Along with our Middle Eastern partner Barik IT Solutions, Intelex is pleased to announce two new additions to our client roster, Majan Electricity Company and Daleel Petroleum both located in Oman, have selected Intelex Technologies to provide them with an EHS Management System.

Both companies are key players in Oman’s energy industry with Majan Electricity being a leader in electricity distribution and supply and Daleel Petroleum a top oil and gas operator. Majan Electricity selected the Intelex EHS Management System as a means of automating all of their Environmental, Health & Safety processes into one unified system, working to effectively manage and track such core business components as Audits Management, EHS Training, Incident Reporting, Permit Management, Document Control, Environmental Management and Risk Assessments. Daleel Petroleum selected Intelex’s Safety Management System as a means of automating and tracking their EHS activities across all of their operating sites. Both companies will be leveraging the web-based Intelex platform to foster real-time reporting and generating a complete 360-degree view into their EHS business processes and performances.

To learn more about how an Intelex solution can help you improve your organization's EHS performance, request a free demo here.

Intelex is pleased to announce they have been selected by the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory to provide a Training and Licensing Management System for their 4800 employees. The Laboratory, one of nine Johns Hopkins divisions, approached Intelex in search of a cost effective IT system that would allow them to streamline the management of their employee training and certification requirements at the departmental level.

The Intelex Training and Licensing Management System that they selected has the ability to establish specific training requirement and certification standards associated with any workgroup, is robust enough to accommodate a large number of employees, and is highly automated allowing for easy scheduling and re-scheduling of training. The Compliance Report, which is a pre-built feature of the system fosters the generation of real-time reports drawn from all training data in the system. Key reporting metrics include: assigned training by employee, training hours completed, training hours pending, certifications completed, certifications pending, certification renewals approaching as well as data specific to individual courses such as the number of employees assigned to a course and the number completed.

"We are excited to add John Hopkins University to our educational client roster along with others like the University of Virginia and Texas A&M University," commented Intelex President and CEO Mark Jaine, "Our EHSQ software systems have been gaining a lot of momentum within the education industry and we are looking ahead to continue this trend and provide solutions unique to the industry's needs." With the Intelex system being highly scalable in nature, it will be able to adapt to the expanding needs of the University and ultimately not be outgrown.

Find out more about Intelex's Training and Licensing Management System.

Intelex, in partnership with our Middle East partner – Barik Group, is pleased to announce the continuing growth of our Middle Eastern client base with the addition of Fahud Oilfield Services (FOS) based in Oman. FOS is one of the major oil & gas services companies in Oman and began its operations in 1999 with a government initiative that encouraged the strengthening of the local infrastructure by the development of Omani owned companies. During those years FOS has built a solid reputation in the exploration testing business and is now Oman’s leading well testing company having just completed 7 years of continuous operations without a single lost time incident.

Specializing in a range of oilfield services, notably well testing services, reservoir information services and multi phase testing services, FOS was looking for an IT solution to streamline their training program for all their business units in order to increase their overall organizational performance. They selected Intelex’s Training Management Module as it allowed them to streamline their training management workflow, actively track employee skill levels, training and certifications, and its web-based platform allowed for multiple sites to easily access the system.

Intelex is excited to announce the new Training Quiz Builder Module that has been designed to enable organizations to develop customized training quizzes for competency testing as part of their employee training programs. Working in conjunction with the Intelex Document Control and Training Management Modules, it facilitates the creation of training quizzes, presentation of training materials, testing of employees and tracking of employee training records.

Module Overview
The Intelex Training Quiz Builder was designed to streamline and strengthen the employee training process. Using this module an organization will have the ability to:
Create individual quizzes; formulate either multiple choice style or comment style questions.

-Load training materials (PowerPoint, Flash, external links to CBT content) directly into the module thereby enhancing users experience and retention.

-Associate training with any document stored in the Document Control Module (Policies, Procedures, Work Instructions or Training Materials) to evaluate employee knowledge and competence of that specific document/task.

-Establish scoring thresholds to set pass/fail standards to gate employee progress.

-Actively track and update employee training records for successful and failed attempts.

-Generate reports based on results.

