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From Performance Innovation LLC
Lean Overview Course Description: Companies responding to cost pressures understand how lean principles and techniques can improve operations, reduce costs and increase profit margins. Lean is about creating value for customers by eliminating waste Course Objectives: By the end of the course participants will be able to: 1. Identify the eight forms of waste. 2. Describe the value of 5S and Visual  more...
From Kepner-Tregoe Inc
Live Webcast Thinking Correctly Under Pressure instructor led trainingon-line e-learning cbt (computer based) Thinking Correctly Under Pressure (TCUP) continues to gain more and more attention in companies that are committed to the idea of Service Excellence. The ability to "stay cool and focused" when the situation at hand gets hot is something that is required whenever we look at Incident Management, but could also be transferred into any other environment where effective decision making and proactive  more...
From Single Sourcing Solutions, Inc
Authoring with Arbortext Editor (Tutoring) instructor led trainingon-line e-learning cbt (computer based)study at homee-bookworkshop / seminardesktop sharing, individual tutoring A customized version of the "Authoring with Arbortext Editor" course, this mentor-led, one-on-one, individual instruction is tailored to the needs of the student and focused on their individual, personal skill development. This course emphasizes hands-on experience, interaction between student and mentor, in a tutoring-like environment. Although the course is compressed, you will learn the  more...
From HR Learning Center LLC
PAPERLESS HR - LEGAL PITFALLS TO AVOID WHEN YOU DECIDE TO GO PAPERLESS instructor led trainingon-line e-learning cbt (computer based) Many companies are considering or moving towards having a paperless a HR Departmenta . This informative audio conference presented by our legal expert, Melissa Fleischer, Esq. will discuss and clarify what this means for your company. Ms. Fleischer will also provide an overview of some of the legal challenges that companies face when deciding whether to go paperless and how to avoid these legal  more...
From OST Global Solutions, Inc
Six Strategies to Grow Aggressively in the Federal Market webinar on June 14th 2012 instructor led trainingon-line e-learning cbt (computer based) If you manage a small government contracting business, you are one busy person. Like many other CEOs and senior executives, you still may be billable on government contracts, write proposals in your a freea time, and run daily company operations on top of that. If you are not building a lifestyle business meant to remain small, you may feel pangs of frustration by the way things are going.  more...
From Manufacturing Executive Institute
Implementing Statistical process Control SPC for Short Run Production You are invited to attend the Manufacturing Executive Institutea ™s August 16th 2012 3rd Thursday - a Operations Improvement Seriesa FREE webinar, a Implementing Statistical Process Control for Short-Run Production.a SPC has helped many manufacturing companies achieve world class quality in production operations. Application of SPC techniques have become commonplace and a normally  more...
A Case for Routine Use of Statistical Process Control SPC in Manufacturing You are invited to attend the Manufacturing Executive Institutea ™s FREE June 2012 3rd Thursday - a Operations Improvement webinar, A Case for Routine Use of Statistical Process Control (SPC) in Manufacturing. Statistical Process Control is a term that describes a process for predicting failures and methodically determining the underlying cause(s) before the predicted failures can  more...
A Better Method for Cross Training Production Personnel You are invited to attend the Manufacturing Executive Institutea ™s August 2009 3rd Thursday - Operations Improvement Series FREE webinar, A Better Method for Cross-Training Production Personnel. Companies that take cross training of production personnel seriously report as much as a 30% fewer direct labor employees than exact peer companies. They also report faster cycle times, higher  more...
Better Methods To Control Tools Fixtures in Production Manufacturing ANYTHING requires tools, fixtures and supplies; in addition to people, machines, materials and methods. And while most improvement initiatives focus on production methods and material availability, it is often the tools and fixtures that cause manufacturing disruptions, sometimes leading to shipping delays and customer dissatisfaction. How many times have you been ready to produce,  more...
How to Dramatically Improve the Quality of Your Shipment ForecastsTechniques to Improve Forecast Inputs Supply-chain professionals must NEVER stop thinking about the integrity of the shipment forecast. This is because a shipment forecast represents independent demand for company product which in turn drives the Master Production Schedule (MPS) process. Start with an inaccurate shipment forecast and a poor performing MPS is sure to follow. Continue with a poor forecasting process and inventory will  more...
The Most Important Metrics For Measuring Supply Chain Performance The Manufacturing Executive Institute is pleased to bring you this LIVE & FULLY interactive 90-minute a Modem Chat Seriesa Webinar - "The Most Important Metrics for Measuring Supply Chain Performance." This webinar is fully interactive, with instructors, moderator and all participants interacting over the webinara ™s audio channel. Operations and logistics organizations utilize a  more...
How to Factually Evaluate Critical Supplier Performance and Risks Manufacturers and distributors are choosing to source significant amounts of materials and components from global suppliers and are creating substantial risks within their supply chains. Companies are discovering that sourced-material disruptions can and often do, result in dramatic and unfavorable impacts to material delivery reliability, total material cost and received material quality.  more...
Demystifying the Calculations of Efficiency Utilization and Productivity You are invited to attend the Manufacturing Executive Institutea ™s November 2010 3rd Thursday - a Operations Improvement Series FREE webinar, Demystifying the Calculations of Efficiency, Utilization & Productivity. Given enough time, important terms always seem to morph and get used interchangeably. This is true with many daily terms we use in business. Worse, when important terms  more...
How to Calculate the Impact on Total Factory Costs from a One Percent Change in Planned Load You are invited to attend the Manufacturing Executive Institutea ™s September 2010 3rd Thursday - Operations Improvement Series FREE webinar, How to Calculate the Impact on Total Factory Costs From a 1% Change in Planned Load. The largest cost driver in most manufacturing companies, outside of the cost of direct material, is underutilization of semi-fixed and fixed costs. These costs are  more...
Manufacturing Opportunities in Costa RicaGateway to Enhanced Productivity and Lower Manufacturing Costs For North American companies looking for solid manufacturing capabilities at a low cost; or looking for a high productivity manufacturing location, Costa Rica offers some outstanding benefits. The Central America country of Costa Rica is more than a beautiful landscape in the middle of Latin America. It is also a country that boasts one of the most attractive industrial climates anywhere in  more...
Building a Cost Reduction Curve to Estimate Future Raw Material Prices Annual raw material spend is usually the largest cost reduction opportunity in most manufacturing companies. By reducing the price of raw material items, a company is immediately reducing its cash outflow and increasing it liquidity. Further, reducing annual spend improves gross margins and allows for a more competitive finished goods pricing strategy if needed. The trick to systematically  more...
From GlobalCompliancePanel
GxP Computer System Validation The investigators Point of View - Webinar By GlobalCompliancePanel Overview: The webinar explains what is needed to prepare for an audit or regulatory inspection. It addresses SOPs for the GxP and IT infrastructure, hardware and software qualification, computer system validation, and change control for revalidation. This event is applicable to regulated companies and software vendors. Tuesday, July 10, 2012 10: 00 AM PDT | 01: 00 PM EDT  more...
21 CFR PART 11 Complete Manual for Compliance Success - Webinar GlobalCompliancePanel Overview: FDA inspectors are ever increasing the number of inspections where they include Part 11 as a part of the scope or THE scope of the inspection. The trends and reports are showing that the FDA inspectors are focusing on electronic signatures and electronic records as more and more companies are implementing systems and technologies to support these activities. Tuesday, May 15, 2012  more...
Root Cause Analysis and Documentation Requirements for CAPA - Webinar GlobalCompliancePanel Overview: RCA is a popular topic and many companies realize its importance in correcting problems. However, there is still much confusion and many problems continue to recur. Tuesday, April 17, 2012 10: 00 AM PDT | 01: 00 PM EDT  more...
Avoiding an FDA Warning Letter with a Strong CAPA Program - Webinar By GlobalCompliancePanel Overview: The development and implementation of an effective CAPA system is not well understood by many device companies. This webinar is designed to clarify what the FDA is looking for in the CAPA system. Examples of warning letters will be reviewed to understand common themes found by FDA. Thursday, March 29, 2012 10: 00 AM PDT | 01: 00 PM EDT  more...
Process Verification and Validation to Meet US FDA Requirements - Webinar By GlobalCompliancePanel Overview: This webinar will provide valuable guidance to regulated companies in development, implementation, or refinement of their manufacturing process verification and validation programs. It will evaluate validation practices that are more in agreement with ICH Q7 and Q8 than previously accepted validation methods, and will provide thought-provoking questions for FDA-regulated companies.  more...
