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News Release from: Bentley Systems | Subject: BE Magazine
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 25 October 2006
Latest Issue of BE Magazine
Digital Publication Also Covers OnDemand eLearning, Interoperations, and User Success Stories, and Includes Information on the 2007 BE Conference Call for Presentations
The latest issue of BE Magazine, published by Bentley Systems, begins with an in-depth look at how organisations can put best practices into action to improve customer satisfaction, enhance performance, cut costs, and overcome communications barriers In the article, Leah Garris, senior associate editor of Buildings Magazine, guides readers through the process of establishing a method for defining and tracking department best practices and relaying them to other relevant departments within the enterprise
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 4 Mar 2005 at 8.00am (UK)
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Garris says that organisations without a best practices program of any kind should start small.
As she points out, "Begin by identifying one or two processes to work with, and you'll soon find yourself looking for ways to turn 'good' and 'better' into 'best.'" Next in the issue is a feature covering OnDemand eLearning - the newest in professional training best practices.
In the article, Christopher Rogers, a program manager for Bentley, explains that these interactive courses, which consist of lectures, hands-on sessions, and feature clips of user tasks, enable users to find focused training immediately and return to work quickly.
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In addition, because eLearning requires no travel, organisations can eliminate these expenses in their budgets.
Also included in the article is commentary on eLearning from William Rothwell, PhD, professor of workforce education at Penn State University, and John Ford, director of management education at ZweigWhite.
In the article "Integrating CAD and GIS Data To Enable Better Intelligence," Sam Bacharach, an executive director with the Open Geospatial Consortium, discusses the importance of interoperability among geospatial and building data to defence and domestic security.
Says Bacharach, "When we think of geospatial intelligence in the context of national security, we usually think of maps and Earth imagery".
"But much of the intelligence needed for defence and domestic security involves the inside as well as the outside of facilities and structures".
He explains that digital design drawings, construction documents, and as-built and occupant records can support geospatial intelligence for event simulation, searches, evacuations, security patrols, rescues, mobilization planning, and much more.
In his column "The Last Word," CEO Greg Bentley discusses the importance of "interoperations" to the increasingly distributed enterprises that design and manage the world's infrastructure.
Mr Bentley explains that through interoperations:.
* Data begins to flow throughout the distributed enterprise.
* Information can be easily reused.
* Project participants can use the tools of their choice.
* Money wasted for want of interoperability can be saved.
* Productivity can be increased.
He adds that, for all of these reasons, Bentley's focus and commitment go beyond the concept of interoperability to the actual delivery of the benefits that interoperations can provide.
Says Mr Bentley, "Infrastructure owner-operators should expect, demand, and exploit nothing less".
Also featured in this issue of BE Magazine is information on a call for presentations for the upcoming BE Conferences.
Bentley users are invited to submit an application to present a best practices session at either BE Conference 2007, taking place April 29-May 3, in Los Angeles, California, or BE Conference Europe, taking place June 10-14 in London.
Best practices presentations in architectural, engineering, and construction as well as GIS/geospatial topics will be considered.
The deadline for applications is Nov 30, 2006.
As always, readers of BE Magazine will also find a variety of inspiring user success stories; how-to articles that help architectural, engineering, and construction (AEC) and geospatial professionals as well as owner-operators become better connected and more productive; a global roundup of AEC and geospatial news; practical technical notes; commentary on issues critical to the AEC and geospatial communities; and more. Request a free brochure from Bentley Systems ...
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