Online Implementation eLearning Training

Managing Projects ...a project, from defining the requirements to managing the implementation. You will be given tools and methods for organizing the project activities, focusing on customer needs, and leading the project team to successful completion. There are suggestions for resolving plan and budget conflicts, assessing and documenting changes, and assuring effective coordination and communication, including more...

Six Sigma Management and Leadership Training Program This course will teach you about the methodology and implementation of Six Sigma in your organization. more...

Training and Facilitation: The MCI Good Manager's Guide MAXIM TRAINING Operational Management: Managing Activities, Managing People, Managing Resources, Managing Information Strategic Management: Reviewing the Environment, Setting the Strategy Planning, Implementation and Control, Evaluating and Improving Performance more...

Papa's Pizza Case Study 10: Implementation From chocolate bars to cocoa futures... From safety campaigns to safety testing... Hard selling is yesterday's news. Today's successful business people use their marketing skills to keep customers at number one, to put customers' needs first...and not just in sales, but in every area of the business -- operations, research, distribution and design. Which means that in successful businesses, more...

Windmaster Case Study 7: Strategy Implementation Competing in the business world isn't a peaceful game. Companies are fighting to win; to build new levels of competitive advantage; to secure customers, market share and profits. The winners rarely succeed by accident. They develop strategies and strategic plans and hire people who can face strategic dilemmas and make tough decisions. This course examines the issues involved in implementing a more...

Implementation Question Bank Competing in the business world isn't a peaceful game. Companies are fighting to win; to build new levels of competitive advantage; to secure customers, market share and profits. The winners rarely succeed by accident. They develop strategies and strategic plans and hire people who can face strategic dilemmas and make tough decisions. more...

Cisco Internetwork Design Part 5: ATM Internetwork Design ...ternetwork Design series covers ATM concepts, routing and implementation in LANs and WANs. It also covers SMDS concepts and implementation issues. In addition to providing an overview of SNA, it focuses on the hardware, software, and link and gateway components of an SNA network. This course also covers complex SNA internetworking concepts such as SDLC tunneling, remote source-route bridging more...

Project Management: Quality Standards Participants in this program learn the importance of developing and fulfilling quality standards. They learn how to develop a project quality plan and avoid the costs of less-than-optimal quality. In addition, they learn some quality control techniques that they can use when managing a project. more...

Oracle Applications 11i Order to Cash: Order Management This is the first course in the Order to Cash series. It provides users with an overview of the order management module of Oracle Applications 11i. It specifically familiarizes users with booking orders and managing customers and orders. Additionally, the course teaches the benefits and implementation of various features of basic order management. more...

Microsoft Windows Architecture I: Component and Database Technologies This course is the first part of the four part series for the Microsoft Windows Operating Systems and Services Architecture (WOSA) exams I and II. more...

Microsoft Windows 2000 - Designing a Network Infrastructure Part 3: WANs This is the third course in a four-part series of the Microsoft Windows 2000 Network - Designing a Network Infrastructure curriculum which prepares participants for Microsoft Exam 70-221. This course provides participants with an opportunity to learn how to design a Routing and Remote Access Service (RRAS) network, Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service (RADIUS) network, IP routing network and more...

Microsoft Exchange Server 5.5 Design and Implementation - Part 1 This is the first course in a six part series that will provide participants with the knowledge to install, configure, administer and troubleshoot Microsoft Exchange Server 5.5 in single-site and multiple-site environments. more...

Microsoft Exchange Server 5.5 Design and Implementation - Part 2 This is the second course in a six part series that will provide participants with the knowledge to install, configure, administer and troubleshoot Microsoft Exchange Server 5.5 in single-site and multiple-site environments. more...

Microsoft Exchange Server 5.5 Design and Implementation - Part 3 This is the third course in a six part series that will provide participants with the knowledge to install, configure, administer and troubleshoot Microsoft Exchange Server 5.5 in single-site and multiple-site environments. more...

Microsoft Exchange Server 5.5 Design and Implementation - Part 4 This is the fourth course in a six part series that will provide participants with the knowledge to install, configure, administer and troubleshoot Microsoft Exchange Server 5.5 in single-site and multiple-site environments. more...

Microsoft Exchange Server 5.5 Design and Implementation - Part 5 This is the fifth course in a six part series that will provide participants with the knowledge to install, configure, administer and troubleshoot Microsoft Exchange Server 5.5 in single-site and multiple-site environments. more...

