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Process Characteristics for Six Sigma Process Characteristics for Six Sigma ASQ Six Sigma Black Belt (SSBB) To improve the processes behind an organization's products and services, a Six Sigma Black Belt must measure them. But first, they must identify those processes. Among the many Six Sigma tools, several are designed specifically to isolate relevant process variables, determine their relationships to each other, prioritize  more...

Emegency Response in the Workplace Emegency Response in the Workplace This course provides information about planning for and responding to emergencies. The intent is to provide the learner with basic information on procedures that cover onsite emergencies such as an accidental release or spill of a hazardous chemical, fire emergencies, explosions, bomb threats, threats to security or personal injuries. The content in this  more...

Independent Contractors Temporary Employees Independent Contractors & Temporary Employees Many companies are hiring contract or temporary employees to meet their changing staffing needs. Before hiring an independent contractor or temporary employee--also referred to as a contingency worker--companies should be aware of the costs involved along with the relevant legal and taxation issues. It is important that both parties have a clear  more...

Project Quality Planning Project Quality Planning PMI Certified Associate in Project Management Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM) - PMBOK Guide - 4th Edition-Aligned Project managers need to build quality into their projects at the very beginning, during the planning stage. Quality managers have to ensure that quality requirements are met. The Project Quality Management knowledge area takes these  more...

Trade Secrets Trade Secrets A trade secret is information that is of proven economic value to its owner, is actively protected, and is not generally known to competitors. Trade secrets are important because they provide a competitive advantage to their owners and may be the only viable form of legal protection available. They are protected under the Uniform Trade Secrets Act (UTSA), in those states that  more...

Code of Conduct Company Template Code of Conduct Company Template The purpose of this course is to familiarize your employees with your company's Code of Conduct and any other related policies that define your expectations for their conduct as an employee of your company. This course is designed to serve as a customizable template for that purpose. Topics can be removed or modified to suit your company's requirements.  more...

Writing a Business Case Writing a Business Case Which would you rather do: prepare a business case for your latest project or go to the dentist? Given the choice, many of us would tend to choose the latter. Whether you want to invest in product development or reinvent your business processes with new marketing channels, it is now more important than ever to have a business case that is carefully planned,  more...

Verifying and Building on Ideas Verifying and Building on Ideas Generating creative ideas can be a very exciting and stimulating process. This is particularly true during the initial stages of idea generation, when many adopt an 'anything goes' approach. Later, however, the workability of ideas needs to be verified, or checked. Ideas are more likely to be relevant and useful when they have been assessed in the context of  more...

Developing and Deploying Strategic Plans Developing and Deploying Strategic Plans ASQ Certified Manager of Quality/Organizational Excellence Manager of Quality / Organizational Excellence Successful organizations are founded on effectively developing and deploying strategic plans. Organizations must identify their primary goals and objectives based on their mission and vision statements. Other success factors include understanding  more...

The Voice of Leadership Inspirational Leadership The Voice of Leadership: Inspirational Leadership In order to develop your leadership qualities, you need to accomplish certain tasks and activate your inner greatness. When you strive for inspirational leadership, you demonstrate credibility and create a community with a shared vision. People are inspired when they trust their leaders and can move toward common goals. Inspiring leaders  more...

Competitive Marketing Strategies Conducting an Internal Analysis Competitive Marketing Strategies: Conducting an Internal Analysis When developing competitive marketing strategies, one of the most important steps is carrying out effective research and analysis. As well as assessing the external competitive environment, you need to look inward. In other words, you need to assess your organizational capabilities - what unique skills and resources does your  more...

Creating Outstanding Online Help: Principals and Practice (Software Industry) If you have little or no experience in creating online help this course is for you. It includes instruction about basic principals and practices and allows the student to create an online help system outline with the assistance of a side-by-side editor. NOTE: If you have experience as a Technical Writer - but not much creating online help - and are looking to enhance your skill set, another  more...

14 Purchasing Best Practices Wouldn't it be great if you could implement the purchasing best practices that are used by the world's top corporations? Do you think it is impossible because your existing staff is so busy and you don't have the budget to hire an expensive consulting firm? Think again! The student can complete their course of study within anytime frame as long as it does not exceed 60 days from the stamped start  more...