Zero Defects and the CGMPs - Pros and Cons - Webinar By GlobalCompliancePanel Overview: U. S. FDA-regulated companies are responsible for understanding current Good Manufacturing Practices (CGMPs) as defined in the Code of Federal Regulations ( 21 CFR Part 111, 210/ 211, and 820). Wednesday, April 11, 2012 10: 00 AM PDT | 01: 00 PM EDT  more...
How to Survive a QRM Audit - Webinar By GlobalCompliancePanel Overview: As QRM tools and techniques become more formalized, regulatory agencies are increasingly requiring companies to establish Quality Risk Management Plans for their operations. Such plans are being used as starting points for regulatory audits.  more...
Key Steps for Risk Assessment - Webinar By GlobalCompliancePanel The webinar focuses on effective implementation of QRM through the understanding of the ICH Q9 process and principles of QRM. By reviewing the standard terminology of risk management and laying the foundation for a more practical approach to applying the QRM principles of ICH Q9 to any biopharmaceutical manufacturing process and equipment, it enables you to speak the same "language of risk" as  more...
Use and Mis-use of FMEA in Medical Device Risk Management - Webinar By GlobalCompliancePanel This webinar will update personnel at medical device companies on the ISO 14971 standard and point them to the additional information available in the document under the informative annexes. The information will assist in meeting various national and global regulatory requirements for medical devices.  more...
From ZaranTech.com
SAP FICO Online Competency Development Training program TRAINING DETAILS: Course Duration: 90 hours Training + Case Studies + 2 months Server access Training Materials: All attendees would receive a Assignment after each module, a Notes and study material for examples covered. a Access to the Training Blog Training Format: This course is delivered Online using Web and Audio Conferencing. Timing: Weekdays and Weekends after work  more...
SAP BOBJ with BW integration Online Competency Development Training program TRAINING DETAILS: Course Duration: 65 hours Training + Case Studies Training Materials: All attendees would receive a Assignment after each module, a Notes and study material for examples covered. Training Format: This course is delivered as a highly interactive session, with extensive live examples. This course is delivered in Online using Web and Audio Conferencing. Timing:  more...
From GlobalCompliancePanel
Recent Major Industry CGMP Failures and How to Avoid Them U. S. FDA-regulated companies are responsible for understanding current Good Manufacturing Practices (CGMPs) as defined in the Code of Federal Regulations ( 21 CFR Part 111, 210/ 211, and 820). They are then required to translate those regulations into procedures and work instructions.  more...
A Simpler Approach to Implementing or Validating CGMPs to 21 CFR 11 Electronic Records Signatures - Webinar By GlobalComplianceP The verification and validation of electronic records and electronic signature software is coming under increased scrutiny by the U. S. FDA. This webinar will address the use of FDA Guidance's, GAMP, 21 CFR Part 11, "Electronic Records" / "Electronic Signatures", and other applicable industry software validation models, coupled with the ISO 14971 / ICH Q9 Product Risk Management models, to  more...
Combination Products FDAs Proposed Rule for GMP Requirements and Introduction and Expectations for Combo Products-GCP This webinar will provide valuable assistance and guidance to device companies in involved in commercialization of combination products.  more...
Root Cause Analysis and Documentation Requirements for CAPA - Webinar By GlobalCompliancePanel RCA is a popular topic and many companies realize its importance in correcting problems. However, there is still much confusion and many problems continue to recur. This webinar will use thoughtful discussion, humorous analogies and case studies to distinguish between the true root cause and other common imposters. Emphasis will be placed on realizing system interactions and cultural  more...
Understanding and Implementing USP 1058 Analytical Instrument Qualification - Webinar By GlobalCompliancePanel Analytical instruments should be qualified to demonstrate suitability for the intended use. Despite the fact that instrument qualification is nothing new and companies spend a lot of time, it is a frequently cited deviation in FDA inspectional observations and warning letters. Companies are unsure on what exactly to qualify or re-qualify, test and document. The main reason is that unlike for  more...
Device Changes and the 510k - Webinar By GlobalCompliancePanel The majority of medical devices are cleared for marketing in the U. S. by the FDA under the 510(k) process. The FDA holds companies responsible for filing new 510(k)s when one change is major enough to impact safety / effectiveness, or when a series of lesser changes finally reach the "tipping point". This is a major headache. How can companies make that determination? How can they trigger such  more...
DHF DMR DHR Technical File and Design Dossier - Key Requirements and Future Directions - Webinar By GlobalCompliancePanel Overview: This webinar will examine the existing and proposed requirements for the FDA's DHF - including its derivative documents, the DMR and DHR. It will consider the MDD's TF/ DD requirements, and evaluate the documents' differing purposes / goals. Required and desirable contents will be discussed. Also considered: Areas requiring frequent re-evaluation / update; Similarities and  more...
Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Validation Guidances - Similarities and Differences - Webinar By GlobalCompliancePanel Overview: This webinar will provide an overview of process validation for devices and pharmaceuticals. While most of the webinar will include FDA compliance requirements, there will be some International Standards Organization (ISO), European, and Canadian regulations included for exploration. After attending this webinar, attendees will have a greater perspective of process validation and its  more...
Root Cause Analysis - The Heart of a Successful CAPA Program - Webinar By GlobalCompliancePanel Overview: Root Cause Analysis (RCA) is a major tool in product complaint, non-conformance, and OOS failure investigations, and hazard analysis / risk management and mitigation activities. It is required in resolving verification and validation issues including data outliers that frequently but are often improperly dismissed arbitrarily. It is required in order to "close-the-loop" on corrective  more...
Developing the Master VV Plan to Meet US FDA ISO 13485 and 14971 Requirements - Webinar By GlobalCompliancePanel Overview: FDA Warning Letters and recent high-profile recalls indicate major cGMP deficiencies in many companies. One major failing is lack of sufficient or targeted risk-based company-wide V&V planning. Starting with a Master Validation Plan, evaluating its elements against ISO 14971 hazard analysis / risk management, allows development of meaningful product validations. The roles of different  more...
21 CFR Part 11 How to Successfully Prepare for and Host an FDA Inspection - Webinar By GlobalCompliancePanel Overview: 21 CFR Part 11 is FDA regulation for electronic signatures and electronic records. It started by the pharma - it is a good regulation for medical and pharma companies but it is also a good guideline for other industries. Why Should You Attend: More and more organizations are striving to "go green" and develop "sustainable" organization's strategies, which almost always includes using  more...
Internal 21CFR Part 11 Compliance Auditing of Computer Systems - Webinar By GlobalCompliancePanel verview: This webinar will provide valuable assistance to all regulated companies that need to validate their systems, including companies in the Medical Device, Diagnostic, Pharmaceutical, and Biologics fields and associated vendors such as contract research, manufacturing, testing and systems. This presentation will describe a proven process for preparing a site for inspection of systems.  more...
The Most Common Problems in FDA Software Validation Verification- Webinar By GlobalCompliancePanel Overview: This webinar will give valuable help to FDA regulated Pharmaceutical, Medical Device, Biotech, Diagnostics and Biological manufacturers. In August 2010, FDA made an announcement affecting virtually every drug, device and biologic firm marketing products in the U. S: "The Agency (FDA) will be conducting a series of inspections in an effort to evaluate industry's compliance and  more...
How to successfully create a Device History Record and keep FDA happy in the process - Webinar By GlobalCompliancePanel Overview: Many companies are confident that their record keeping for the firm's device history records is compliant to the Quality System regulation, yet when the FDA comes calling, FDA 483 DHR cites are written and warning letters, seizures or worse ensue. Internal Audits show the production controls system compliant, yet again FDA writes the firm up. This webinar will review the production  more...
Best Practices for the Implementation and Use of Test Management Tools - Webinar By GlobalCompliancePanel Overview: As anyone that has been involved in a traditional paper-based validation project can attest to the ability to manage the validation deliverables, timelines, resources, tasks and the compliance of the project can be difficult, resource extensive and time consuming. Most paper-based validation practices require many documents that are managed both electronically (in multiple systems)  more...
FDA Clinical Trial Auditing and the due diligence Companies should conduct as part of their monitoring program - Webinar By GCP Overview: The main principle is to follow exactly the signed and approved (IRB + PI) Protocol to the letter. This, in fact, is included on the FDA Form 1572. In the current regulatory climate, GCP Investigator site audits are a part of the clinical trail process. Sponsors should anticipate more inspections and information requests regarding monitoring practices. Many monitoring systems lack  more...
Calibration and Qualification in Analytical Laboratories - Webinar By GlobalCompliancePanel Overview: Laboratory equipment should be calibrated and/ or qualified to demonstrate suitability for the intended use. Laboratory systems including equipment are amongst key targets of FDA inspections. They are considered high risk systems because they have a high impact on product quality. Despite the fact that equipment calibration and qualification is nothing new and companies spend a lot of  more...