Microsoft Exchange Server 5.5 Design and Implementation - Part 6 This is the final course in a six part series that will provide participants with the knowledge to install, configure, administer and troubleshoot Microsoft Exchange Server 5.5 in single-site and multiple-site environments. more...

Object-Oriented Analysis Design I This course teaches students the basic object-oriented concepts, such as objects, classes, and their relationships. It also teaches the various OOAD methodologies, such as Booch and OMT. This course is intended for systems analysts, application developers/programmers, project managers, and software designers. more...

Win2000 Active Directory Implementation Implementing Change Configuration Management This course provides an explanation of how to use group policies to manage users and computers in a centralized or decentralized network. First, the course introduces group policies and change and configuration management. You will learn how to store, modify, and process Group Policy Objects (GPOs), as well as how to link GPOs to domains, organizational units, or sites. This course describes GPO more...

Win2000 Active Directory Implementation Managing User Environments and Software Deployments In this course, you will learn how to use Administrative Template settings and the Software Installation extension of the Group Policy console to manage user accounts and computer settings and deploy software. First, the course introduces user environment management, Administrative Template settings, and group policy loopback. You will learn how to manage user environments using group policy more...

Win2000 Active Directory Implementation Remote Installation of Windows 2000 In this course, you will learn about remotely installing the Windows 2000 Professional operating system to a group of client computers using the Remote Installation Service feature. First, you will learn about the components and functionality of RIS, how to use RIS to perform an automated deployment, and how to install, configure, and authorize an RIS server. The course will explain how to create more...

Relational Database Design and Administration This course covers the design methodologies and techniques utilized when building an application based on a Relational Database Management System (RDBMS), using Structured Query Language (SQL). The course is based on RDBMS technology and will identify and explain the details and implementation. Designed for individuals in the design and administration of relational databases. more...

LAN Implementation In this WestNet e-Learning module, we review the operation and implementation of three established local area network (LAN) technologies: Ethernet, Token Ring, and Fiber Distributed Data Interface (FDDI). more...

LAN Software Implementation This WestNet e-Learning module explores the features and functions of Windows NT, Microsoft's 32-bit network operating system (NOS). The lessons of this module present the basic concepts necessary to install, configure, and maintain a Windows NT network. more...

Large Network Case Studies In this module, we explore network availability, performance, and Internet connectivity. As you work through this module, you will come to appreciate that all network design issues are highly interrelated. Likewise, real-world design projects often include multiple broad goals, often creating large and complex trade-offs. more...

Overview of Business Process Management In today's business world, competition is tough. Organizations are under a great deal of pressure to become more productive and more efficient while developing new, innovative products and services more rapidly than ever before. Management is demanding improved quality, reduced costs, and increased productivity with fewer resources. How can organizations respond to these pressures while remaining more...

Security in a Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Environment To explain how to plan and implement security on a SQL 2000 database Database administrators, application developers, system administrators, and students preparing for Microsoft certification in installing, configuring, and administering Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Enterprise Edition more...

Process Analysis and Documentation The Six Sigma DMAIC system is a roadmap that points the way to process and performance improvement. The second phase in this methodology is Measure. You cannot hope to improve processes and performance without first knowing where you are, assessing where you want to be, and then planning how to get there, while measuring progress toward the goal all along the way. In the words of an old adage, more...

Transferring and Transforming Data in SQL Server 2000 To enable students to extract and transform data in SQL Server 2000 Database administrators, application developers, system administrators, and students preparing for Microsoft certification in installing, configuring, and administering Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Enterprise Edition more...

The Strategic Account Sales Approach ...esn't come from a hit-or-miss approach. It comes from the implementation of step-by-step processes that help ensure predictable, repeatable, and measurable results. In this course, you'll learn about the strategic account sales (SAS) approach for successful sales. You'll start by gaining an understanding of the premises and strategy behind the approach. Then you'll learn how to select target more...

The Territorial Account Sales Approach ...esn't come from a hit-or-miss approach. It comes from the implementation of step-by-step processes that help to ensure predictable, repeatable, and measurable results. In this course, you'll learn about the territorial account sales approach for successful sales. You'll start by gaining an understanding of the premises and strategy behind the approach. Then, you'll learn how to select target more...

Customer Relationship Management Implementing CRM Customer Relationship Management: Implementing CRM introduces the student to the goals of CRM, the costs of CRM, and ways to modify operations costs to become customer focused. The program also details CRM pre-implementation strategies, the CRM implementation process, and tactics used to test CRM. This series is intended for managers, supervisors, customer service representatives, and anyone more...

