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All of us at KMSI would like to thank everyone for an extremely successful 2004! What a year it has been! We have ended the year with an impressive list of new customers and many other equally impressive prospective customers doing extensive testing of KMx. Customers now include; a Multinational Automobile Manufacturer, an Multinational Electronics Manufacturer, a very large Medical Professional Association, a Large Moving and Storage Company, a Large Federal Government Contractor, an International Online Medical School, a Portuguese Professional Society and many more. It is obvious that the KMx Value Proposition has struck a chord within the eLearning Community and draws eLearning Organizations to us. Additionally we have expanded our offerings to include a full spectrum of professional support services. Our support services (see below) help our customers to realize even greater advantages from KMx, by working with them to get the absolute most out of the KMx Value Proposition. KMx Value Proposition KMx was conceived out of frustration of the eLearning Industry. Our management team have all worked as practitioners within eLearning for a number of years and set out to change the way eLearning was done and the way it was priced. We formed KMSI and then attempted to build a fully functional platform, including a comprehensive LMS and LCMS, a Synchronous eLearning delivery tool, and a set of eLearning development tools. We wanted this platform to be easy to use, reasonably priced and to work seamlessly with other platforms. Our KMx platform has wonderfully hit that mark, with attributes as follows:
- KMx is very easy to use, by training practitioners. Knowledge of Programming is not required!
- KMx allows the easy conversion of Training materials to eLearning, measured in hours of effort not weeks of effort!
- KMx implementation is measured in numbers of days versus numbers of months!
- KMx does NOT require a Team of IT Professionals to maintain. It is fully maintained by the Training Personnel.
- KMx is inexpensive. In todayâs marketplace of hundreds of thousands of dollars, KMx stands out as a reasonably priced option.
- KMx is NOT priced based on User Fees. We feel that practice causes a Training Professional to stop and think âDo I really want to deliver this training knowing that my costs are going to increase?â So we eliminated that practice all together.
- KMx seamlessly works with other SCORM Compatible Platforms. You are NOT addicted to using just KMx, but if you have materials built with other systems or programs, or a different SCORM LMS, KMx will seamlessly and almost effortlessly interface.
- KMx seamlessly works with Third Party vendors who provide Generic eLearning Content.
- KMx provides an impressive ROI. Due to the low costs to license, the fast implementation time, no need for a team of IT professionals to maintain, the reuse of existing eLearning content, the fast development of new eLearning content, and the total lack of User Fees, Maintenance Fees, Upgrade Fees, KMx customers are enjoying a Large ROI and the ability to focus their budget on creating content that is specific to their our operational needs.
Click here for more information KMSI Service Offerings Based on feedback from our customers this year, KMSI has expanded and formalized its professional services offering. In addition to the consulting and support services already provided to customers from its Maryland headquarters, KMSI has established additional operations based in Texas and California. The consulting support provided by KMSIâs professional services staff along with a growing partner network, is designed to assist customers with the deployment of KMSIâs flagship Advanced Distributed Learning Platform, KMx. Our professional services now include:
*Front end analysis, strategy development, program design and project planning
*Establishment of business processes to manage the flow of activities, information, and data within the Learning Solution or Learning Organization
*Establishment of the âas isâ and âto beâ configuration of the applications to support the migration from existing and/or legacy LMS/KCMS applications to KMx
*Change management and communication
*Installation support, including the installation of multiple instances (org IDs)
*Configuration of the LMS application, including the establishment of the standard processes described above (go through the application to turn on or off all of the options available to a company)
*Integration with other enterprise applications, including Human Resource Management Systems (HRMS) or financial management systems
*User training, including the training of administrators, managers/supervisors, and end users â including development of customer-specific step-by-step procedures, ILT and online training and other related support
*Coaching and support to assist in coordination of the customerâs staff that my be responsible for the LMS
*Migration of data from existing system(s) to KMx (including data cleansing, migration, testing and QA)
*Migration of internal and external content, including integration with outside content vendors
*Training Needs Analysis (TNA) for content development and/or conversion (including solution options and project planning)
*Project management and associated services to support deployment of a Blended Learning Solution, including coaching services
*Content conversion (including existing CBT, rich media and other legacy content)
*New E-Learning content development
Over the past few years, KMSI has successfully supported its customers deploy of KMx to address the implementation of their blended learning strategies. KMx, with its focus on LCMS, LMS, content authoring and virtual classroom functionality, has allowed organizations deploy a solution that is customized to meet their enterprise learning needs.
Click here for more information KMx Client Success Story of the Month A Large Federal Government Contractor needed to make training materials which was previously presented in the classroom, to eLearning. The length of training was increasing and it was costing more and more to accomplish the training. By shifting to eLearning the students could take the training with out having to come to the training center. Therefore they contracted with KMSI for KMx Enterprise which is hosted by KMSI in our datacenter. This has allowed this organization to convert existing content Instructor Led Content quickly and easily to SCORM compliant online learning, together with accessing outside content, including that provided by one of KMSIâs partners, Pure Safety. This organization immediately transitioned a required 40 hour refresher course to KMx for 1000 employees at the Government facility. They positioned materials online in a blended learning solution in an accelerated fashion allowing classroom-based content to be focused only on critical hands-on activities. Doing this in KMx has also allowed this organization to use the highly granular content to provide content customized to address individual employee needs, and to reuse that content in future courses. This has been such a success that they are intending to expand this effort from this site, to the other three government sites. Click here for more information New Director of Sales - Eastern United States We are pleased to announce the addition of Mike Christman to our team. Mike, serving as our Director of Business Development, will be responsible for product and services sales as well as supporting our business partners in meeting their client enterprise learning needs. Mike has held management positions at RWD Technologies, where he provided sales and professional services support to customers throughout North America and Australia with a focus on IT end user training and performance support; and at USinternetworking where he was responsible for their CRM Client Services organization. Mike is a graduate of the Naval Academy and completed a maters degree at the Naval Postgraduate School. We are very pleased to have Mike on our team. Click here for more information We look forward to working with you in 2005 As you know KMSI provides truly innovative solutions for anyone who is using eLearning, or who intends to use eLearning. We would look forward to talking with you in 2005 about how we can help use put the advantages of KMx to use in your organization. Just call us for a free virtual demonstration that will include how KMx will work for you. For immediate attention call Steve Case at 256-536-8741, [EMAIL PROTECTED] or Christina Ferreri at 610-779-4252, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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