Basics Of Smart International Procurement Are you responsible for increasing your organization ™s international procurement and don ™t know where to begin? International procurement is a challenge. Buying internationally is much more complex than buying domestically. The student can complete their course of study within anytime frame as long as it does not exceed 60 days from the stamped start date. Reasonable time should be  more...

Complete Paralegal Training Program (Self-Paced) A complete and comprehensive paralegal training program, taken entirely online, designed as a 5 to 6 month fast-track course but can be taken at a accelerated pace. This is a industry standard Certificate of Completion program. This state-of-the-art paralegal home training course, through which the student may quickly and easily learn this complex, prestigious and fascinating discipline, was  more...

Expert Purchasing Management Are you a purchasing manager who worries about balancing the many demands of your leadership role? You're not alone. Today's companies are expecting more than ever from their purchasing managers. And today's environment is confronting purchasing managers with more challenges than ever. The student can complete their course of study within anytime frame as long as it does not exceed 60 days from  more...

Mastering Purchasing Fundamentals If you are new to purchasing, are you ready for the many challenges you'll face in the months ahead? The highly personal and interactive online class "Mastering Purchasing Fundamentals" walks you through the purchasing process step-by-step. You'll be ready for these challenges. And you won't need the years of experience usually required to learn how to deal with these challenges. You'll get more  more...

Microsoft Excel For Purchasing Professionals Are you failing to take advantage of Microsoft Excel's powerful techniques for purchasing? Look, even if you are an experienced Excel user, you may not be utilizing the tools that can help you make sound purchasing decisions and deliver top-notch presentations. The highly personal and interactive online course "Microsoft Excel For Purchasing Professionals" will enable you to perform sophisticated  more...

Microsoft Project For Purchasing Professionals Have you struggled with completing your purchasing projects on time? You probably would not have if you used Microsoft Project. By taking the highly personal and interactive online class "Microsoft Project For Purchasing Professionals," you will not only learn how to use the software, you'll learn how to apply it to your purchasing work. You'll also learn project management principles that will  more...

Powerful Negotiation For Successful Buying Have your suppliers figured out how to neutralize your negotiation strategies? Most savvy sellers go through negotiation training at least yearly. Unless you ™ve been just as diligent at improving your negotiation skills, your chances of getting the best deals from your suppliers are very slim. The student can complete their course of study within anytime frame as long as it does not exceed  more...

Savings Strategy Development Your CEO wants to know: "Are you executing a cost savings strategy or are you just 'winging it'?" Could you respond by producing a top-notch written strategy? If not, the highly personal and interactive online class "Savings Strategy Development" can help you. The student can complete their course of study within anytime frame as long as it does not exceed 60 days from the stamped start date.  more...

Supply Management Contract Writing You ™ve noticed the changes in purchasing over the past few years, haven ™t you? The changes that have purchasers doing less order processing and more contracting and relationship building with suppliers? This new role requires that you have a new skill set contract writing. Yet most purchasers don ™t know how to write a contract. This is troublesome. Because if you aren  more...

Build Your Own BIZ Comprehensive Certificate Complete, Build Your Own BIZ package is a web-based resource of 17 comprehensive modules designed to help you work smarter, stay competitive, and make more money. You can complete your course of study sooner than the time period stated. You will have 1 year access to this course from the day of enrollment. Group discounts available. Build Your Own BIZ? Build Your Own BIZ? is a web-based  more...

The Automotive Industry Overview Version 2 Trends in the automotive industry are considered a barometer of a mature economy. The industry has been going through some dramatic changes in the last few years, and major manufacturers, including the Big Three (General Motors, Ford, and DaimlerChrysler) and their suppliers, are reorganizing to be competitive in the global marketplace. In the unrelenting push for lower costs, operational  more...

The Oil and Gas Industry Overview Version 2 Has there ever been a more flourishing time in the history of the oil and gas industry? The continued growth in demand and an industry struggling to meet this voracious demand have pushed oil prices to an all-time high. Big oil companies, even while investing heavily in exploration, technology, operational improvement, and research and development, are still left with huge surpluses in an industry  more...

The Pharmaceutical Industry Overview Version 2 Billions of people around the world depend on the pharmaceutical industry to help them live longer, healthier, and happier lives. However, the pharmaceutical industry is continually tasked with alleviating its own ailments, including slow growth and declining profitability owing to pricing, safety, marketing and regulatory issues. In order for companies to remain competitive in a highly regulated  more...