Field Sales Foundations Many field sales representatives are set loose on their assigned territories armed only with a few sales tips and some information about the products and services they're selling. This course builds the foundation for a strategy that changes the customer's perception of the salesperson from a mere vendor to a consultant and true business resource. Field Sales Foundations introduces you to the more...

Federal Government Industry Overview Version 1 The Federal Government is the largest contractor and buyer of services and products in the U.S., spending over $200 billion annually. Regardless of what business you are in, chances are there is a government agency in need of your product or service. Winning a government contract can be challenging, and millions of dollars in potential contracts are lost to companies who do not understand more...

ITIL Continuity and Availability Management American businesses have had to face many disasters since the onset of the new millennium. There have been fires, hurricanes, tornadoes, floods, large-scale power outages, terrorist attacks, and damaging computer viruses, just to name a few. As businesses become more dependent on IT services, disasters such as these can disable or even ruin companies in the blink of an eye. The delivery and more...

ITIL Financial and Security Management IT organizations face numerous challenges every day. Two of the biggest challenges are to become and stay profitable and to protect their systems from unauthorized access. The IT infrastructure library (ITIL) is the most widely accepted approach to IT service management (ITSM), and it can help IT organizations set up rigorous processes to aid in their efforts to become and remain solvent and to more...

Working With Internal Customers Excellent customer service lies at the heart of any successful business. However, you should not overlook the importance of meeting the needs and expectations of your fellow employees, your internal customers. By helping other people within your organization, you enable it to succeed. Great internal customer service improves people's morale, productivity, and external customer service, and more...

Customer Satisfaction Analysis and Implementation What you get out of a well-designed customer satisfaction survey will depend largely on the power of the analytical tools you apply to the data and the effectiveness of actions taken based on the resulting information. Although the analysis itself is best conducted by your statistical team, you'll be able to use survey results more effectively if you understand how key analytical tools are more...

Succeeding Through Teamwork Tune Into Team Communication This course helps learners enhance team communications by strengthening their own listening skills and ability to interpret non-verbal messages. Professionals who want to work more effectively with others to achieve shared goals. more...

Diagnosing and Planning Your success as a consultant depends on your ability to diagnose each situation correctly. You need to use your previous experience, and bring fresh ideas to every new contract. Frameworks and models help you to make an effective diagnosis. They help you to evaluate the strategic position of the client organization, which is vital. To deliver solutions that are relevant and appropriate to the more...

Project Human Resources Management Simulation ...e of your success will depend upon your understanding and implementation of the tools and techniques for project human resources management. The Project Human Resources Management Simulation is designed to help project managers better manage their project's staffing needs. Over the course of the simulation, participants will practice a series of human resource management skills, encompassing more...

Advanced Project Management Setting Up a Project Office In Advanced Project Management: Setting Up a Project Office, you will learn terms associated with project office and the different functions a project office can fulfill. You will also learn how an organization can determine the need for, plan, and implement a project office. Project managers who are responsible for managing all aspects of a project from start to finish, for managing multiple more...

Project Management Overview Project Management: Overview, the first of eight courses in this curriculum. After the completion of this course you will be able to put the five principal processes of project management into practice. The Prime-Project Management Fundamentals curriculum provides the foundation for the successful start-up, planning, and implementation of projects of any size and scope. Professionals who need to more...

Project Management Initiating a Project Project Management: Initiating a Project, is the second of eight courses in this curriculum. After the completion of this course you will be able to identify the five steps involved in initiating a project, define the stakeholders in a project, and identify the six components of a project charter. The Prime-Project Management Fundamentals curriculum provides the foundation for the successful more...

Project Management Planning a Project Scope Project Management: Planning Project Scope, is the third of eight courses in this curriculum. After the completion of this course you will be able to identify the components of a project scope statement and create a work breakdown structure. The Prime-Project Management Fundamentals curriculum provides the foundation for the successful start-up, planning, and implementation of projects of any size more...

Project Management Planning Project Activities Project Management: Planning Project Activities, is the fourth of eight courses in this curriculum. After the completion of this course you will be able to define project activities, list the steps in creating a project network diagram and identify the steps in creating a Gantt chart. The Prime-Project Management Fundamentals curriculum provides the foundation for the successful start-up, more...