The Use and Mis-use of FMEA in Medical Device Risk Management - Webinar By GlobalCompliancePanel Overview: The purpose of FMEA is to affect the design and the most practical time to do this is when competing designs are being considered, not after choices have been made, contracts signed, and prototypes being built and tested. Of course, there are other reasons for performing a FMEA. FDA requires risk assessment (hazard analysis) but a FMEA conducted late in the product development process  more...
The Pharmaceutical Quality System - Webinar By GlobalCompliancePanel Overview: This webinar will discuss the evolution of the standards, describe a Pharmaceutical Quality System and discuss the transition to the Pharmaceutical Quality System. Why you should attend: The US FDA, and regulatory agencies around the world, are actively promoting the concept of a Pharmaceutical Quality System. The concept of a Quality System was imposed on the medical device industry  more...
Navigating the Regulatory Environment for the Implementation of Alternative Microbiology Technologies - Webinar By GCPanel Overview: Rapid microbiological methods (RMMs) have been implemented by a number of companies around the world. In some cases, it is necessary to work with regulatory authorities in order to effectively introduce a RMM in place of an existing microbiology method. This is especially true if the existing method is incorporated in a previously approved regulatory dossier, such as a New Drug  more...
Overall Residual Risk Evaluation - Webinar By GlobalCompliancePanel Overview: This presentation discusses practical methods of performing Overall Residual Risk Evaluation and methods for documenting the results of the evaluation activity. Overall Residual Risk Evaluation requires a cross-functional team to perform the evaluation, which will be an important part of this presentation. Why you should attend: One of the most important Risk Management activities is  more...
Design Control for Medical Devices - Webinar By GlobalCompliancePanel Overview: Prior to introduction of a new device, or even a modified design for an existing device, a systematic process must be followed. This process must ensure that all requirements are met. A firm's design control process must meet all regulatory requirements, but at the same time not be so unwieldy as the present a barrier to timely market introduction. This webinar will cover the  more...
Process Validation for Medical Devices - Webinar By GlobalCompliancePanel Overview: This course provides regulatory/ quality professionals, manufacturing engineers, and process development engineers with the knowledge and skills needed to comply with the process validation requirements of the FDA's Quality System Regulation, ISO 13485 and the GHTF Validation guidance N99-10 while offering information on how to implement an effective validation program. The purpose of  more...
How to use QSIT to Your Advantage - Webinar By GlobalCompliancePanel Overview: Virtually all field inspections performed by FDA inspectors are done according to the QSIT. It is thus imperative that all regulated companies have an in-depth knowledge of this system, to enable them to prepare for the inspection. Delving into each and every section of the QSIT, this webinar also includes straightforward, helpful methods for incorporating it into your companya  more...
Purchasing and Supplier Controls in the Medical Device Industry - Webinar By GlobalCompliancePanel Overview: Supplier qualification and assessment is required in both the QSR regulations and ISO standards. Many companies spend a great deal of time and money in pursuit of compliance with this. Many companies can spend MUCH LESS time and money, and still be in control of their suppliers and in compliance with the regulations. This presentation will review the QSR and ISO requirements for  more...
Medical Device Recalls How to Manage Them and Recent Trends - Webinar By GlobalCompliancePanel Overview: Medical devices are classified into three classes, Class I, II, and III, based on the level of control necessary to assure the safety and effectiveness of the device. Recalls of Class II devices represent 61% of all device recalls over a review period, followed by Class III devices at 28%. This Webinar will provide a recent update on the latest trends and causes for device recalls and  more...
Off-Label Promotion of Drugs - Regulatory Documents Explained - Webinar By GlobalCompliancePanel Overview: Promoting a drug or device for a use not approved by the Food and Drug Administration is illegal. As a result of this practice, called "off-label promotion," life sciences companies have been fined unprecedented amounts of money and their executives have been prosecuted criminally. In addition to the regulatory and criminal consequences of off-label promotion, companies that promote  more...
Meet FDA Expectations for a Tougher Supplier Audit Program - Webinar By GlobalCompliancePanel Overview: There is a pervasive public perception that the FDA has been ineffective in protecting the public. Recent news events seem to support this perception. The FDA is working hard to change that perception. Industry must be prepared to adapt, and recognize that such adaptation will actually work to their long-term benefit. This webinar will discuss and evaluate the effects that this call  more...
Change Control -- Your Companys GMP Weak Point - Webinar By GlobalCompliancePanel Overview: There is a pervasive public perception that the FDA has been ineffective in protecting the public. Recent news events in foods, drugs, and devices seem to support this perception. The "tougher" FDA is determined to change that perception. Industry must be prepared to adapt, and recognize that such adaptation will actually work to their long-term benefit. This webinar will discuss and  more...
Tougher US FDA cGMP Compliance Audits - When Youre Not Ready - Webinar by GlobalCompliancePanel Overview: There is an on-going major shift in the emphasis of U. S. FDA cGMP compliance audits. These changes in focus have a major impact on individual compliance objectives, efforts and measurements of success. The Agency has come under increasing negative publicity due to multiple drug recalls and pulling of product off the market, importation of tainted foods, lead based paint in toys, and  more...
International Financial Reporting Standards The Basics - Webinar by GlobalCompliancePanel Overview: Where business is concerned the world is becoming a smaller place. Trade boundaries are disappearing, and many companies have subsidiaries around the world. Multi-national corporations needed a simpler way to put together their consolidated financial statements. Already Australia, most of Europe, and many other countries have adopted International Financial Reporting Standards.  more...
21 CFR Part 11 Complete Manual For Compliance Success - GlobalCompliancePanel Virtual Seminar - Webinar By GlobalCompliancePanel Overview: 21 CFR Part 11 is FDA regulation for electronic signatures and electronic records. It started by the Pharma - it is a good regulation for medical and Pharma companies but it is also a good guideline for other industries. Why Should You Attend: FDA inspectors are ever increasing the number of inspections where they include Part 11 as a part of the scope or THE scope of the inspection.  more...
Utilizing Good Requirements as a Foundation for the Effective Validation of PDMA-related Computerized Systems - Webinar By Globa Overview: Computerized systems can be a boon to the Sales and Marketing group of an organization that falls within FDA regulatory authority. By automating, tracking, and reporting on thousands of sample product transactions, such systems can provide a powerful mechanism for compliance to the requirements of the Prescription Drug Marketing Act (PDMA), while accomplishing this with a manageable  more...
Labeling Requirements for Dietary Supplements - Webinar By GlobalCompliancePanel Overview: This webinar points out current labeling issues including misbranding that are eating into profitability of dietary companies. The webinar teaches the attendee how to avoid common labeling compliance issues including: * Misbranding * Misleading claims * Misleading statements * Directions of use The webinar focuses on general labeling provisions for dietary  more...
Medical Device Changes and The 510k - Webinar By GlobalCompliancePanel Overview: This webinar will examine the broad range of issues to be considered by a company when reviewing 1) A series of minor changes or 2) One major change to an existing product having an existing 510(k), for the need for a new 510(k). Such a review takes on added urgency as a result of the stated intent of the Agency to get tougher across the board in its expectations for the medical  more...
Validating Excel and Word Applications Documents - Webinar By GlobalCompliancePanel Overview: Both the U. S. FDA and the EU's MDD require companies to be proactive in reducing risk while increasing user benefits. How does this translate to common software applications programs, e. g., MS-Excel and MS-Word, or similar. How can these be verified and validated? Company quality data must be more "science based". What V&V (verification and validation) planning steps are expected  more...
Project Management in a cGMP Environment - Webinar By GlobalCompliancePanel Overview: This webinar will provide valuable guidance to regulated companies in development and implementation of Project Management Planning and Techniques for new product development, regulatory compliance audit responses, proof of "progress against plan", and other activities requiring a planned documented rationale. Three of the most common tools will be discussed. One very simple approach  more...
Preparing for GFSI and other Third Party Audits - Webinar By GlobalCompliancePanel Overview: Preparation and organization are the keys to a successful audit. This session will allow your team to anticipate the auditors needs and result in the facility's ability to achieve the maximum benefit and score from the audit. Why you should attend: More and more customers are requiring GFSI audits such as ISO 22000, BRC and SQF or accepting them in lieu of their own audits.  more...
Why is CAPA so often cited in medical device inspections - Webinar By GlobalCompliancePanel Overview: This presentation will explore FDA Corrective Action and Preventive Action findings in medical device manufacturer quality systems to determine FDA's concerns. The FDA and ISO 13485 requirements for CAPA will be reviewed to identify how procedures may define a compliant CAPA system. Implementation and maintenance of the CAPA system will be explored. FDA indicates that CAPA systems  more...
