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VLS (CERTPOINT Corp.)
At-A-Glance
| Category or categories of KM tools that best describes this product. | Content management application Knowledge portal Business analytics application Data warehouse |
| Number of clients using this product | 58 |
| Product aimed at a specific industry | Any industry Health Care and Social Assistance Manufacturing Retail Trade Transportation and Warehousing |
| Product designed for a department or for the entire enterprise | Enterprise wide |
| Languages in which this technology is available | English (UK) English (US) French French (Canadian) German Italian Spanish Spanish (Latin America) |
Product overview
Vuepoint痴 integrated suite of knowledge management capabilities enables clients to sharpen their competitive edge by energizing, maximizing, and aligning their proprietary knowledge assets with business objectives across the extended enterprise. They can monitor and measure the impact of this knowledge management effort on business results.
CERTPOINT integrated suite includes CERTPOINT learning content management system, CERTPOINT learning management system, CERTPOINT knowledge competency system, and CERTPOINT business analytics package. The platform enables multiple localizations (including languages) from a single install. The company supports this platform with a suite of "Lean Thinking" services that go beyond deployment and maintenance to include development of business cases; aligning business and stakeholder痴 interests; converting static information into dynamically shared knowledge objects; and designing tailored adoption programs.
Business problem this product addresses
CERTPOINT focuses on maximizing the value of a client's proprietary knowledge.
What sets this product apart from the competition
VLS Data Analysis Data Mart provides capabilities beyond training performance measurement. The analysis tools show trends and the impact of knowledge maximization programs on job performance and business results over time. As a result, it enables continuous adjustment of the programs for best results.
VLS exposes a portion of its functionality in a growing portfolio of Web services. This capability enables real time integration with other enterprise applications, as well as corporate portals. Today, this capability is more common in ERP systems, but is less present in learning management systems.
VLS provides an integrated functionality that accommodates various needs of knowledge transfer programs without forcing clients to purchase additional software. It also enables multiple localizations form a single install.
How an end user works with this product
An end user logs on to the proper URL, puts in his or her password, accesses authorized knowledge content, and manages a personalized knowledge base.
The same is true for administrators, who can log in from anywhere or anytime, input their password, and access authorized information and change wizards.
Similarly, authorized content authors can check in and check out authorized content for instant updates, create new content with content wizards, and work together from different locations.
Optimal customer for this product: The system scales from a few persons to several 100,000. Their optimal client is a company with broad distribution.
Integrated with back office or business applications such as ERP, HR systems: Yes, Peoplesoft and SAP. The process has been used to better associate knowledge results from the CERTPOINT system to data housed in these systems.
Pricing guideline: Pricing varies with the size and the nature of deployment from $100 per user per year to $10 per user per year. The company also takes into consideration value impact on business results.
Company Information
Company overview
CERTPOINT is a private company that was founded in 1997, has approximately 70 employees, and has received one institutional round of funding headed by Wheatley Partners and Hudson Ventures.
Major accounts
- Black & Decker
- Guidant Corporation
- The Hartford
- Mercury Insurance
- Toyota
- Whirlpool
- Pathlore
- OutStart
- SumTotal
ｩ -2005 brandon-hall.com