DUCKWALL-ALCO STORES TO INCREASE EMPLOYEE PRODUCTIVITY BY IMPLEMENTING ON DEMAND SOFTWARE TO TRAIN WORKFORCE
SUNRISE, FL – January 7, 2009 -- Learn.com®, the leader in on-demand workforce development and productivity, announced today that Duckwall Stores, Inc., a leading value-priced merchandiser, is overhauling the way it trains thousands of its employees through the use of an award-winning learning management system.
Duckwall will utilize the LearnCenter® platform from Learn.com to automate its training practices and improve operations in more than 250 stores across the United States. The mass retailer will begin implementation of the new system in two phases, starting first with its store managers. Assistant managers will receive mandatory training courses on demand, while current managers will receive refresher courses as needed.
"This is new for us and we are very excited," said Ron Preston, Director of Corporate Training at Duckwall. "Our goal is to really enhance, update, and upgrade our entire training program from what we are doing currently."
In phase two, Duckwall will use the LearnCenter platform for its support center, its distribution center, and to train the company's remaining 3,500 store associates. The software will also allow Duckwall to create job skill analyses and skills tests, which can be used to promote employees within the company.
"Our goal with the LearnCenter platform is to create one true training environment for all our associates, with one user experience and one database of record," Preston said.
About the LearnCenter Platform
The Learn.com LearnCenter platform has been voted as America's favorite Learning Management System. Organizations of all sizes can now manage the entire pre-hire to retire employee lifecycle by creating a cost effective, high quality training, development and measurement environment designed to empower users with visibility into and control of their career planning while providing management with real-time business intelligence. Learning Management, Performance Management, Content Management, Online Authoring, Succession Planning, Collaboration, e-Commerce, Portal Authoring and more are included within one solution, with one interface and one partner – Learn.com.
About Duckwall-ALCO Stores, Inc.
Duckwall-ALCO Stores, Inc. is a multi-regional retailer that specializes in meeting the needs of smaller, underserved communities throughout the central United States. The Company offers an exceptional selection of fashionable merchandise, quality products and recognized brand names at reasonable prices. Its specialty is delivering those products with the friendly, personal service its customers have come to expect. With 258 stores across 23 states, Duckwall-ALCO Stores is proud to have continually
provided excellent products at good value prices to its customers for 107 years. To learn more about Duckwall-ALCO Stores, Inc. visit www.ALCOstores.com.
About Learn.com
Learn.com® is the worldwide leader in on-demand workforce development and productivity with more than 50 million end users around the globe. Our broad suite of Software as a Service (SaaS) applications can fully automate the pre-hire to retire lifecycle within any organization. Learn.com's unwavering commitment to understanding client needs, goals and objectives allows us to partner with our clients to increase business performance. The Learn.com family of solutions includes the award-winning LearnCenter® learning and talent management suite, the WebRoom® Web conferencing suite, the CourseMaker Studio® Authoring Tool, Mentor® EPSS and the 1,000 title Learn2® online course library. For more information please visit www.learn.com or call 954-233-4000
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