Water System Biofilm Control and Microbial Monitoring Myths - Webinar By GlobalCompliancePanel Overview: It is an unfortunate fact that most water systems today have been designed and are operated and controlled using at least some traditional concepts and methods that are downright wrong. So how could such traditions become so ingrained and be so wrong? How could well-intentioned benchmarking be so misguided? There are many reasons, which will be discussed, but regardless of the causes,  more...
Operational Risk Management Ensuring Safety for Food Systems - Webinar By GlobalCompliancePanel Overview: With today's movement into more and more serious controls over food safety and security, the liabilities associated with recalls and deaths are creating new approaches to determine and reduce the likelihood of risks associated with contaminated foods. Risk assessment involves determining where and what types of risks are involved throughout any food process, assigning quantitative  more...
Analytical Instrument and Equipment Qualification in Quality Laboratories - Webinar By GlobalCompliancePanel Overview: The analytical instruments and equipment used in GXP laboratories must be calibrated and qualified for use in regulated testing. This includes quality control labs attached to cGMP facilities, GLP labs supporting animal toxicology studies and GCP labs supporting clinical trials. Additionally, labs supporting EPA studies are also regulated. This seminar will review the regulations that  more...
Understanding and Preparing for FDAs New Part 11 Inspection Program - Webinar By GlobalCompliancePanel Overview: Within the next few weeks and months the FDA will conduct a series of Part 11 related inspections. Planned routine inspections will be extended to evaluate the companies' practices to ensure accuracy, integrity, authenticity and availability of electronic records, and the FDA plans additional 'for cause inspections'. Inspections are planned for US but also in foreign countries. The  more...
Key Concepts in Successful Water System Sanitization - Webinar By GlobalCompliancePanel Overview: Though hardly a water system is designed and installed without some capability of sanitization, the system design features, materials of construction, sanitization approach, as well as the frequency of the sanitization process have everything to do with its success. This presentation focuses on the factors that can lead to water system sanitization success as well as failure so that  more...
Recalls Removals and Market Corrections in Compliance with FDA and ISO Requirements - Webinar By GlobalCompliancePanel Overview: To satisfy QSR and ISO 13485 requirements, medical device companies must respond to field reports swiftly and compliantly. There are certain circumstances in which a report from the field requires the device manufacturer to take steps regarding product in the field. It is critical that the company take the required steps in the required timeframes. FDA and ISO requirements overlap to  more...
101 cGMP To-Do List for 2011 - Webinar By GlobalCompliancePanel Overview: This webinar will examine the broad range of issues a company's senior management and QA/ RA need to consider in their annual Management Review of their existing quality management system. Such a review takes on added urgency as a result of the stated intent of the Agency to get tougher across the board in its expectations for the medical industry and what it (the FDA and industry)  more...
The FDAs Working Group Reports I II - New Directions - Webinar by GlobalCompliancePanel Overview: This webinar will examine the stated intent of the Agency to get tougher across the board in its expectations for the medical industry and what it (the FDA and industry) need to do internally. Examination of two recently published reports by the FDA's CDRH (devices) have identified major areas of concerns: 1) 510(k) Working Group's Preliminary Report and Recommendations, and 2)  more...
Process Verification and Validation - by GlobalCompliancePanel This webinar will provide valuable guidance to regulated companies in development, implementation, or refinement of their manufacturing process verification and validation programs. It will evaluate validation practices that are more in agreement with ICH Q7 and Q8 than previously accepted validation methods, and will provide thought-provoking questions for FDA-regulated companies. Enhanced use  more...
Full Day Virtual Seminar - Reduce Software Validation Costs and Pass the New 21 CFR Part 11 Inspections - Webinar by GlobalCompl This interactive one-day seminar details how to reduce costs associated with implementing, using, and maintaining computer systems in regulated environments. Nearly every computerized system used in laboratory, clinical, manufacturing and the quality process has to be validated. Participants will learn the latest techniques for complying with 21 CFR Part 11 that greatly reduce software  more...
Training Requirements and Practices to Assure QSR and ISO Compliance - Webinar by GlobalCompliancePanel To satisfy QSR and ISO 13485 requirements as well as produce quality products, companies must assure personnel are trained on their routine job practices as well as familiar with requirements that impact them. A complete and effective employee training program must be in place to assure this. This session will instruct attendees on the regulatory requirements of personnel training, and  more...
The Most Common Problems in FDA Software Validation Verification - Webinar by GlobalCompliancePanel In August 2010, FDA made an announcement affecting virtually every drug, device and biologic firm marketing products in the U. S: "The Agency (FDA) will be conducting a series of inspections in an effort to evaluate industry's compliance and understanding of Part 11...The Agency intends to take appropriate action to enforce Part 11 requirements for issues raised during the inspections..."  more...
Supplier Evaluation and Assessment How to Meet FDA QSR and ISO 13485 Requirements in a Cost-Effective Manner - Webinar by Global Supplier qualification and assessment is required in both the QSR regulations and ISO standards. Many companies spend a great deal of time and money in pursuit of compliance with this. Many companies can spend MUCH LESS time and money, and still be in control of their suppliers and in compliance with the regulations. This presentation will review the QSR and ISO requirements for supplier  more...
Navigating Pediatric Trials from recruitment to successful on-time completion - Webinar by GlobalCompliancePanel Drug companies face many challenges in pediatric clinical research. Pediatric trials come with a high level of complexity and cost. In order for professionals to carry out a successful pediatric drug development plan, they need the right infrastructure and information to avoid obstacles such as slow recruitment, noncompliance and difficulties in developing the right study criteria and protocol.  more...
Document Approval Control and Distribution How to Meet FDA QSR and ISO 13485 Requirements in a Cost Effective Manner - Webinar b Document control can be a time- and paper-consuming process. Even the simplest of changes often requires an inordinate amount of time spent in the preparation, submission, distribution, and implementation of change requests, document modifications, document review meetings, document approvals, and document placement. Many companies can spend MUCH LESS time and prepare MANY LESS documents, and  more...
21 CFR Part 11 How to Successfully Prepare for and Host an FDA Inspection- Webinar by GlobalCompliancePanel 21 CFR Part 11 is FDA regulation for electronic signatures and electronic records. It started by the pharma - it is a good regulation for medical and pharma companies but it is also a good guideline for other industries.  more...
FDAs New Enforcement of 21 CFR Part 11 - Webinar by GlobalCompliancePanel FDA's new Part 11 regulation takes quite some time, but inspectors go out and inspect computer systems and e-records for compliance with GMPs and most recent Part11 interpretations. Just from 2007 to 2010, there have been about 30 Warning Letters related to Part 11 compliance, some with disastrous consequences for inspected companies. It seems that 'enforcement discretion' as stated in the 2003  more...
Signal Detection and Case Processing Business Process Optimization in Pharmacovigilance - Webinar by GlobalCompliancePanel This course will describe how to assess and optimize pharmacovigilance operations from cost effective, compliance, and safety perspectives. A structured methodology for assessing drug safety operations will be presented. This will include recognizing the need to conduct process analysis, developing and prioritizing project portfolio, performing the analysis, and finally implementing the  more...
Project Management for FDA-Regulated Companies - Webinar by GlobalCompliancePanel This webinar will provide valuable guidance to regulated companies in development and implementation of Project Management Planning and Techniques for new product development, regulatory compliance audit responses, proof of "progress against plan", and ot Three of the most common tools will be discussed. One very simple approach using common Excel- or Word-type PC applications programs that  more...
Managing Product Medical Device Recall Efficiently and Effectively - Webinar by GlobalCompliancePanel Recall means the correction or removal of a device for human use where FDA finds that there is a reasonable probability that the device would cause serious, adverse health consequences or death. It is an action taken to address a problem with a medical device that violates FDA law. Recalls occur when a medical device is defective, when it could be a risk to health, or when it is both defective  more...
Robust Process Validation for Medical Devices - Webinar by GlobalCompliancePanel One of the most common reasons noted by the FDA for recalls of medical device is improper validation. It is also one of the most common reasons companies receive 483s and warning letters. Conversely, successful validations not only satisfy compliance and regulatory requirements, they also provide for robust manufacturing processes satisfying the needs of many individual functions within your  more...
Learning from Recent FDA Warning Letters Related to Computer Validation and Part 11 - Prepare Yourself for the upcoming FDA Part On July 8, 2010, the FDA announced to soon conduct a series of inspections related to 21 CFR Part 11. FDA made it very clear that the focus of the inspections will on most critical issues the industry had with Part 11 in the past. The best way to find out what the issues are is to look at recent FDA 483 form inspectional observations and warning letters related to computer system validation and  more...
