CIMdata PLM Industry Summary Online Archive
25 April 2008
Company News
Gerber Technology Extends Commitment to Training and Education with Launch of Gerber University
Gerber Technology, a business unit of Gerber Scientific, Inc., introduced Gerber University, an eLearning training option for Gerber customers. This web-based training curriculum is designed for experienced users who are looking to increase their proficiencies or to learn new features and functionalities of updated versions of Gerber’s systems and software.
Gerber University allows users to maximize their educational experience while reducing costs, because they select, register, participate and complete the courses at their own convenience and pace. Each course includes a series of tutorials followed by a final exam that users must complete within 90 days.
“In today’s workforce, we are facing ongoing budget and resource challenges that can interfere with a customer’s ability to travel and participate in off-site training sessions,” said Janell Copello, Supervisor, Software Product Services – Americas, for Gerber Technology. “Gerber recognizes the increasing importance of providing a convenient and customized educational resource to ensure our users maintain a competitive edge in the industry.”
Gerber University Online Training
Gerber University offers a variety of online training courses throughout the year that are self-paced tutorials with multiple lessons that focus on production planning, design, pattern development, costing and marker making.
Gerber is currently offering three online courses that focus on WebPDMTM, AccuMarkTM Standard Alterations and Data Conversions. The WebPDM course aims to help users better understand data tables and the WebPDM scheme. The course on AccuMark Standard Alterations helps users learn how to apply and verify alterations for apparel pattern pieces, and the Data Conversions course helps users to use the Data Conversion Utility to convert data easily to and from AccuMark. In addition, Gerber will be offering a fourth course on AccuNestTM which will be available to users at the end of April. The AccuNest course will cover the UltraQueue program, to help prioritize nesting jobs to get the most out of AccuNest. The cost per course ranges from $200 to $500.
Gerber Training
Gerber offers a variety of software training, consulting and implementation services. These include instructor-led classes offered at Gerber Technology facilities worldwide, or at customer sites. Gerber University is currently available for North America, and in addition, the company offers product webinars. The webinars are short live feature seminars which are scheduled approximately every four to six weeks. The topics vary and each webinar lasts about two to three hours. Multiple customers can sign up for these sessions. The cost per webinar is $80 a seat/session.
For more information on Gerber University and available courses please visit: http://www.gerbertechnology.com/default.asp?contentID=410.
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