The Food and Beverage Industry Overview Version 2 "The discovery of a new dish does more for human happiness than the discovery of a new star," says Anthelme Brillat-Savarin in his famous work, The Physiology of Taste. However, when leading food and beverage manufacturers introduce more than 15,000 new products every year with an average success rate of only 25 , such happiness can be fleeting. Few industries have as much pressure placed upon  more...

The Health Care Industry Overview Version 2 There is growing evidence that the current health systems around the world will be unsustainable if they go unchanged over the coming years. The health care industry is under constant pressure to streamline operations and cut extraneous spending, while providing quality, safe, and cost-effective care to its patients. In addition, operating in a highly regulated environment, industry players need  more...

The Insurance Industry Overview Version 2 The insurance industry has its share of risks and opportunities. While providing risk coverage to individuals and businesses, insurers are striving hard to manage their own risks in the wake of natural and human-made disasters, financial setbacks, and governance scandals. As margins are squeezed in the face of low underwriting profitability and the cushion of investment returns begins to shrink,  more...

Diagnosing and Planning ...t organization, which is vital. To deliver solutions that are relevant and appropriate to the client's particular business, you must have a knowledge of the organization. Each organization is unique: there are different people and different challenges. One size does not fit all. You cannot respond to each and every organization in the same way. Rapidly learning about the peculiarities of each  more...

Strategic Management Establishing Strategic Focus Strategic Management: Establishing Strategic Focus offers the student an overview of the information required to identify appropriate terms and language associated with strategic management, recognize benefits gained from a successful strategic plan, and learn why some organizations avoid implementing strategic management. The program describes the proper steps for effective decision making, and  more...

SAP R 3 CO Cost Object Controlling Course Overview This course is designed to show how Cost Object Controlling is carried out in SAP R/3. It provides a general introduction to the theory of Cost Object Controlling and introduces the relevant menus and screens. The course shows where direct costs and overheads are entered and covers aspects of bills of materials and routings. The steps involved in processing an order as well as  more...

Introduction to Data Warehousing ...se Method. Identify the features of Oracle7 Server that are relevant to a data warehouse environment. Identify the features of Express Server that are relevant to a data warehouse environment. Identify the benefits of the ROLAP option in a warehouse environment. Identify the components of the Data Mart suite. Match the SQL*Loader mechanisms with their functions. Identify the  more...

Oracle Reports R6 Enhance Reports Course Overview This course is the second in a three-part Oracle Reports series that is based on Oracle Reports Release 6. The goal of this course is to enable developers to construct complex reports and charts using Oracle Reports. This course introduces the learner to the key features of the Data Model editor, Layout Model objects and their properties. The course also enables the learner to  more...

SQL Server 7 0 Designing and Implementing Data Warehouses - Part 2 ...swer a given user query. Identify the design issues that are relevant for the design of cubes, base tables, fact tables and dimension tables. Unit 2: The Data Warehousing Process Duration: 1 - 2 Hour(s) Identify the features of an enterprise data warehouse. Identify the situations in which you will use a data mart. Identify the features of an operational data store. Identify the  more...

Excel XP Fundamentals Course Overview This course presents learners with the fundamental elements of Excel 2002. The course covers the Excel interface and navigation, how to create and format worksheets. Topics such as creating formulas, copying, inserting and deleting a range of cells are covered in the course. Learn To • Start Excel 2002. • Identify elements of the Excel 2002 interface. •  more...

Excel XP Expert User Course Overview This course covers skills particular to the expert user of Excel 2002. The course teaches template and database integration, shared workbooks, and consolidating data across workbooks. This course also teaches, Data Analysis and Automation, data importing and querying, pivot tables, macros, and data analysis tools. Learn To • Create a new template file. • Modify  more...

SAP R 3 Variant Configuration Master Data The Computer Based Training course (CBT) SAP R/3 Variant Configuration is intended to provide all the employees of your company who are involved in designing and constructing product variants with an overview of the objectives, functions, options, and product specific prerequisites of Variant Configuration. It also shows you the different ways in which Variant Configuration can be used. Learn  more...