Regulatory Requirements for Medical Device Calibration Programs - Webinar by GlobalCompliancePanel Calibration is an essential component of every Quality Management System (QMS). An effective system includes more than just management of stickers on equipment. This presentation will give you the background need to understand the requirements and effectively implement. The presentation states with the regulatory requirements in the FDAa ™s QSR, ISO 13485, and ISO 9001. After analysis of  more...
21 CFR Part 11 Auditing for Part 11 Compliance GlobalCompliancePanel brings a new webinar for the medical devices industry professionals. Webinar will be on March 18, 2010. Webinar will be presented by Jasmin NUHIC. 21 CFR Part 11 is FDA regulation for electronic signatures and electronic records. It started by the pharma - it is a good regulation for medical and pharma companies but it is also a good guideline for other industries.  more...
PCI Data Breaches What happened What may have prevented it What if it happens to you If your organization is struggling to meet compliance requirements for PCI, you're in good company. Unfortunately, in this case there is no safety in numbers. Criminals do not necessarily attack big companies; they go after whatever is easy. The cost of responding to a breach is getting more expensive each year. In this webinar you will learn about the current threat environment, how some of  more...
Application Controls throughout the Life Cycle of Application Systems GlobalCompliancePanel brings a new webinar on the topic of Application Controls throughout the Life Cycle of Application Systems. Webinar will be on March 16, 2010. Webinar will be presented by Bernice Russell Bond. Miss. Bond is the President of BRUSSELL Consulting, Inc (BCI), Bernice brings over fifteen years of business operations, risk management, audit and compliance experience. She has  more...
From ProfessionalOrganizers . com
Introduction to Professional Organizing - Webinar Discover what it takes to enter and succeed in this dynamic and growing industry. Individuals, families and companies, large and small, welcome assistance from Professional Organizers and as our industry matures, the need for more of us that instinctively know how to turn chaos into control increases dramatically. This webinar has been created to answer the many questions that must run  more...
From Transient IT Solutions
ONLINE TIBCO TRAINING IN HYDERABAD Transient IT Services, Inc is a global IT solutions provider focused on delivering customer value through high Quality Processes and Cost-efficient solutions. Transient IT Services has been one of the trendsetters in global delivery practices with our Client-Centric Model for customer management and delivery. Established in 1999, Transient has grown to over 150 employees while establishing an  more...
ONLINE JAVA TRAINING IN HYDERABAD on-line e-learning cbt (computer based) Transient IT Services, Inc is a global IT solutions provider focused on delivering customer value through high Quality Processes and Cost-efficient solutions. Transient IT Services has been one of the trendsetters in global delivery practices with our Client-Centric Model for customer management and delivery. Established in 1999, Transient has grown to over 150 employees while establishing an  more...
From 4BS Solutions
webmethods 8 training on-line e-learning cbt (computer based)coursewareworkshop / seminar Mail: eai. architects@gmail. comwmtrainings@gmail. comAbout 4BS Solutions4BS Solutions is an Indian based fast growing Online Training company which offers World class training in webMethods, TIBCO, JCAPS, Websphere MQ/ MB &Other Technologies for everyone in the world (US, UK, AUS, UAE, Singaporea ) every week for your convenience time by a Real Time Professionals. WebMethodsTraining from Real  more...
From Total Medical Compliance
HIPAA Webinar for Business Associates on-line e-learning cbt (computer based) To support our clients, TMC created a program specifically for Business Associates. Not just for health care practices, but many of the other companies that work with these practices and have access to their patients' protected health information, or PHI. A few BA examples include such vendors as: debt collectors, medical transcriptionists, IT/ software, and lawyers in some scenarios This  more...
From EAM Master LLC
Managing Reliability in Oracle eAM instructor led trainingon-line e-learning cbt (computer based)group study and discussionself directedcomputer lab Reliability Management in Oracle eAM is a comprehensive 4 week, web-based course that covers all of the features and functions in Oracle eAM that pertain to Asset Reliability Management.. A reliability-based maintenance management approach delivers the maximum equipment up-time for the minimum maintenance cost. The business benefits of transitioning from traditional maintenance to reliability  more...
From Auctus Solutions
Introduction to Six Sigma instructor led trainingon-line e-learning cbt (computer based) Course designed for beginners. Scope of this training is to give a primary insight to what six sigma implementation can help for business performance excellence. Examples of what it has done to companies who have implemented six sigma Introduction; Concepts; History; Statistical tools; Methodology; DMAIC, DMADV; Examples; Tools for six sigma; summary. Course also suitable for business owners.  more...
From sai Technologies Inc
FREE DEMO FOR SAP HR on-line e-learning cbt (computer based) Hi SAP Career Aspirants, In this Recession Time, Upgrading and Cross-skill is much mandatory to retain as well as to have a growth in our career. As part of Sai Technologies SAP Online Training program, we are starting with a fresh batch for SAP HR from 27th sep, 2009.. To join us, take up a free demo to check out the quality of our training and the performance of our trainer. ABOUT  more...
From TrainHr
Succession Planning for Fun and Profit - Webinar By TrainHR Too many organizations leave their future to chance. They mistakenly believe that if they pay attention to what is happening today, tomorrow will take care of itself. Unfortunately, this perfect situation rarely happens and companies find themselves scrambling to hire the critical people they need in a hurry. This kind of crisis response is inefficient and costly, and usually results in hiring  more...
A Competency that the Future Demands Communications and Interpersonal Skills - Webinar By TrainHR The Gallup Studies and other employee engagement surveys indicate that employees do not leave companies, they leave their supervisors. This is not new data. Since the onset of employee survey tools this is one of the primary reasons for voluntary separation, so this has existed for over 30 years.  more...
Employee Online Social Media at Work This webinar will discuss in detail how social media has changed the workplace forever. It will be discussed how companies can best leverage this technology to enhance productivity, sales, communication and hiring. Opportunities for businesses and how workers can better connect to each other and the organization's goals, share information, and collaborate projects will be discussed.  more...
Emergency Preparedness for Small to Midsized Companies - Webinar By TrainHR This webinar will highlight the basic areas which need to be addressed regarding the safety and security of your employees and your company. It will also cover topics for consideration in your Employee Policy Manuals, Safety Manuals, Procedural Manuals and Crisis Manual.  more...
From International Contact Center Academy
FIRST CALL RESOLUTION HOW TO DEFINE AND MEASURE First call resolution (one and done) is the #1 driver for customer satisfaction with best practices reported at 86%. However, this means that 14% of your customers are contacting you more than once (or twice) to resolve their issues! Repeat calls are costly not only to operations and the bottom line, but they negatively impact customer satisfaction. 34% of customers who didna ™t get their  more...
Contact Center Staff Engagement Wellness Webinar instructor led trainingon-line e-learning cbt (computer based)group study and discussion Work-life balance is an indicator of health. Yet it seems that almost everyone has too much to do and not enough time to do it. Many things are constantly competing for your time and energy. Contact Centers today who want to attract and keep their talented workers understand the connection between employee satisfaction and employee wellness. They believe that workplace wellness is a business  more...
Attracting Retaining Engaging the Next-Generation Workforce The Being of Soul-Inspiring Leadership Within Part 1 of this webinar series, you were made aware that a Tsunami-sized labor and leadership crisis is cresting ashore a right at your Contact Centera ™s doorstep. You were asked to consider how easy it is for you right now to attract and retain leadership bench strength that will propel you to thrive a not just survive. You confirmed ita ™s not easy. Tomorrowa ™s  more...
From Nurture Talent Academy
Effective use Of Social Media For Entrepreneurs Every day millions of people are using social networking and creating social media content. Originally viewed as simply entertainment for teenagers, nowadays social networking is the fastest growing way for companies to: * market their products and services * engage their customers * generate more leads and shorten the sales cycle * expand their brand This session on "Social  more...
Opportunities of Starting a healthcare venture Healthcare, today is one of the most promising sectors for Indian entrepreneurs. With continuous reduced involvement of the government in the healthcare sector of India, the scope for private players is growing immensely. Today, the conscious consumer is looking for Quality care at affordable prices. In today's session we will listen to an expert medical entrepreneur Anil Hebbar, speaking about  more...
Marketing For Entrepreneurs Nurture Talent Academy (www. nurturetalent. com), India's 1st institute for training entrepreneurs aims to help and support budding entrepreneurs, young developers and students who wish to start their ventures. It is currently conducting a series of online and offline workshops focused on software ventures. Agenda - 60 minutes - Cost of marketing - Tool to use for marketing my product/  more...
From Global BioPharmaceutical Resources, Inc. (GBPR, Inc.)
