2008 TEDS Gold Standard Award Winners: Eastman Chemical and Nortel
Eastman chemical Company , headquartered in Kingsport , Tennessee and Nortel, with world headquarters in Toronto , Ontario were the recipients of the 2008 Gold Standard Awards presented by TEDS, Inc.
Eastman Chemical received the TEDS Gold Standard Award for Excellence in Implementation of Enterprise-Wide Competency Management. The award recognizes Eastman for its innovative and highly successful management of employee competencies in a highly regulated industry.
Eastman produces over 1,200 products that enhance the lives of people worldwide. While most of Eastman's products are not household words, they are used in making everything from packaging for food, drinks and personal care products, to the fabrics in clothing and home furnishings, to paint for homes and automobiles, to the plastics used in thousands of products.
Eastman's success in enterprise-wide competency management is documented in a case study titled Linking Competencies to an LMS ; How Eastman chemical Tracks Training Requirements to Maintain Compliance Standards. The study was conducted by Bersin & Associates. Click here to access the study.
Nortel received the TEDS Gold Standard Award for Excellence in Implementation of Global Training & Certifications. The award acknowledges Nortel's exemplary implementation of strategies and processes to develop, deliver, and manage training and professional certifications for customers, strategic business partners, and employees.
Founded in 1895 as Northern Electric and Manufacturing – a supplier of telecommunications equipment for Canada 's fledgling telephone system – Nortel has attained global recognition as a leader in delivering communications capabilities that enhance the human experience, power global commerce, and secure and protect critical information. Nortel delivers technology to service providers and enterprise customers, including end-to-end broadband, voice-over IP, multimedia services and applications, and wireless broadband.
Nortel's accomplishments in strategic learning management and certifications are also detailed in a case study published by Bersin & Associates. The study, titled Global Training & Certification for the Extended Enterprise examines Nortel's utilization of TEDS to systematically and successfully manage their learning and certifications in more than 150 countries for nearly 150,000 learners. It further demonstrates the advanced features and functionalities the TEDS system delivered to support Nortel's growth and expansion. This study was also conducted by Bersin & Associates. Click here to access the study.
About Eastman
Eastman manufactures and markets chemicals, fibers and plastics worldwide. It provides key differentiated coatings, adhesives and specialty plastics products; is a major supplier of cellulose acetate fibers; and produces PET polymers for packaging. As a Responsible Care® company, Eastman is committed to achieving the highest standards of health, safety, environmental and security performance. Founded in 1920 and headquartered in Kingsport , Tennessee , Eastman is a FORTUNE 500 company with 2007 sales of $6.8 billion and approximately 10,500 employees. For more information, visit www.eastman.com .
About Nortel
Nortel is a recognized leader in delivering communications capabilities that make the promise of Business Made Simple a reality for our customers. Nortel's next-generation technologies, for both service provider and enterprise networks, support multimedia and business-critical applications. Nortel's technologies are designed to help eliminate today's barriers to efficiency, speed and performance by simplifying networks and connecting people to the information they need, when they need it. Nortel does business in more than 150 countries around the world. For more information visit www.nortel.com .
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Past Gold Standard Award Winners:
Dominion Resources and Steelcase, 2007
The TEDS Gold Standard Awards for outstanding accomplishments were presented to Dominion Resources , headquartered in Richmond Virginia and Steelcase , with world headquarters in Grand Rapids , Michigan .
Dominion Resources received the TEDS Gold Standard Award for Excellence in Compliance Management in a Highly Regulated Industry . The award recognizes the company for its outstanding and highly successful compliance with regulatory rules and directives. Dominion is one of the nation's largest producers of energy and is a leading provider of electricity, natural gas and related services. Dominion also serves retail energy customers in 11 states. More information about Dominion Resources may be found at www.dom.com .
Dominion's successes are reported in a case study titled Compliance Training Beyond the Enterprise , published by analysts Bersin & Associates. To access that study, please click here.
Steelcase received the TEDS Gold Standard Award for Implementation of Enterprise-Wide Talent Management . The award acknowledges Steelcase's exemplary implementation of fully integrated talent management. Steelcase, the global leader in the office furniture industry, helps people have a better work experience by providing products, services and insights into the ways people work. The company designs and manufactures architecture, furniture and technology products. More information about Steelcase may be found at www.steelcase.com .
Steelcase's accomplishments in the area of Talent Management are also detailed in a case study published by Bersin & Associates. The study, titled On the Road to Talent Management , describes Steelcase's evolutionary approach to workforce transformation. To access the Steelcase study, please click here.
At the awards presentation, Joe Ellis, President and CEO of TEDS, Inc. said, “It was a great pleasure to present TEDS Gold Standard Awards to these two companies. Out of the many deserving companies among TEDS customers this year, Dominion and Steelcase rose to the top in terms of their accomplishments and their willingness to share their successes with others.
For additional information about the TEDS Gold Standard Awards, please contact:
Todd Mauldin
Vice President for Sales, Marketing and Customer Relations
TEDS, Inc.
t: 276.783-6991 e: todd.mauldin@teds.com