads resulting from high data volume and end-user generated batch-requests needs to be managed. Strategic planning and execution of background processes is the key to optimizing throughput. This white paper discusses how UC4 Workload Automation Suite covers all four automation areas that SAP users need to consider, highlighting the need for an enterprise wide solution which provides the visibility to IT landscapes, allowing SAP to navigate on autopilot. Request Free!
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VMware tasks can now be part of IT processes or part of the IT Housekeeping strategy. It provides several management integration tools to reach a high level of orchestration. Read this White Paper and find out the benefits of using VMware. Request Free!
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