Operator of national nuclear security administration plant Selects Plateau
ARLINGTON, VA – March 4, 2002 – Honeywell Federal Manufacturing & Technologies
(Honeywell), operator of the National Nuclear Security Administration’s Kansas
City Plant, has selected the Plateau 4 Learning Management System (LMS) to automate
the scheduling and delivery of learning for its 4,000 engineers, employees and
contractors. Kansas City Plant is a defense systems manufacturing facility charged
with strengthening national security.
At the Kansas City Plant, Honeywell develops and produces non-nuclear components
for systems used to defend against weapons of mass destruction. Honeywell operates
three separate factories under the strictest quality control – and is continually
honing its Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and manufacturing specifications
to ensure the highest grade for all its production.
Plateau 4 LMS is a Web-based application that lets organizations automate the
delivery of these new SOPs and specifications. Every time a procedure changes,
Plateau 4 LMS searches by qualifications for every affected engineer and specialist,
automatically updates their development plans and alerts them by e-mail that
they need retraining on the procedure. Plateau 4 LMS lets organizations schedule
and deliver this new learning either online or in the classroom, and tracks
every person who completes training on the new course or procedure.
Plateau 4 LMS also natively determines – based on previous skill assessments
and grades – how much new training each employee requires, and then tailors
instruction and learning content to their individual needs. This adaptive learning
strategy greatly reduces learning cycles, IT costs and failure rates for large,
diversified organizations.
"As an ISO 9001 certified plant that uses Six Sigma Plus as a measure
of total quality, Honeywell is striving to achieve manufacturing processes that
are 99.9997% error-free," said Paul Sparta, Chairman and CEO of Plateau
Systems. "Plateau 4 LMS will help Honeywell to achieve and maintain this
outstanding quality standard at a lower cost – and with less down-time for training
its employees."
Honeywell is replacing its legacy training systems and importing all old learning
data into Plateau 4 LMS, and will use Macromedia Dreamweaver(tm) to develop
online courses that run seamlessly on Plateau’s application. Additionally, Honeywell
is integrating Plateau 4 LMS with its PeopleSoft Human Resources Information
System. The integration allows Honeywell to automatically create learning development
plans for all its engineers and contractors, and update those plans when employees
change job positions or functions.
About Plateau: Plateau manages learning and knowledge processes for organizations,
improving their business operations by integrating and delivering the knowledge
employees, customers and partners require to excel. Plateau 4 Learning Management
System (LMS) is built on open, J2EE/EJB architecture. Plateau’s global clients
include Motorola University, Federal Express, Bristol Myers-Squibb and the U.S.
Air Force. The company was founded in 1996, and is headquartered in Arlington,
Virginia. Internet Users: Plateau’s news releases, electronic press kits, media
and sales contacts are available at www.plateau.com http://www.plateau.com/
