DMLGroup has been invited by Utah State University Partners in Business to participate in the Operational Excellence Seminar September 3-4, 2008, in Logan, Utah. This seminar will highlight lean management principles that are the basis for the continuous improvement award, the Shingo Prize for Operational Excellence.

DMLGroup will present several e-learning strategies and showcase e-learning solutions including a hosted learning management system (LMS), online courses, and JARIS Knowledge Management (KMS), which is also an electronic performance support system (EPSS). These e-learning solutions help companies improve their training and human resources practices as outlined in the Shingo Prize Model for operational excellence.

For more information:
Operational Excellence Seminar website
Shingo Prize for Operational Excellence website

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.

Today, DMLGroup announced the public release of JARIS 2.5, the next major release of the JARIS knowledge management system—also known as an electronic performance support system (EPSS). JARIS 2.5 includes several new features that make document publishing easier than ever before, including a keyword-uniqueness checker, improved workflows, version compare, media-rich alerts, automatic document notifications, and built-in reporting.

Clients using JARIS 2.0 or higher are entitled to a free upgrade to JARIS 2.5. Please contact Jonathan Dawson or your POC for details and to schedule your upgrade.

Please contact us to arrange a JARIS 2.5 demo, or visit our JARIS page to learn more.

DMLGroup is pleased to announce another TimeTracker update. TimeTracker started as an internal system for reducing the time to track clients, projects, stages, and expenses for employees and contractors. Today, TimeTracker features web-based access, reports, and summaries. This system is selected for the current Shingo Award continious improvement project within DMLGroup. Due to the succes of the system and the complementary use with our other tools, DMLGroup has made TimeTracker a featured system since 1997 with major upgrades throughout the years.

TimeTracker is available on a subscription basis and is best suited for small to medium sized companies where workers can enter their activities using custom projects, clients, stages, expenses, and other activity details.

Please contact us to arrange a TimeTracker demo, or visit our TimeTracker page to learn more.

DMLGroup has started alpha testing on JARIS 2.5, the next major release of the JARIS knowledge management system. JARIS 2.5 includes several new features that make document publishing easier than ever before, including a keyword-uniqueness checker that helps designers create effective keywords for published documents.

Please contact us to arrange a JARIS 2.5 demo, or visit our JARIS page to learn more.