Project Management Project Cost Project Management: Planning Project Costs, is the fifth of eight courses in this curriculum. After the completion of this course you will be able to sequence the steps involved in creating a personnel resources matrix, identify three strategies for estimating project costs and list the steps in creating a budget. The Prime-Project Management Fundamentals curriculum provides the foundation for the more...

Project Management Executing a Project Project Management: Executing a Project, is the sixth of eight courses in this curriculum. After the completion of this course you will be able to identify the four goals of a project start-up meeting, identify the five guidelines of effective team leadership and provide balanced project communications. The Prime-Project Management Fundamentals curriculum provides the foundation for the successful more...

Project Management Controlling a Project Project Management: Controlling a Project, is the seventh of eight courses in this curriculum. After the completion of this course you will be able to identify the six steps of variance analysis and identify four responses to change. The Prime-Project Management Fundamentals curriculum provides the foundation for the successful start-up, planning, and implementation of projects of any size and more...

Project Management Closing a Project Project Management: Closing a project, is the last of the eight courses in this curriculum. After the completion of this course you will be able to identify the steps in administrative closure and identify the steps in contract closure. The Prime-Project Management Fundamentals curriculum provides the foundation for the successful start-up, planning, and implementation of projects of any size and more...

Organizational Scope of Critical Thinking In any complex environment systems are necessary, but they must serve an organization rather than become its masters. This is how Ralph S. Larsen, chairman and chief executive officer of Johnson & Johnson, describes both the need for systems and their inherent risk. Organizational systems, with complex and intricately interrelated components, demand the application of critical thinking to avoid more...

Balanced Scorecard Measuring Business Objectives In Balanced Scorecard - Measuring Business Objectives, you will learn the importance of good communication when using the balanced scorecard, the reasons for creating a balanced scorecard for each business unit, and the ways your organization can support the critical success factors outlined in a balanced scorecard. You will also learn the steps for gathering and implementing feedback about your more...

E-Learning Essentials Pt 2 Marketing Your Solution ...stood and brought on board for an effective marketing and implementation of your e-learning solution: Executives, Learners, HR, and Trainers. The most common concerns of these groups are identified, and guidelines for winning their support. Professionals who need guidance and the tools necessary to successfully implement e-Learning programs - such as Executives, Directors, Managers in large more...

Employee Compensation HRCI PHR The Human Resource Certification Institute's (HRCI) certification examinations cover a broad range of workforce planning and employment issues, including the theories and applications associated with effective compensation. As a human resources professional, you are responsible for helping to ensure that your company's workforce possesses the skills, knowledge and abilities to meet the current and more...

Compensating Employees HRCI PHR The Human Resource Certification Institute's (HRCI) certification examinations cover a broad range of workforce planning and employment issues, including the theories and applications associated with effective compensation. As a human resources professional, you are responsible for helping to ensure that your company's workforce possesses the skills, knowledge and abilities to meet the current and more...

Financial Risk Management Do you like to take risks or do you prefer to avoid them? Do you only take a risk if you know you will be compensated for it in the end? Everyone is exposed to risk at some time--it is unavoidable. Having the proper tools to deal with risk can save you money and help you avoid financial hardship. This course familiarizes you with the strategies and products used to manage corporate risk. You will more...

Total Quality Management Implementation and Tools Total Quality and Quality Tools breaks Total Quality Management into distinct easy-to-understand stages. You will learn the steps required for designing, developing, implementing, and evaluating a total quality solution. With the stages in place, the required basic tools for quality analysis are taught before the learner is introduced to some more advanced tools for Total Quality Management. This more...

Control Charts and the Pre-control Process Six Sigma teams may be tempted to consider their work done once they have improved their processes during the Improve phase. However, in the Control phase of the Six Sigma process improvement system, teams go further and verify that improved processes continue to perform at the improved levels. This course will present control charts, which are used to determine with statistical precision the more...

Six Sigma--Lean Tools for Control Two key methodologies for improving operations in the manufacturing world are lean manufacturing and Six Sigma . Both are designed to reduce variation, yet each takes a different track. While Six Sigma utilizes data and statistical analysis to measure and improve a company's operational performance, lean manufacturing collocates all of an organization's processes in sequential order, restructuring more...

Six Sigma--Measurement System Re-analysis Have you ever tried to change your life with a diet or exercise program, only to backslide and lose all the positive changes you made? It's easy to lose sight of the ultimate goal--improved health and fitness--after reaching your goal weight and fitness level. Maintaining positive changes takes just as much effort and vigilance as making the changes initially. Likewise for businesses--the benefits more...