How to be Compliant and competitive For healthcare companies compliance with all applicable regulations is imperative and it is usually well understood how this can be achieved. However, in a highly competitive and increasingly global marketplace, mere compliance is insufficient for success. Competitiveness must be achieved not only through cost efficient manufacture and supply, but also by achieving compliance at the right cost  more...
From S&M Consultants
Oracle ADF Training Why this training is necessary? Oracle Application development Framework(ADF) is a next generation of J2ee framework. The great reasons to learn ADF are as follows:- 1)Oracle's Fusion Application is totally based on ADF 11g and that is the way to move forward. Sooner or later each and every customer would move to Fusion and ADF is the backbone to it. 2) With Jdeveloper and ADF you get a  more...
From Keen Info Solution
Oracle Financial R12 Online Training ORACLE FINANCIALS Course: Oracle Finance Duration: 30 w. days Classes: 2 hrs a Introduction to ERP o Introduction  more...
Online Training for Oracle Financial R12 with 6y Real Time Expert instructor led trainingon-line e-learning cbt (computer based)computer lab ORACLE FINANCIALS Introduction to ERP o Introduction to ERP o What is oracle o History of Oracle & People behind Oracle Corp o What is Oracle Application/ E-Business suite o Versions available in Oracle o Versions available in Oracle Application o What are major modules available in Oracle Application o ERPa ™s available in the market o Why Oracle application  more...
From Honeypot IT Consulting Services
tech-star 2009 paper presentationcontest Participate in India's biggest ever, Technical paper presentation contest."TECH STAR-2009" Participate and Win Scholarships worth over Rs. 6, 00, 000. The contest is open for B. E./B. Tech/ M. Tech, MBA/ MCA/ MSC students of India. The contest is Sponsored by Honeypot IT consulting Pvt Ltd., based at Hyderabad(India) and conducting in association with Jawahar Knowledge center(JKC),Institute of  more...
From Business Expert Webinars
Use Customer Service to Win Loyal Clients Differentiate By Making Client Satisfaction Pervasive Throughout Your Organization When service is blas , price becomes the decision driver for customers. If you aren't committed to delivering a high-level service experience, be prepared for a never-ending price war that slashes your margins. Today's marketplace demands that companies deliver consistent, stellar service to retain their existing  more...
Process Management for IT & Professional Services Firms Restore Profitability and Become Scalable Through Process Efficiency As a leader of an IT or professional services firm, you know that cost containment is critical to survive and thrive. Without it, you can't provide competitive pricing on proposals making it difficult to compete. Yet, there is a key part of your business that is draining your profits without you knowing it process management! IT  more...
Process Management for Manufacturing & Construction Firms Restore Profitability and Become Scalable Through Process Efficiency As a leader of a manufacturing or construction firm, you know that cost containment is critical to survive and thrive. Yet, there is a key part of your business that is draining your profits without you knowing it process management! Manufacturing firms that do not have documented processes and workflow become inefficient,  more...
Advanced Customer Service Planning for Services Firms Align Your Firm s Service Delivery With The Desires of Your Clients According to the American Society of Quality, 68% of clients leave because of an attitude of indifference from a company employee. Excellent customer service doesn't happen by accident. It is designed, planned, and scripted to account for every aspect of the customer service experience. Most services firms cross their fingers  more...
Customer Service for a Social Media World Techniques Designed To Delight Your Clients For Retention and Growth Customers are more demanding than ever and with social media; it's never been easier to share their customer service experience with the world. The question is whether that message is positive or negative. And customer satisfaction isn't just about keeping clients. Satisfied clients buy more services, provide references, and  more...
Get New Sales People Generating Revenue Fast Develop a Plan That Quickly Gets New Hires Up to Speed As a sales manager, you rely entirely on your sales team for revenue performance; and succeed or fail based on how they do. Your ability to effectively onboard your newly- hired sales people will make or break your year. Every moment that your new sales person is not armed to sell translates to lost sales opportunities and is a glaring cost  more...
Create A Winning Workplace Culture Learn How to Develop A Motivated Workforce to Drive Profits Employees want to work for a winner. Customers want to buy from a winner. Winning creates positive energy in the workplace where employees are inspired and over perform. Bottom-line, companies with winning workplaces succeed while losing ones fail. In this tough economy, it's more critical than ever to instill a culture founded on the  more...
How to Become A Great Sales Leader Learn The Secrets to Building A Winning Sales Team Baseball managers don't throw a pitch or hit a ball. They lead their team through thick and thin to deliver victories. As a sales manager, you rely on your sales team to hit homeruns every day. In a challenged economy, your sales team may be finding it tough to take a good swing at the plate these days. Your sales team is looking to you for  more...
How to Run Effective Internal Meetings Increase Productivity with Well-Run Meetings As you are searching high and low for the costs that are dooming your business, you are forgetting one of the most expensive ones unproductive, unnecessary meetings. Talk to your employees and you will hear the complaints fly: being invited to meetings that are not geared toward them meetings that are poorly run and meetings that were not needed at  more...
How to Sell Consulting Services to the Federal Government Leverage the unprecedented spend by this market segment Hundreds of millions of dollars are being spent today by the federal government on consulting services. Right now, their leaders are being judged by how quickly they can spend their money to help drive the economy through the stimulus plan. Yet, if your consulting firm is not well-positioned to pursue this market, you will be left out of  more...
The Busy Professional's Guide to Social Networking Leverage this Power In Just Minutes A Day Social networking is hot, but you are still sitting on the sidelines. You hear about LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, blogging and perhaps, it's all so overwhelming with your plate already full with other initiatives. Getting involved with social networking can help you and your business grow without a huge time investment if you know how. Lynne  more...
Process Management for Manufacturing & Construction Firms Restore Profitability and Become Scalable Through Process Efficiency As a leader of a manufacturing or construction firm, you know that cost containment is critical to survive and thrive. Yet, there is a key part of your business that is draining your profits without you knowing it process management! Manufacturing firms that do not have documented processes and workflow become inefficient,  more...
Lead People, Not Companies Create a People-Centric Culture to Improve Your Bottom-Line Companies aren't led, people are! You know it s critical now more than ever to lead your company. But what many business leaders don t recognize is that you can t lead a company you lead people. Your employees are the ones who can bring about financial change in your organization. In other words, you need to stop paying lip service to  more...
Wellness Strategies Following A Workforce Reduction Protect Profitability By Creating A Healthy Workforce You reduced your workforce to cut costs and become profitable. Yet, the profit strategy goes for naught if your healthcare costs skyrocket which will happen if you don't help the surviving employees adopt a healthy lifestyle. Increased stress, doubled-workload, and financial concern are creating health issues for your employees and their  more...
How to Re-Energize Your Sales Team In Tough Times Learn How to Re-engage and Motivate Your Sales Organization Budget cuts, lost accounts, and staff reductions have left your sales organization fatigued. Once, they were so committed to your company and product that they oozed with passion. Those days are gone. You can see the lost, unfocused look on their faces and you don't know what it will take to get them back on track. You tried praise  more...
Get Hired! Secrets to Mastering the Job Interview Learn to Interview With Impact 'Why did he get the job when I'm better qualified?' Relying on credentials and accomplishments won't get you hired. In today's competitive job market, the winner of the job foot-race is the one who interviews best. It is the master interviewer that gets the job, not the expert pedigree. Karen Avery, founder and president of Next Generation Careers and award-winning  more...
Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance As A Growth Strategy The economic crunch is presenting serious challenges for every size business publicly traded firms, small businesses, and even non-profit organizations. Companies that cannot find a way to grow during these challenging times run the risk of failure. Yet, the secret weapon to drive growth could be in your back pocket Sarbanes-Oxley best practices. Dr. Peg Jackson is your trusted advisor as she  more...
Turn Tradeshow Leads Into Sales Over 43% of trade show leads fail because sales follow-up is too late! Companies invest an exorbitant amount of money, time, and resources in trade shows. Business leaders hold sales and marketing departments accountable and responsible for generating a return on the investment made in trade shows. With marketing dollars being finite and marketing investment being heavily scrutinized, it is more  more...
The Sales Compensation Conundrum How to Develop a Truly Effective Sales Compensation Plan Developing a sales compensation plan can be a pretty intimidating undertaking. What are the most critical decisions you need to make? What compensation plan structure will motivate your salespeople to achieve the targets you set for them without producing unintended consequences? Sales performance expert Alan Rigg has helped hundreds of  more...
A Seat at the Table How Top Salespeople Connect and Drive Decisions at the Executive Level Are you a sales person who sells their wares or a business person who builds solutions? If you are tasked with calling into the executive suite, you best be the latter as the traditional seller will fail here. Executive-level selling requires a completely unique skill set, not only to get in the door, but to get the deal  more...
