Industry Profile - Process Manufacturing includes petroleum and chemical companies, food and beverage makers, paper mills, and other firms that make products using continuous flow processes. Process Manufacturers generally provide products to businesses and end-consumers that are made in very large batches or "runs", and then inventoried, divided down into sellable quantities, and sold to meet market demand.

Element K® Customers – A partial list of Process Manufacturing customers includes: Anheuser Busch, Applied Materials, Boise Cascade, Campbell Soup Company, Eastman Kodak Company, Lubrizol Corporation, and Shaw Industries. Sample Learning Solutions – Through a combination of catalog e-Learning, platform, custom content, systems integration, and other services, Element K has created Process Manufacturing Solutions such as:

1. Process Monitoring Training – A training program to ensure that all technical people – scientists, engineers, and technicians – are fully capable of monitoring and interpreting key process parameters. The IT group is included to ensure proper maintenance and upgrades of the monitoring equipment. The program combines Catalog e-Learning covering all of the information technologies that drive the monitoring equipment, as well as custom courses and procedural documents that thoroughly characterize that process parameters, specifications, and corrective actions.

Using the solution, the client codifies procedures, and guarantees that everyone involved in real-time process decisions are acting on the same information. By extending the training to include equipment and technology as well as proprietary procedures, the company ensures reliable monitoring and minimizes waste from out-of-spec products.

2. Technical Career Development – A career development program to transfer process-specific knowledge from senior employees to junior employees, ensuring that experience is not lost when key people retire. The program last 18 months and is multi-modal, including seminars, catalog e-Learning, custom courses, workshops, and job rotations. The program is fully tracked in the Element K Learning Platform – KnowledgeHub^TM, including seminar participation, e-Learning completion, and completion of other program components.

Using this solution, the client accomplishes three key corporate objectives. First, it forces the organization to identify what proprietary information is critical to the business and to document that in the context of the program. Second, it helps drives satisfaction and retention among newer employees by making an investment in their careers. And finally, it helps to identify high-potential employees based on their performance in the program.

Note: items in bold represent Element K products, services, or technology.

Our Learning Solutions by Business page explains how our solutions solve specific business challenges common to most industries: sales readiness, new product rollout, compliance and other training obstacles.

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