SAP R 3 Variant Configuration Config Scenario SAP R/3 Variant Configuration is intended to provide all the employees of your company who are involved in designing and constructing product variants with an overview of how master data is used to build up the knowledge base used to describe a variant product in the R/3 System. Furthermore, the learner will be shown how to use the simulation function and the single level production order  more...

SAP R 3 Workflow Architecture The Computer Based Training course (CBT) SAP Business Workflow aims to provide an overview of the functionality and applications of the SAP Business Workflow System using the workflow scenario Notification of absence from Personnel Management as an example. Learn To a Basic Principles of Workflow. a Purpose of a Workflow System. a Working with SAPoffice. a SAP  more...

MS Win XP Install Admin Part 5 Disk File Mgt This is the final course in a five part series in the Microsoft Windows XP Installation and Administration curriculum. It covers how to work with basic and dynamic disks, manage drive letters, paths and defragmenting volumes on computers running Microsoft Windows XP Professional. It also teaches how to configure and manage various file systems, manage data compression, and secure data by using EFS  more...

MS Win XP Install Admin Part 5 Disk File Mgt This is the final course in a five part series in the Microsoft Windows XP Installation and Administration curriculum. It covers how to work with basic and dynamic disks, manage drive letters, paths and defragmenting volumes on computers running Microsoft Windows XP Professional. It also teaches how to configure and manage various file systems, manage data compression, and secure data by using EFS  more...

Systems Analysis Using Client Server Model Part 1 Client Server Env This is the first course in a three part series that presents the students with instruction in the subject of fundamental client server concepts. This course will cover client server computing fundamentals, client server environment, development in the client server environment, and migrating to client server environment. Learn To: o Identify factors responsible for changes in the business  more...

Implementing Wireless LANs Part 4 Site Design Installation ... To identify characteristics of end-user devices that are relevant to wireless LAN (WLAN) planning. To identify characteristics of wireless LAN (WLAN) operating environments. To identify items covered in a site survey report. To identify guidelines for procuring wireless LAN (WLAN) equipment.  more...

E-Commerce Implementation Issues This course provides the learner with information and case studies highlighting the issues associated with E-commerce Implementation. Learn To: Identify the components of a basic e-commerce Web site. Identify the functions of online storefront systems. Identify the role of user access control and authentication software in selling products online. Identify key payment  more...

Lotus Domino R5 Development Part 3 Creating User Interfaces ... Lotus Domino R5 design elements with their features that are relevant to Web application development. Identify the features of a folder. Match the types of folders with their features. Create a folder. Set the properties of a folder. Enable soft deletion in a database. Create a view to store deleted documents. Identify the features of navigator. Set the properties of a navigator. Set  more...

SAP R 3 Workflow Scenario The course, SAP R/3 Workflow Scenario, aims to provide an overview of the functionality and applications of the SAP Business Workflow System using the workflow scenario Notification of absence from Personnel Management as an example. The user will be introduced to the tools that are required for a workflow, takes a closer look at a multi-level workflow based on a notification of absence and  more...

SAP R 3 Service Management Master Data SAP R/3 Service Management Master Data introduces you to the SAP R/3 Service Management module and on hand of the case study used, shows how it integrates with the other R/3 modules. It also shows how to create the infrastructure needed to process service requests in the system. Learn To: a Identify the SAP R/3 Service Management Module. a Service and Organization. a  more...

SAP R 3 Service Management Scenarios SAP R/3 Service Management Scenarios introduces you to the SAP R/3 Service Management module and on hand of a case study, shows how to access and implement service processing, to confirm service processing, and how to settle and complete the service order. Learn To: a Access service processing. a Implement service processing. a Confirm service processing. a Settle  more...

Moving from Technical Professional to Mgr Series Managing Personnel This course teaches key skills for team building, team leadership and team management. It begins with some guidelines and tactics for effective leadership before teaching how to get the best results from your team through development, training and conflict management. Finally, it looks at how to improve communication skills as well as how to avoid stress and job burnout. Learn To:  more...

Six Sigma DMAIC Analyzing the Data There's one thing that doctors, mechanics, and detectives sometimes share in common--getting to the source of something that's gone wrong in a system. Things go wrong in business systems too, and to get at the source of the problem, you have to dig down deep. This course is all about making sure Six Sigma Green belts and team members dig deep enough, to where the solutions are simplest. In order  more...