LearnTech® Insight

Issue 8 (December 1, 2004)

1. Lead Free Press Announcement.
2. LearnTech® Courseware: Lead-Free Soldering: Orientation
3. ALC Welcomes RJ Ferguson to our team
4. New white paper: Lean Production - Take a Systems Approach by H. Sommerfeld
5. ALC expands bookstore, including new toolkits and resources for LEAN and ESD
6. ALC is MOVING. New Development Address December 15, 2004

1. Lead Free Press Announcement:

Cookson Electronics and Partners Launch Suite of Lead-Free Electronic Assembly Training Courses

Jersey City, NJ, November 29, 2004 – Cookson Electronics Assembly Materials and its partner Automated Learning Corp. (ALC) announce the launch of their suite of lead-free assembly training courses. This suite of technical training courses is part of Automated Learning's acclaimed LearnTech® series. Its modular interactive multimedia learning approach is designed for process engineers, managers and senior operators involved in the implementation and management of lead-free electronic assembly processes.

Read the complete announcement at:
http://www.automatedlearning.com/resources/cookson_press.cfm

2. LearnTech® Courseware: Lead-Free Soldering: Orientation

You and your organization are facing the transition to lead-free soldering. You need to understand how this will affect your job, your equipment, and your systems and procedures. At the same time, you recognize the dangers inherent in a silo approach. Rather, you need a cross-functional view of the impact across the organization.

Lead-Free Soldering: Orientation, the first course to result from the new Cookson-ALC-BEST partnership, addresses the global issues that cut across materials, processes, and markets. This course is designed to "point the way" for an orderly transition that has everyone on-board and the entire team oriented to solving the myriad of issues in a timely manner.

Review the introduction and objectives for Lead-Free Soldering: Orientation at:
http://www.automatedlearning.com/products/slo.cfm

3. ALC Welcomes RJ Ferguson to our team

We are very pleased to welcome RJ Ferguson to the ALC team. Formally educated in electronics engineering, RJ brings more than ten years of corporate training experience including the design and development of software applications for managing corporate learning. As a developer of learning solutions for the corporate training industry since the mid 90's, RJ has been responsible for the development of over 400 hours of classroom, computer ­ and web ­ based courses for fortune 500 companies.

RJ's role at ALC will be as Director, Business Development. His experience, knowledge of industry trends and needs of customers in the corporate training sector will be a valuable contribution to the ALC executive team. RJ will be based in the Westport, area.

4. New white paper: Lean Production - Take a Systems Approach by H. Sommerfeld

Point your browser to http://www.automatedlearning.com/resources/whitepapers.cfm

5. ALC expands bookstore, including new toolkits and resources for LEAN and ESD

ALC personnel have handpicked books and resources with high support value. Check out the following categories:
Lean | ESD | SMT & Soldering | Training Programs | Factory Toolkits | Management & Quality

6. ALC is MOVING. New Development Address December 15, 2004

Effective December 15, 2004, the ALC development team will leave the March Road location. The new address is:

349 Terry Fox Drive, 2nd Floor
Kanata, ON
K2K 2V6

Phone: 613 271-4414
Fax: 613-271-0611

Administration and Marketing remains at:
308 Sandhill Road
Kanata, ON
K2K 2V7

Phone: 613 599-9975
Toll Free: 866 264-8678
Fax: 613-271-0611

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