Define the Six Sigma Opportunity Have you ever heard someone say, "That's putting the cart before the horse"? It's a quaint way of describing a process that's being implemented in a backward manner. One example of this is a company that begins to make organization-wide improvements before identifying which improvements would provide optimal benefits. This course, Define the Six Sigma Opportunity, is a guide for choosing those more...

The Six Sigma Project Charter and Plan What constitutes a project charter? How do you know whether you've set the right goals for your project? What tools can best help you plan your project? As you advance in this course--which focuses on project charter elements as well as planning tools and project documentation--you will obtain the skills and knowledge required to manage your project charter and plan. Six Sigma is a registered more...

Six Sigma Team Leadership By addressing customer needs, streamlining processes, minimizing variance, and addressing poor quality and inefficiency, Six Sigma can encourage a more profitable and sustainable business. The development and leadership of an effective team is critical if these outcomes are to be achieved. An effective Six Sigma team comprises the right people using their skills in collaboration with each other to more...

Six Sigma Team Dynamics and Performance Yogi Berra once said, "The other teams could make trouble for us if they win." While the quote is just one of Mr. Berra's many adages, it does provide a clue to the importance the legendary baseball coach placed on effective teamwork. Teamwork is no less important in the Six Sigma world. In fact, more than one Six Sigma expert has stated unequivocally that without effective teamwork, a process more...

The Six Sigma Change Agent ...ld a change management process and how to plan for change implementation. Effective communication is central to Six Sigma success, so this course will introduce you to the components of a successful communications strategy. Many organizations, and often even Six Sigma team members, are resistant to change. That's why this course offers you an introduction to the forms resistance to change takes more...

Six Sigma Management and Planning Tools In the 1970s, a group of seven "new" tools for quality management were developed in Japan. When they reached America in the 1980s and 1990s, they were renamed the Management and Planning (MP) tools. Used separately or in combination, they are powerful tools in the Six Sigma approach for insuring quality and continuous improvement. This course will cover the seven tools--affinity diagrams, more...

Six Sigma and the Voice of the Customer Do you know the phrase, "caveat emptor"? It's a Latin term that means, "Let the buyer beware." It's also a legal principle stating that consumers must purchase goods at their own risk, because unless specifically asked, the seller is generally under no obligation to disclose defects. Caveat emptor once struck fear in the hearts of many wary consumers. Fortunately, the tide has turned. Increased more...

Six Sigma and Critical Customer Requirements Mark Twain once said, "Everybody talks about the weather but nobody does anything about it." Unlike the weather, serving customer needs is something companies actually can do something about. Quality Function Deployment (QFD) is a systematic process for motivating a business to focus on its customers. In a Six Sigma environment, such a focus is central to success. In this course, you'll learn how more...

Defining and Mapping the Six Sigma Process Maps are incredible tools. They show--on one page--where you are, where you want to go, the best way to get there, and endless alternate routes. Without maps, we would be left to wander unknown paths to uncertain destinations, encountering untold pitfalls along the way. Maps are also important tools in guiding Six Sigma teams in the quest for process improvement; it is impossible to improve a more...

Scoping the Six Sigma Project Six Sigma Black Belts are called upon to solve problems that have no known solutions. This is a risky endeavor. Yet Six Sigma deployment has a track record of success. One of the keys to its success is proper project scoping. No one wants to try to do it all with a single opportunity. Six Sigma projects need to be selected mindfully and scoped appropriately. Yet, without known solutions, more...

Design of Experiments DOE By the time they reach the Six Sigma Improve phase, organizations have a solid understanding of how and why their processes fail to meet customers' expectations. Organizations use the Design of Experiments (DOE), a key methodology of the Six Sigma Improve phase, to quantify with statistical precision the factors that are causing this gap. Well-designed experiments result in effective process more...

Design and Analysis In the Six Sigma Improve phase, organizations are aiming to evaluate which process inputs have the most significant impact on the process output. Only by effective experimental design and subsequent analysis can organizations pinpoint areas for improvement. This course will enable you to choose between process methods, determine the most effective process, and take into account all of the more...

Taguchi and Quality Improvement Well-designed experiments result in effective process design or redesign, and ultimately, improved organizations. The Taguchi Method is a technique for designing and performing experiments to investigate processes where the output depends on many variables. The Taguchi Method allows the Six Sigma teams to avoid the tedious and costly task of running a process using all possible combinations of more...

