Advanced Solutions
By: John C. White
President/COO
E-Learning in the manufacturing sector
Minimizes Time Away from Work:
Computer-based training yields timesaving’s of 35-45% over traditional classroom instruction. In addition, it has been found that computer-based training required significantly less time than instructor-lead training. The reduction in time ranges from 20- 80% with 40-60% being the most common time saved. In fact compression of training time has the most visible impact on ROI by not only providing savings in wages spent on training but also a saving in opportunity costs. An example of this is as follows:
A company needs to put 200 of its employees through a course in plant safety that takes one week. If the average hourly wage is $15 an hour then the wage cost of training alone (excluding travel costs and time, opportunity costs, instructor cost, etc) would be 200 X $15 X 40 = $120,000. If all other factors remain equal, a 40% reduction in time saves $48,000. This alone has a significant impact on R.O.I., however, this impact can be relatively small when compared to the effect of documented savings in opportunity costs. Opportunity costs are the cost incurred by the company when production or sales are reduced due to employee absenteeism. Thus, if the 200 employees produce 10 units a day, the total loss for the week is 50 units. If each unit then nets the company $5,000 in revenue, the total in lost revenue would be $250,000. Again if all factors remain equal, a 40% reduction in training time would net $150,000 in lost opportunity savings. This is approximately three times the savings in wages alone.
In addition to compression of training time, MediaTech’s web-based e-Learning products are available 24-7 and can be accessed by your employees at times that further reduce opportunity costs. Add to this the fact that training programs can be monitored and validated to a much greater degree as compared to traditional training, the value proposition of computer-based training products is clear.
Accessibility requirements are a fact of life today. If you haven’t begun auditing your systems and websites to determine their compliance with accessibility standards such as Section 508 and WCAG, MediaTech can help.
We can assist your organization by conducting accessibility audits that identify and prioritize all accessibility errors, define the method for addressing any issues, and document overall compliance with Section 508.
Some compliance testing firms tout their proprietary automated testing tools. We too employ a suite of tools to accomplish our work. There are many aspects of the Section 508 regulations, however, that cannot be tested without human interaction and input. This is where our expert staff comes in, providing thorough manual testing at both the usability and the code levels. We will put your software through its paces using current assistive technologies (e.g., JAWS, Kurzweil, Voice Over, NVDA, SAMMNET, MAGIC, ZoomText, etc.,) and examine your code in order to provide detailed, targeted feedback to assist your organization with accessible development.
If you want, we can take the service further, and let our crack development team make the needed changes to your applications to bring them into compliance. Whatever your organizationneeds, we stand ready to make it happen.
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