Each year, lean practitioners and experts from around the globe gather for the Shingo Prize Conference. At the 2009 conference in Nashville, Tennessee, Dr. David Gordon, CEO of DMLGroup, was invited to present a workshop. Dr. Gordon’s workshop was titled, "Storm Chasers: Capturing Hard-Earned Knowledge and Making It Productive."

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Dr. Gordon said, "The workshop was a great opportunity to mingle with some of the leading lean thinkers. Hopefully my workshop provided new insight and tools for furthering knowledge transition and return on investment for training initiatives."

Workshop topics included:

• Putting "people in the process" to make a storm give up essential knowledge for future results, action, and benefits
• A solution-oriented approach to knowledge: accumulation, storage, sharing, and transfer within the context of the Shingo Prize Model
• A simplified ROI approach to identifying financial gains
• An age-proven instructional model for developing better training in an interactive environment
• Applications that spark new interest in knowledge management

Along with Dr. Gordon’s workshop, DMLGroup hosted an expo booth to highlight the knowledge management system JARIS and the new lean game Principle Focused: Tools, Systems, Principles.

DMLGroup looks forward to the Annual Shingo Prize Conference in Salt Lake City, Utah in 2010.

At AUTOTESTCON 2008, Dr. David Gordon will be presenting a paper on "Documentation Accountability: Approval to Archiving" for test data preparation, approval, and archiving. The presentation will be September 10 at 8:00 AM in the Salt Palace Convention Center in Salt Lake City, Utah. You can also visit the DMLGroup expo booth September 9-11.

The JARIS knowledge management system will be the focus of the presentation. The paper abstract is:

Knowledge management systems (KMSs) are a mature information technology often used to accumulate policies and procedures in an accessible framework. However, the usefulness of a KMS depends on its capabilities and the users: a KMS is only useful if it contains a certain quantity and quality of information. A good KMS can increase information quantity by making documentation processes faster and can increase information quality by ensuring accountability throughout the testing process. This paper illustrates how the KMS, JARIS, can streamline each test phase, from approval to archiving, by reducing paper documentation and increasing information accountability and accessibility.

DMLGroup is presenting at the Top of Utah Business Expo on October 3-4, 2007 at the Ogden Eccles Conference Center. This two-day event allows businesses in Northern Utah to promote their products and services. DMLGroup will be promoting its e-learning solutions and consulting services.

DMLGroup will display their revolutionary instructional system at ASTD TechKnowledge® 2006. "We are excited to be at ASTD," said Dr. David Gordon, DMLGroup CEO. "It is a place where we can showcase our cutting-edge system."

Visit DMLGroup at booth #109 for a demonstration.