Experimenting for Process Improvement The Improve phase of the Six Sigma DMAIC methodology concerns locating the optimal conditions of a process. Many improvement techniques used in Six Sigma concentrate on the impact of single factors on response or yield. In order to achieve breakthrough improvements, however, it is necessary to determine how multiple interacting factors impact response. This course introduces the sophisticated more...

Lean Concepts Most business processes are 90 waste and 10 value-added work. The challenge for businesses today is to find new ways to dramatically reduce costs and improve investment returns while better serving their customers. To meet these challenges, organizations have turned to Lean Thinking, which seeks the elimination of all forms of waste, strives for continuous improvement, and simplifies business more...

Non-value added Steps and Tasks Anytime you have products sitting in inventory it means your resources are not producing cash flow. Identifying and removing the non-value-added steps and tasks in the supply chain is the key element in effective inventory management. This course examines how Lean businesses seek to integrate their supply chains with their production processes so as to minimize inventory levels, improve the flow more...

Lean Tools ...esponsive to customer demands. This course highlights the implementation of Lean tools in the production and manufacturing environment. These tools have derived largely from the development of the Toyota Production System (TPS). In addition, the course examines how these improvement tools are used to maintain an orderly and efficient flow of materials throughout the Lean enterprise. By more...

Total Productive Maintenance TPM How do you ensure that the maintenance requirements of physical assets are met as cheaply and effectively as possible? The goal is to reduce downtime and minimize maintenance costs. Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) is a systematic approach to eliminating waste associated with production equipment and machinery. It is an approach that seeks to engage all levels and functions in an organization to more...

Probability and Statistics The Measure step of the DMAIC system used in Six Sigma relies on the use of probability and statistics to produce information on variations in process. Black Belt candidates must be proficient in descriptive, inferential, and process-oriented statistical thinking; must understand how to stratify data; and must appreciate the uses of the Central Limit Theorem and inferential statistics to interpret more...

Collecting and Summarizing Data The Six Sigma DMAIC system is a roadmap that shows the way to process and performance improvement. The second phase in the roadmap, the Measure phase, provides a methodology and tools for establishing a baseline of current processes. This baseline is your starting point for process improvement. A critical part of establishing baselines is collecting data that will enable you to learn the current more...

Properties and Applications of Probability Distributions Whether calculating future process capability or the length of time before product failure, probability distributions are essential to the Six Sigma Black Belt. Distributions and their random variables are the key to determining supportable conclusions for hypothesis tests and confidence intervals. This course discusses the general use of probability distributions, and reviews the applications of more...

Measurement Systems The Six Sigma DMAIC system is a roadmap that shows the way to process and performance improvement. The second phase in the roadmap, the Measure phase, provides a methodology and tools for collecting data and establishing baseline measures of current processes. However, measurement itself can be problematic. A measurement system is only as good as the measuring instruments and the operators, and more...

Analyzing Process Capability Process capability is determined by a range of variables including people, machines, materials and measurements. The cumulative result must be quantified numerically to determine current performance and project future potential. To do so requires a knowledge of control limits, specification limits, capability indices, and the difference between short- and long-term variability. This course teaches more...

Calculating Process Capability When process data fails to produce a normal distribution, special indices are required to calculate process capability. This course teaches Black Belt candidates the indices for non-normal process capability, and discusses how to transform non-normal data for use in standard statistical tests. It also examines the difference between continuous and discrete data, and the distributions used for more...

Six Sigma Introduction There has been an increased interest in Six Sigma in recent years. But what is Six Sigma? This course will introduce you to the foundational concepts of the Six Sigma philosophy and process. It will help you successfully participate in your organization's Six Sigma program. First, you will learn how poor quality harms your business. You will explore what Six Sigma means and the critical elements more...

Six Sigma Reducing Variation to Improve Quality What, do you expect everything to be perfect? How would you respond if one of your employees said that to you? You might consider saying, "Well, yes " In fact, striving for near perfect quality is reasonable and achievable. It's a matter of reducing variation through the use of Six Sigma. "Variation," or deviation from what the customer wants, may be inherent in the business world, yet by more...

Six Sigma Listening to the Voice of the Customer Let the buyer beware. That old business maxim of caveat emptor once struck fear in the hearts of many wary consumers. Now there's a new reality: Competition for consumer attention is intense across all industries and markets, so now it's the company itself which is being admonished to beware. That means businesses should be looking for the best way to gauge what its customers really need and want. more...