-Automatically notify employees about new documents that have been released or revisions to existing documents that competence must be tested on.
 
Implementing the Intelex Training Quiz Builder will enable your organization to fine-tune their employee training program to reflect the competencies associated with specific jobs, sites, and levels of designation. Working in conjunction with the Intelex Training Management module, the Training Quiz Builder can facilitate an employee training program that is highly configurable with the ability to easily manage company growth, changes in policies and procedures and any other developments that a company may experience.

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Intelex Technologies is proud to announce Ocean Spray Cranberries as one of our newest clients. Ocean Spray Cranberries is the leading producer of canned and bottled juice drinks in North America and are using the Intelex Training Management Module to streamline their training program.

Ocean Spray approached Intelex seeking a more comprehensive mode of managing and tracking their employee training records. Assigning training to groups of employees with similar requirements was a key feature the managers at Ocean Spray were looking for in order to improve and enhance business processes. With individual managers having their own specific training requirements, Ocean Spray was looking to adopt a solution that allowed each manager the flexibility to track and maintain their own training programs.

One of Intelex’s account managers, Simran Sharma, worked with Ocean Spray to review the current system being used and identify components they were looking to improve upon as well as provide some new features that they required. After exploring all possible options, Ocean Spray selected Intelex’s Training Management module as the solution to fulfill their needs. Intelex’s Training Management module is designed to enable organizations to effectively implement best-in-class employee training practices with organizations consistently recording an increase in overall organizational performance after implementation.

We're pleased to announce that Intelex has been chosen by Telenor Pakistan to provide them with a web-based software solution designed to address all aspects of an effective telecommunications quality management program including document control, nonconformance and corrective-action tracking, and audits management, etc.

Telenor Pakistan is a subsidiary of Telenor ASA – a telecommunications service provider in 13 countries across Europe and Asia. Since its launch in 2005, Telenor Pakistan has become the single largest direct European investment in Pakistan to date, which as a result has contributed to its success as the fastest growing mobile network in the country, with coverage reaching deep into many of the most remote areas of Pakistan.

When Telenor Pakistan began shopping for a software provider, they identified several requirements for the solution that would best meet their needs, the top three being an easy-to-use document control system, a reliable audits management program, and the ability to streamline TL9000 initiatives organization-wide. We knew that our out-of-the-box quality management system didn’t address TL9000 requirements so we used our iForms^® technology to build custom forms and reporting capabilities that would comply with TL9000.

"In what is an exciting, fast moving market, Telenor Pakistan always needs to be ready to meet growing market demands and offer reliable and robust services that our customers demand of us. Choosing a TL9000-based QMS is a step in that direction. TL9000 includes all the ISO 9000 requirements, and 90 additional requirements specific to the telecommunications industry. However, what really sets TL9000 apart from ISO 9000 are the set of measurements, which can be benchmarked globally under various product categories. We selected Intelex because it's QMS, iForms^®, and reporting software could be easily configured to manage the TL9000 measurements, in addition to the standard requirements of ISO 9000. We look forward to a rewarding partnership between Telenor Pakistan and Intelex Technologies," said Khalid Shehzad Chief Technology Officer of Telenor Pakistan.

"Telenor Pakistan has only been around since 2005; however, in just four years they've become the dominant player in the telecommunications industry in Pakistan. They have experienced tremendous growth over the last few years by dedicating themselves to providing their customers with a superior product and customer service," commented Mark Jaine, President and CEO of Intelex Technologies Inc. "Implementing the Intelex Quality Management System with iForms^® is just another way for Telenor Pakistan to solidify their commitment to providing high-quality services."

Intelex Technologies has released its latest software innovation, the Intelex OpenPass API, a revolutionary application programming interface that will enable its users to sync and report data between multiple business management systems.

The Intelex OpenPass API functions as a conduit for seamlessly feeding data between multiple software programs. This means that Intelex’s environment, quality, and health & safety, and business management Software can now share data with pre-existing business software applications; thereby, saving time and resources while maintaining a degree of accuracy that’s difficult to achieve when data is transmitted manually.