How to Grow Sales By Effectively Managing the Pipeline The sales pipeline should be the single most accurate indictor of future revenue. However, most companies have pipelines that don t predict anything and most executives don t know whether they have lumps of coal or gold bullions in their pipelines. Attendees will learn how to change the look of the pipeline, change what s in the pipeline, change how it gets into the pipeline and change how they  more...
Motivating the Underachieving Employee How to have the tough conversation with employees who are not pulling their weight Employee underperformance affects team morale, productivity, and company profitability. If not addressed, the manager runs the risk of losing the respect of their team, making it even more challenging to achieve productivity goals. With companies running lean and mean, subpar performance must be addressed and your  more...
Performance-Based Sales Recruiting How to Hire More Top Sales Producers and Jump-Start New Hire Sales Performance How expensive are sales hiring mistakes? To answer this question, take a look at the difference in revenue, gross margin or profit (whichever number is most important to you) produced by your company s top sales producers and your bottom sales producers. Then add in the costs of recruiting and training new salespeople.  more...
Board of Directors Accountability Avoid Operational Catastrophes It's all over the news. Publicly traded, household named companies in the financial world out of business. As a business executive, you rely on your board of directors to reduce the risk to your company. Yet, many boards put their firm at risk of SEC action or even criminal investigation. How do you know if your board of directors is applying the appropriate level  more...
Marketing Strategies to Reach the Gay and Lesbian Community Learn how to reach this powerful, niche market segment According to the Selig Center for Economic Growth, the gay and lesbian market is the 3rd largest consumer segment with a buying power of $720 billion. This rapidly growing market can be a key revenue source for your company - IF you know how to reach them. Fear and a lack of knowledge of this market segment may be keeping you from creating a  more...
Successful Trade Show Strategies In A Down Economy Trade show exhibiting can cost tens of thousands of dollars per show which is why many companies are closely evaluating whether to cut trade shows from their budgets. While the knee-jerk reaction is to skip the show this year, it may not the best decision for your company. How do you select the right shows and maintain a strong booth presence when your dollars are limited? Barry Siskind, author  more...
Article Publishing to Grow Your Business or Consulting Firm How to Build Your Reputation and Generate Revenue Using Articles The first thing clients do when looking for a consultant or researching your business is to check Google. One of the easiest ways to dominate search engine results is article marketing. Done correctly, articles help prove your expertise and generate leads. Incorrectly, article marketing becomes a drain on your time and can even  more...
Cash Flow Strategies for Entrepreneurs Small business owners and entrepreneurs are specialists when it comes to their trade, but they are rarely financial specialists. As a result, when an owner wants to know what actions make sense to increase cash flow and profitability specific to their operations they rely on already overworked resources such as their accountants, controllers, bookkeepers, and CFOs to translate the company s  more...
Restore Employee Trust After A Workforce Reduction Learn The Steps To Regain Productivity After A Layoff 'Am I the next to go?' Workforce reductions destroy trust among the surviving employees. Yet, trust is one of the critical factors in restoring the productivity of the team. You made the tough decision to downsize; now you need to regain the trust and confidence of your employees to ensure your firm succeeds in these difficult times.  more...
Put Your Strategic Plan Into Action Implementation Strategies that Get Results! Many companies have the right strategic plan, but still don t grow their business! If effective execution is a major challenge when the economy is booming imagine what it is now that a recession is here and resources are scarce. Having the best strategic plan in the world won t help you increase profitability and grow your business if it's not  more...
Get New Sales People Generating Revenue Fast Develop a Plan That Quickly Gets New Hires Up to Speed As a sales manager, you rely entirely on your sales team for revenue performance; and succeed or fail based on how they do. Your ability to effectively onboard your newly- hired sales people will make or break your year. Every moment that your new sales person is not armed to sell translates to lost sales opportunities and is a glaring cost  more...
Leading In A Bad Economy What Authentic Leaders Must Know to Make a Necessary Difference As a leader, do you ever feel like an impostor? Or, wonder why you ever thought you could pull off your vision? In this turbulent economy, you would be in good company if you were doubting your leadership. NO! Now is the critical time to take stock, step up, and shine as a leader to insure that your company not only survives, but  more...
Managing Introverted Employees How to Identify and Motivate Introverts for Maximum Performance According to recent studies, an estimated 30% of the population is introverted. While some consider introverts to be an employer's Achilles heel, this personality type brings tremendous advantages to your business. As a manager, you need all of your employees to deliver peak performance in today's challenged economy. Discover how to  more...
Strategies to Find Your Next Job Fast! Learn How to Conduct A Successful Job Search Post a resume on a job board, respond to a few online job ads, call a couple of recruiters and still no job opportunity is in sight. The typical job search lacks a game plan, focus, and direction leading the search to take, what feels like, forever. With today's competitive job market, you can't afford to thrash about; you need a job search strategy.  more...
How To Be An Online Spy (and use what you find for business success) There is an incredible amount of information online about what s going on at companies and with people. The problem is when you look for information using popular search engines, most people receive thousands and sometimes millions of results. In 'How To Be An Online Spy,' you ll learn the inside secrets on how to find information on companies and  more...
How to Develop Your Employees with Little Investment Improve performance through self-directed learning Cuts hit the training budget hard. Yet, despite the economic crunch, employee development remains a critical requirement of a successful company. Resources are scarce, budgets are tight, but the companies that survive and thrive are those who learn the secrets to training their employees without breaking the bank. Tim Hagen, salesforce  more...
Forecasting & Pipeline Management How to Eliminate Stalled Opportunities from Your Company s Sales Opportunity Pipeline What is the condition of your company s sales opportunity pipeline? How many of the opportunities have been stalled at the same step in the sales cycle for weeks or months? If sales forecasts and opportunity pipelines are inaccurate, or if opportunities do not close in predictable time frames, it can wreak  more...
How to Become Recognized as an Expert And Monetize Your Expertise! 'I know more about that subject than her! How come she is always the keynote and I'm always the attendee?' You have the experience done the research and created a unique approach but you are also a well-kept secret. You work hard chasing prospects and are constantly asked to share your knowledge for free. How do you go from being knowledgeable to being recognized as a  more...
How to Build a High Performance Sales Engine Develop the foundation for your sales organization 'We have one guy who brings in 90% of the company s revenue. What are we doing wrong?' You re right to be concerned. Your company s financial success depends on the rainmaker s ability and motivation to sell. Plus, if you lose your top performer to a competitor, it could destroy your company. If this sounds like your company, you need to address  more...
Develop A Marketing Plan to Retain and Grow Your Customer Base Uncover the Secrets About Your Customer's Buying Habits You've heard it before. It's much more costly to find a new customer than to expand the buying relationship with an existing one. While the concept is not new or revolutionary, most companies don't know what drives their customers to buy, and what else they can sell them. Worse yet, they leave the door wide-open for their competitors to  more...
Hiring Strategies for Your Sales Organization Best Practices When Hiring Sales People 'I just found my rainmaker or did I?' Sales managers are often blinded by the star qualities and accomplishments of prospective sales candidates. The resume reads like the perfect sales rep met 150% of quota, grew the business 200%, and thrived with a competitor. If you re only looking at their track record, you may be missing key information that indicates  more...
Turn Business Blogging into Your Highest ROI Marketing Tool Learn the secrets to leveraging your blog to grow your business Blogging is more than the next new hip communications tool. It's the way that savvy companies even 12% of the Fortune 500 are generating business and driving profits. If your company doesn't have a business blog, you are missing out on a powerful, low-cost communication tool to reach your prospects and customers. Eric Knight, one of  more...
Process Management for Manufacturing & Construction Firms Restore Profitability and Become Scalable Through Process Efficiency As a leader of a manufacturing or construction firm, you know that cost containment is critical to survive and thrive. Yet, there is a key part of your business that is draining your profits without you knowing it process management! Manufacturing firms that do not have documented processes and workflow become inefficient,  more...
Use Customer Service to Win Loyal Clients Differentiate By Making Client Satisfaction Pervasive Throughout Your Organization When service is blas , price becomes the decision driver for customers. If you aren't committed to delivering a high-level service experience, be prepared for a never-ending price war that slashes your margins. Today's marketplace demands that companies deliver consistent, stellar service to retain their existing  more...
Drive Growth Despite the Recession Create the right strategic plan for your company Professional sports coaches don t send teams on the playing field without a game-plan they ll get crushed. Even when games are broadcasted, viewers see coaches and managers constantly reviewing strategies and updating plays to leverage strengths, eliminate weaknesses, and identify the gaps to win. Similarly, businesses without the right strategic  more...