Six Sigma DMAIC Defining the Problem What's your problem? It could be said that this is one way to get to the heart of a matter. Of course, there's a better way. In this course, Six Sigma DMAIC: Defining the Problem, Six Sigma Green Belts and team members are given a systematic, objective, and measurable process for quantifying the challenges facing your organization. In lesson one, "The Project Charter," you'll learn guidelines for more...

Six Sigma DMAIC Measuring the Process Would you use your thumb and forefinger to measure how much carpet you need to buy for a new room in your house? By the same token, do you have the right tools for measuring a process in your organization that just isn't working? "Six Sigma DMAIC: Measuring the Process," provides Six Sigma Green Belts and team members with techniques for precisely pinpointing the source of problems--and precisely 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...

Six Sigma DMAIC Analyzing the Process Imagine the perfect cup of coffee--it tastes and smells great, it's served at exactly the right temperature, and, best of all, it satisfies you every time. Because it's perfect, you find yourself returning again and again to the cafe that sells it. The perfect cup of coffee--or the perfect product or service--is what Six Sigma is all about. To achieve Six Sigma, a product or service has to be 99.9 more...

Organizational Goals and Objectives Before a Six Sigma project can be executed, organizational strategic planning goals and objectives must be defined. Determining selection of appropriate projects and choosing an effective improvement model are crucial tasks that help to ensure your company is pointed in the right direction. Performing risk analysis while avoiding pitfalls common to Six Sigma projects is also important to prevent more...

Leadership in Six Sigma Six Sigma has become synonymous with quality in the business world, but there is no prescriptive process for planning and launching a Six Sigma initiative. Each business must learn to call upon the strengths and abilities of its diverse professionals, from executives to highly trained technical specialists. What are the roles of each in the Six Sigma process? What planning should take place to more...

Six Sigma and the Corporate Enterprise What exactly is Six Sigma , and why is it important to your company? This course helps you to make that determination through a discussion of basic concepts underlying the Six Sigma philosophy. A broad overview is provided of the initial development of Six Sigma; Six Sigma's uses in leading companies to date; the benefits to be realized by successful deployment, and the metrics and core more...

History of Organizational Improvement and the Foundations of Six Sigma To successfully implement Six Sigma , it's useful to understand the history of organizational improvement and the contributions of various leaders in the field of quality. This course examines the concepts of quality, customer satisfaction, and continuous improvement that are common among Six Sigma, the Total Quality Management movement, and continuous improvement. It also discusses the continuum more...

ISO 9001 2000 Overview of Standards In ISO 9001: 2000: Overview of Standards you will learn the fundamentals of the ISO system of standards. It examines quality management in general and ISO in particular, focusing on the history of ISO and how their standards are developed. It then teaches the initial steps an organization should take when seeking initial or upgraded certification from ISO. Members of Corporate Management, more...

ISO 9001 2000 Implementing Standards In ISO 9001:2000 Implementing Standards you learn about the principal ISO Clauses, new ISO requirements and the documentation and potential auditing pitfalls associated with each one. The Clauses are summarized and explained in real-world situations, enabling the learner to achieve the maximum benefit from experiencing a quality management system operate most efficiently. Members of Corporate more...

ISO 9001 2000 The Auditing Process In ISO 9001:2000: The Auditing Process you learn about the fundamentals of the auditing process for ISO 9000: 2000. It explains the basic audit procedures and requirements as well as the importance of starting and closing the audit in the correct fashion. Members of Corporate Management, Management Representatives, Directors of Quality Assurance, and Production Managers interested in the more...

Marketing Management So, now you're a marketing manager. What are the expectations you and others have of this position? What skills do you need? How do you put together a marketing team? How do you lead that team to success? How can you tell if you're doing a good job? In this course you'll look at marketing management from top to bottom--starting from the basic skills you need as a marketing manager, through more...

Financial Analysis for Successful Marketing Whether you have a "head" for numbers, or a "dread" of numbers, no strategic marketing plan will be successful without a thorough financial analysis. The final course in this series takes a user-friendly, interactive approach to help you master the numbers game. You will analyze typical financial parameters associated with setting up a financial budget as part of an overall marketing strategy. more...

Quality Systems Models and Theories ...implementation of an effective quality system is a vital component of the success of any organization. Personnel at all levels in an organization must be aware of the quality mission, plan, and methodology it employs. A quality mission and plan that is well developed and properly implemented must be aligned to the corporate mission and vision statements and the strategic plan in order to be more...

