Expertus Offers Tips for Heightening Operational Efficiency in Sluggish Times

Mountain View, CA – May 20, 2008 – Expertus, a global provider of services that optimize the business impact of learning, today announced that it has released a white paper entitled, “Eliminate Waste and Reap the Rewards: Nine Ways to Trim Operational Expenses to Fund Strategic Learning.” The comprehensive white paper includes applicable tips for training executives looking to improve efficiency. The white paper, in addition to recent research, webinar slides, an efficiency assessment and more, can be viewed at the newly launched www.trainingefficiency.com.

Recent research conducted by Expertus and Training Industry, Inc. found that 92% of the 113 learning leaders surveyed were feeling some amount of pressure to cut costs. This statistic, which was closely matched among participants in a recent webinar, indicates that finding ways to increase efficiency is an important objective.

“Recessions can create an ideal opportunity for training organizations to regroup and reassess processes to make sure they are working in the most efficient manner possible,” said Ramesh Ramani, CEO and Founder of Expertus. “Inefficiencies can consume incredible amounts of money and manpower and are often ignored until budgets begin to tighten in depressed economies like what we face today.”

Expertus suggests that training executives perform an internal audit to stay ahead. To take a brief online internal assessment, visit www.trainingefficiency.com/assess-your-efficiency. Developed by Bersin & Associates, the 16-question evaluation focuses on an organization’s operational strengths and weaknesses, serving as an online analyst to identify and resolve key issues and impediments.

The following are some tips from “Eliminate Waste and Reap the Rewards: Nine Ways to Trim Operational Expenses to Fund Strategic Learning” on how to increase operational efficiencies within your organization:

TIP #1: Consolidate and Centralize Learning Technologies
By reducing the number of systems and simplifying infrastructure, companies have fewer system support requirements, less maintenance, fewer patches, fixes and upgrades, and fewer resource requirements. As a result, companies will decrease costs and improve data success and reporting.

TIP #2: Convert ILT to Blended or e-Learning
The obvious gains in this approach are reductions in travel, facility, equipment, and trainer costs. However, organizations shouldn’t just look to cut costs by reproducing and converting content from ILT to e-learning. They should also work to leverage the big benefits that e-learning provides—such as availability, reusability and effectiveness.

TIP #3: Optimize Learning Technology Support and Administration
Learning technology support and administration refers to the human activity surrounding a learning system—namely, the administrative work going on within the training group. Organizations today don’t have to buy, implement and manage learning technology, now that a growing number of LMS providers offer software as a hosted service. Tapping into external resources can be a safe and efficient alternative.

For the remaining six tips and to read the white paper in its entirety, please visit www.trainingefficiency.com/system/files/WhitePaper_How+to+Eliminate+Training+Waste+and+
Reap+the+Rewards_Expertus.pdf, or login to www.trainingefficiency.com.

TrainingEfficiency.com exists to educate and enlighten training industry professionals about all aspects of “efficiency” by providing a forum that encourages visitors to explore the issues, understand the benefits, and discover the strategies and tactics that lead to operational success in today’s learning organizations. Visit the site today at www.trainingefficiency.com/.

About Expertus
Expertus is the leading global provider of services that optimize the business impact of learning. For more than a decade, the firm’s 500+ learning management professionals have defined and implemented plans, processes and technologies that transform training organizations – creating measurable value for the world’s most successful corporations. Clients include ADP, Cisco, ConocoPhillips, EMC, Honeywell and Lockheed Martin. Every day at these and other companies, more than a million employees, customers and business partners are educated as a result of Expertus’ innovative business strategies, outsourcing services and technology-rich solutions.

Based in Silicon Valley, Expertus serves its clients from offices in the US, UK and India. For more information, visit www.expertus.com, or call toll-free 1-877-827-8160.