Get Ready, Set, Go! How to implement profitable strategies in this uncertain economy! Feeling the stress of a strained economy? Economic challenges create great opportunities for the savvy business leader/owner. Cycles are a critical part of the business process for every organization. Learn to take advantage of the valleys by strategically positioning your organization for new opportunities. Implement improvements to your internal structure. Create profitable business strategies  more...
How to Become A Great Sales Leader Learn The Secrets to Building A Winning Sales Team Baseball managers don't throw a pitch or hit a ball. They lead their team through thick and thin to deliver victories. As a sales manager, you rely on your sales team to hit homeruns every day. In a challenged economy, your sales team may be finding it tough to take a good swing at the plate these days. Your sales team is looking to you for  more...
Never Have Another Cold Call! Know More Than You Ever Thought You Could About Your Prospects, Clients, and Competitors You've heard it before Knowledge is power and, as a sales professional, you need that power to sell. A tremendous amount of information is available at your fingertips to prepare for a sales call or research competitors, but few know how to find it online. Deals are lost every day because the wrong sales  more...
Leadership Strategies for Turbulent Times What every business leader needs to know to succeed today and tomorrow... 'Business was great no matter what we did and then one day it all came to a screeching halt.' Now you re in survival mode trying to stay in business and avoid a total collapse. The strategy that made your business successful won't be the strategy that gets it out of peril. The effects of the current economic downturn create  more...
Email Marketing for Consultants and Entrepreneurs Build a Loyal Following and Keep Business Flowing Most consultants live by the feast or famine rule except those who master database cultivation and relationship building. Your email list is the lifeblood of your business and it takes proper care and feeding to generate revenue. Promote too much, people unsubscribe. Promote too little and you get no business from the campaign. Those who have  more...
Stop Stifling the Growth of Your Company! Learn how to remove the blinders that limit potential As a business owner and entrepreneur, are you focused on the big picture of where your company needs to go or do you only see a tiny microcosm and fight for crumbs? The Achilles' heel of many executives is that they have a vivid image of the little picture, but pay little attention to the big vision. They lead companies that have little  more...
Create A Winning Workplace Culture Learn How to Develop A Motivated Workforce to Drive Profits Employees want to work for a winner. Customers want to buy from a winner. Winning creates positive energy in the workplace where employees are inspired and over perform. Bottom-line, companies with winning workplaces succeed while losing ones fail. In this tough economy, it's more critical than ever to instill a culture founded on the  more...
The Secret to Closing More Sales Closing is certainly an important sales activity, as the time, effort, and resources invested in managing sales cycles are wasted if orders are not secured. However, the real secret to closing sales is doing a great job at the FRONT end of the sales cycle. In other words, it is the quality of the work that is done during the OPPORTUNITY QUALIFICATION stage of the sales process that determines  more...
How to Develop an Effective Sales Compensation Plan The most common sales compensation question my company receives is, 'What is the standard (salary, draw, commission percentage) for (an industry, product or service, geography)?' Unfortunately there are very few standards that apply to sales compensation. The variations in sales compensation plans are infinite, and there is little published research that provides compensation details (salary or  more...
Create A Winning Workplace Culture Learn How to Develop A Motivated Workforce to Drive Profits Employees want to work for a winner. Customers want to buy from a winner. Winning creates positive energy in the workplace where employees are inspired and over perform. Bottom-line, companies with winning workplaces succeed while losing ones fail. In this tough economy, it's more critical than ever to instill a culture founded on the  more...
Get New Sales People Generating Revenue Fast Develop a Plan That Quickly Gets New Hires Up to Speed As a sales manager, you rely entirely on your sales team for revenue performance; and succeed or fail based on how they do. Your ability to effectively onboard your newly- hired sales people will make or break your year. Every moment that your new sales person is not armed to sell translates to lost sales opportunities and is a glaring cost  more...
Use Customer Service to Win Loyal Clients Differentiate By Making Client Satisfaction Pervasive Throughout Your Organization When service is blas , price becomes the decision driver for customers. If you aren't committed to delivering a high-level service experience, be prepared for a never-ending price war that slashes your margins. Today's marketplace demands that companies deliver consistent, stellar service to retain their existing  more...
How to Build Strategic Alliances to Grow Your Business 'You're solution is just not as comprehensive as the other company.' Ouch! Lost again to the big guys! As a small business leader, it s frustrating to miss out on business opportunities because you don t have a broad offering to the marketplace. While you excel in your niche, the market is looking for breadth along with depth. How do you offer a comprehensive solution without breaking the bank?  more...
Become Your Prospect s Trusted Advisor How to Build Confidence that Turns Prospects Into Buyers Only 28% of buyers trust a message from a company. The Wall Street Journal found 92% have more confidence in information they find online themselves than from a company source. Prospects hit search engines first when they decide to solve a problem. They ask their friends and colleagues for referrals and opinions. They look for information  more...
Increase Lead Generation with Social Media How to Personalize E-Marketing to Attract Inbound Demand Buyers are only finding content relevant to their needs 42% of the time. If content isn t relevant, you ve lost leads without giving your company a shot. The top two marketing imperatives are increasing demand and enticing new audiences to engage. Company-focused messaging won t cut it. While it s long been touted that content is King, the  more...
Create a Sticky Lead Nurturing Process Use e-marketing to increase qualified leads and shorten sales cycles. According to Marketing Sherpa, 64% of companies with a lead nurturing process are dissatisfied with their results. Every company needs more sales-ready leads. But, unless nurturing content syncs with the way they think, the dissatisfaction will continue. Your leads have taken control of the buying process. They decide when or  more...
How to Sell Consulting Services to the Federal Government Leverage the unprecedented spend by this market segment Hundreds of millions of dollars are being spent today by the federal government on consulting services. Right now, their leaders are being judged by how quickly they can spend their money to help drive the economy through the stimulus plan. Yet, if your consulting firm is not well-positioned to pursue this market, you will be left out of  more...
How Marketing Can Help Sales Sell More Sales Enablement Drives Revenue Growth PACE research finds that salespeople only spend 23% of their time actually selling. Salespeople spend too much time in early-stage lead generation instead of late-stage selling. They clamor for more qualified leads, but only follow up with about 30% of the leads marketing provides. With budgets tightening and sales cycles lengthening, companies can t  more...
Customer Service for a Social Media World Techniques Designed To Delight Your Clients For Retention and Growth Customers are more demanding than ever and with social media; it's never been easier to share their customer service experience with the world. The question is whether that message is positive or negative. And customer satisfaction isn't just about keeping clients. Satisfied clients buy more services, provide references, and  more...
Strategies to Find Your Next Job Fast! Learn How to Conduct A Successful Job Search Post a resume on a job board, respond to a few online job ads, call a couple of recruiters and still no job opportunity is in sight. The typical job search lacks a game plan, focus, and direction leading the search to take, what feels like, forever. With today's competitive job market, you can't afford to thrash about; you need a job search strategy.  more...
Conduct a Brand Audit Does Yours Pass the Test? Powerful branding is critical for every business small or large. A strong brand allows you to charge premium prices, build company value, and build customer loyalty resulting in decreased cost of sales and increased profitability. How do you know if your brand is aligned so that your marketing dollars are invested correctly and is generating the expected results? Shannon Kavanaugh, president and  more...
A Seat at the Table How Top Salespeople Connect and Drive Decisions at the Executive Level Are you a sales person who sells their wares or a business person who builds solutions? If you are tasked with calling into the executive suite, you best be the latter as the traditional seller will fail here. Executive-level selling requires a completely unique skill set, not only to get in the door, but to get the deal  more...
Should You Write a Business Book? What Every Potential Author Should Know Before Writing a Single Word As any published author will tell you, writing a book will help grow your business. But writing a book can consume massive amounts of time, cost a lot of money, and distract you from the business of serving your clients. Before jumping on the book-writing bandwagon, discover the questions to ask to determine whether it s the  more...
Using Sales Compensation Plans to Achieve Revenue Targets One of the most critical decisions that a company makes is how to compensate its sales organization. Many plans don t align compensation reward with the desired sales activities, which leads to underperformance and frustration. When sales compensation plans are aligned with the goals of the company, the sales team has clear focus, motivation, and direction and the company gets the results it  more...
Marketing Strategies to Reach the Gay and Lesbian Community Learn how to reach this powerful, niche market segment According to the Selig Center for Economic Growth, the gay and lesbian market is the 3rd largest consumer segment with a buying power of $720 billion. This rapidly growing market can be a key revenue source for your company - IF you know how to reach them. Fear and a lack of knowledge of this market segment may be keeping you from creating a  more...
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