Product training

When a company has a new product, despite it being an exciting time, there is the issue of training employees on its features which may be problematic due to the time and cost involved, especially in face-to-face training. Employee productivity drops when employees are spending many hours sitting in training rooms during work hours – and when the benefits of that training are not trackable it hardly seems worth the effort. Online training solves all of these problems by being available to the employee in his/ her own free time, and saving the company the costs of bringing in a trainer, renting
 spaces  for  training,  travel expenses  involved  and  lost productivity.

What’s more, in the case of multinationals, when staff are trained across borders, training programs need to be adapted to different markets since a “one size fits all” approach   will   not   work.   With   elearning,   product training courses can be adapted with a minimum of fuss so that cultural learning differences can be accounted for and content can be delivered consistently across borders.
Benefits of online product training:

a) Training  becomes flexible, easy and quick.  Staff can complete training in their own time, on their own devices, and on the go.
b) Employees can be trained up on a new product or service in multiple locations, multiple languages, all at once or at different times, and from day one of release!
c) Training  can  be  adapted  cross-culturally  and  to

different markets, quickly and easily.

d) Companies  will  have  more  efficient  and  trained staff with up-to-date and applicable knowledge.
e) Greater     efficiency     and     productivity     means

increased profits.

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