The City of Calgary and St. Gobain are the first Intelex clients to take advantage of the OpenPass API.  The City of Calgary used our OpenPass API to import employee and location data from their pre-existing HR system into their Intelex System. They also used the OpenPass API to export employee injury data (i.e., incident number with date and time stamp) from Intelex’s Master Incidents Module into their HR program.

St. Gobain used the OpenPass API to import training courses, employee lists, and employee workgroup data from Lotus Notes into the Intelex System and Training Management Module. By using the OpenPass API St. Gobain was able to quickly populate their new Intelex System with historical data that will be a key factor in reporting accuracy and trending.

If you think that your organization could use the Intelex OpenPass API to import, export, and sync data between a pre-existing management program and your Intelex System, send an email to client.relations@intelex.com or call 416.599.6009 for more details.

Intelex would like to congratulate Metso Minerals on their newly implemented, global safety program! The following article was featured in Mining News Magazine and discusses Metso's proactive approach to safety.

Safety Is No Accident

Metso Raises the Bar with Global Standards

Mention safety to most mining industry people and their first picture is of protective headgear and reflective vests. But according to Chris Adkins, global health and safety specialist for Metso Mining's Life Cycle Services (LCS) team, the future of safety is more in software than in hardhats. "There'll come a time," he says, "when we'll be able to remotely monitor what every single job site is doing from a safety point of view."

To achieve this goal, the LCS team has launched a Safety Management System using Intelex, a web-based safety software application, which is both completely configurable and globally accessible. Best of all, according to Adkins, is the way the system can be specifically tailored to meet the needs of the user.

Configurable System

"With the Safety Management System now operational," he says, "Metso supervisors and managers can manage safety documents, report employee incidents and draw upon continuously updated best practice guidelines from Metso operations worldwide." Furthermore, safety guidelines and information can be configured according to the legal or linguistic requirements of different countries.

Adkins explains that the new Metso system "can also be specified for various levels of management and education, including safety training for particular machines or service contracts." Training courses will be able to cover every aspect of mining safety or can be individualized for subjects as varied as mills, confined spaces and road safety. The Intelex program can also help to assess relevant conditions at a job site and to monitor local governmental or environmental standards.

Standard Practices

There are currently over 440 safety-related documents in a variety of languages in the system and running "live" in eight countries. The remaining countries where Metso operates service contracts should be "live" on Intelex by the end of 2008, by which time the management reports section of the system will also be operational.

Adkins sees Metso's Safety Management System as vital in establishing a uniform code of safety behaviors. "Part of my role is to create standard practices that are equal in every region," he says. "With verifiable results I can help protect and maximize the potential of Metso's greatest resource, our employees".

Adkins concludes, "People are realizing that safety is not a fad. We're here to stay."

"We'll be able to remotely monitor what every job site is doing from a safety point of view." – Chris Adkins

Photo left to right - Neil Hughes (Legal Services & Risk Manager, Australia), Chris Adkins (Global Health & Safety Specialist, Life Cycle Services), Howard Savage (SHEQ Manager, Australia) & Pieter Geldenhuys (SHE Manager, South Africa)

© Metso Mining News 2008

Metso's safety program is powered by the Intelex Safety Management System. Speak with an Intelex Account Manager about how your business can benefit from an organization-wide safety program.

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has recently made a four-part training manual available to use for free on its website. The Powered Industrial Trucks (Forklift) eTool is a resource designed to enhance the safety of employees who operate forklifts. It is not meant to be a replacement for OSHA mandated training. Employers are encouraged to use it as a supplement for any existing truck operator training programs.

Would you like to enhance your Training and Awareness reporting?  Do so by taking advantage of brand new Training Management content available for free download on the Intelex-Exchange.  This content includes a new streamlined Training Management Dashboard along with several of the Scorecards used to build this Dashboard.  Get them while they're hot!

DASHBOARD Training and Awareness Dashboard SCORECARDS Training and Awareness – Course Hours Current Year vs. Previous Year Training and Awareness – Instructor’s Total Training Hours Training and Awareness – Training Tracking Scorecard Training and Awareness – Document Scorecard Training and Awareness – Related Configurable Reports