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Indian manufacturer benefits from training standard guidelines – international case study
New B2B trading portal launched: E-Market

Indian manufacturer benefits from training standard guidelines – international case study

Summarised from 'Indian manufacturer benefits from ISO 10015 training guidelines' article by Hari Nair and Aditya Sinha, ISO Management Systems magazine, March/April 2009, www.iso.org/iso/magazines/iso-management-systems

Sona Koyo, India's largest manufacturer of automotive steering systems, implemented the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) 10015 guidelines for ensuring the quality of training. This enabled the company to link its training programmes directly to business needs, eliminate non-essential training components, help maintain the knowledge base, and achieve a record low employee turnover.

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New B2B trading portal launched: E-Market

Reproduced from Employers and Manufacturers' Association press release, 1 July 2009.

New B2B trading portal launched: E-Market – 40 businesses online to start.

A new business-to-business trading portal is being launched today – E-Market (www.e-market.net.nz) – an online service being presented by the Employers and Manufacturers' Association (EMA) to assist New Zealand businesses heighten their productivity and competitiveness.

EMA's chief executive Alasdair Thompson says the new service offers a trading platform to breed innovative sales practices for sellers, while giving buyers a comprehensive track and trace record of their procurement.