Knowledge Management Solutions, Inc Announces KMx . Platform Provides Complete Solution for Blended Learning, Standards Conformance and Scalability.

Linthicum, MD -- Knowledge Management Solutions, Inc. (KMSI), a leader in web-based Knowledge Management Solutions , today unveiled KMx, their next-generation, Advanced Distributed Learning Platform that is globally scalable and provides an integrated environment for developing, managing, and delivering performance support documentation and learning content.

KMx enables rapid content creation and delivery by a wide range of content creators including instructional designers and subject matter experts. Using permissions tailored to your organization's needs, content is published to a web environment to provide context-driven, personalized delivery. KMx delivers robust capabilities in the areas of personnel qualification management, student registration and tracking, records management, and reporting. KMx provides unparalleled levels of support for any blend of delivery environment including: self-paced, asynchronous web, synchronous web, traditional instructor-led courses and electronic performance support documentation.   

"During our initial design, we conducted numerous interviews with Chief Executives of major corporations. These interviews overwhelmingly indicated the need for a platform that provides a blended solution for employee training and performance support, within the context of meeting company business objectives," said Jack E. Lee, KMSIs President and CEO. KMx provides these capabilities, while reducing the cost associated with development, delivery and maintenance of training and performance support materials."

"Weve made Shareable Content the heart of the KMx architecture. Our platform fully supports the SCORM v1.2 Content Aggregation and Run-Time Environment Models," said Michael Binnix, KMSIs CTO. The abbreviation SCORM stands for Shareable Content Object Reference Model, the industry standard for learning management and content interoperability. In addition to sharing content between LMS systems as SCORM prescribes, KMx also enables sharing of content in many different contexts. The same material prepared for an on-line training course can be quickly incorporated into a technical manual, an instructors guide for use in the classroom, and provide performance support in an on-line knowledge base."

KMx is a Tiered Enterprise Class Web- Application built using MS .Net and MS SQL Server. KMx is accessible using standard desk-top applications and browser technologies and supports popular learning, content and document management technologies.

KMx provides a systematic approach to the process of knowledge capture and classification, focused on a learning and performance support paradigm. By creating and managing highly granular objects, KMx maximizes reutilization of content. The system provides automated routines to recommend outlines and objectives for organization of content during development of training materials and documentation. The XML foundation of the system enables the creation of numerous output formats, including:
•   eLearning Lessons and SCORM 1.2 Content Aggregation Packages
•   Instructor and Student Guides
•   Self-Study Workbooks
•   User Guides and Online Documentation
KMx was designed to enable client organizations to reduce costs attributable to development, delivery and maintenance of documentation and training. The performance based architecture provides employees/users targeted training, documentation and performance support. KMx will create an Enterprise Knowledge Repository within your Organization designed using a learning and performance support paradigm to maximize potential uses of the content while minimizing the development effort. KMx also provides management of class activities, grade books and resources including report development.

I have had the opportunity to work with many learning management systems and training development platforms, most of which have fallen short of meeting expectations of the development staff and training management," said Bob Danna, management consultant and prior officer in 3 training companies. KMSI has designed a platform that is practical to use, addresses the key needs of the training manager and meets the requirements for reuse of content for both training and human performance support. This platform integrates proven instructional design principles, documentation and job-performance support strategies, with current available technology to produce an extremely effective training development and delivery tool."

The KMx System provides the Training Materials Developer with the ability to rapidly develop instructional content using a unique QuickStart menu. The QuickStart menu provides the developer with automated routines for generation of course objectives, course requirements and course outlines ready for reusable content object assignment, using the SCORM 1.2 Standard. This architecture also facilitates creation of a reusable content object library for lifecycle support of materials.

Designed as an Enterprise Web-Application, KMx provides complete flexibility in the establishment of Organizational Templates and Process Rules, including:
•   Custom Branding without Programming
•   Management Control of Course and Document Access/ Publishing and Revisions
•   Organization-Wide Visibility for Management and Reporting.

About Knowledge Management Solutions, Inc.
Knowledge Management Solutions, Inc. is a leading provider of innovative knowledge and learning management solutions for Fortune 2000 companies and Government agencies. For more information, please visit www.kmsi.us.