Steps for Successful ISO Registration An organization must carefully plan and integrate into their own quality management system a comprehensive strategy to comply with ISO 9001:2000 requirements. This course discusses the necessary steps required to organize for ISO registration. For example, management commitment must be obtained, a steering team and internal audit program established, and the appropriate registrar selected. more...

Lean Techniques Imagine that you're shopping at a local furniture store when you see a lamp that you must buy. It's exactly what you've been looking for at the right price. But the lamp model is out of stock and the only one left is the floor sample. Naturally, you inquire about purchasing the sample, but the sales person tells you that the store has a policy of prohibiting this. Why? Wouldn't it make sense to more...

Lean Strategies You may have all the proper ingredients, but that doesn't necessarily mean that you can make the ultimate dish, especially if you are creating it for the first time. Adding the right amount of each ingredient in the proper sequence with specific techniques improves your chances for success. An understanding of lean manufacturing principles and techniques will give you the ingredients you need for more...

Overview of Logistics Management In today's business environment, we all recognize the need to improve operational efficiency within our business, but often lack sufficient knowledge of the flow of materials through our organization. This course will provide you with a comprehensive understanding of the history, perspectives, strategies, and key areas of Logistics Management. Any individual seeking to gain an overall more...

Developing a New-product Strategy Product development is not a mystery. Nor is it only the concern of your research and development department. One of your main responsibilities as a product manager is to create a new-product strategy. This means that in addition to developing new-product goals, you also need to develop a plan for reaching those goals. In this course, you'll explore the tools and techniques to help you create a more...

Record Retention Does your company have a formal policy for how to retain and dispose of its records? Do you know what records you need to retain, how long you should retain them for, and which disposal techniques you should use? Following the Arthur Andersen case, many companies are reexamining what documents they keep and how long they must keep them. Having a carefully planned and documented record retention more...

VBScript - Elements Arrays Procedures and Program Flow To explain the capabilities of the VBScript programming language and the use of arrays, procedures, loops, and conditional statements in a VBScript program System administrators; web developers; application developers more...

Emerging Web Service Standards To understand the roles and implementation approaches implemented by various emerging web services Application and web developers wishing to attain competency in developing web services using the main web service technologies SOAP, WSDL, and UDDI; systems analysts and systems architects needing a thorough knowledge of service-oriented architecture concepts and web service technologies more...

Using UDDI To understand the concepts behind and the implementation of the UDDI 2.0 and 3.0 specifications Application and web developers wishing to attain competency in developing web services using the main web service technologies SOAP, WSDL, and UDDI; systems analysts and systems architects needing a thorough knowledge of service-oriented architecture concepts and web service technologies more...

HIPAA Implementing Privacy Rules ...ouses store and transmit individuals' health information. Implementation of and compliance with the HIPAA privacy rules is mandatory. These rules present significant challenges to the day-to-day operations of organizations involved in the healthcare industry. Organizations that don't change internal procedures to comply with HIPAA regulations risk significant fines. This course offers a more...

HIPAA Securing Protected Health Information Congress designed the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) Administrative Simplification Rules to make it easier for healthcare providers, insurance companies, and information clearinghouses to provide adequate care for patients. By using a single set of standards for exchanging electronic data, healthcare organizations can send and receive health information more more...

Fair Labor Standards Act FLSA The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) establishes specific minimum requirements in relation to employees' wages, hours of work, overtime entitlements, and payroll records. The act was passed to set and enforce federal requirements on minimum wages and overtime. The FLSA became federal law in 1938 as part of President Roosevelt's New Deal--its primary aim was to respond to growing concerns about poor more...

Dynamic HTML Since the early nineties, HTML has been widely used for developing web pages. HTML has evolved to meet the demand for attractive web pages. However, these pages are static and do not change after downloading. Any interactivity involves repeated communication with the web server which increases download time. Dynamic HTML (DHTML) overcomes this problem by providing your web page this interactivity more...

XML Implementation in Enterprise ...Implementation in Enterprise WBT is the second course in the XML curriculum. This course is meant for Web programmers in a multi-tier enterprise system who want to use XML to transport and exchange business data over the Internet. The course details the role of XML and related technologies in enterprise computing. It also describes the procedures for using XML Schemas for ensuring validity of more...

Visual Basic 6 0 Advanced Enterprise Client Server Dev Part II ...t examines the basic IUnknown interface, the creation and implementation of abstract classes and multiple interfaces, and the f