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Peter Coffey, Training and Development Technician
Conveyor Solutions
Mining Products Division
May 2013
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Complete Mining Products Portfolio
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CAT Conveyor Solutions
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Why Are Graphics Important – Faster & Better Understanding!
Learning from animations and
graphics:
10% better retention
30% better understanding
10% increase in engagement
50% reduction in learning time
Harvard University – 2009
Several studies combined have
shown:
A median percentage gain of 89% learning
effectiveness with images
Animation being better than static images
for communicating clearly
(Mayer, 1989b, Mayer/Gallini,1990; Mayer/Bove, 1996.).
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CAT Underground Use cases What are we doing?
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Service and Operating Manuals
• Areas of improvement
– Replace manufacturing drawings
– Better visual representations
– Include “lifelike” illustrations
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Service and Operating Manuals – Current
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Training
• Areas for improvement
– Graphics for training materials
– Decrease need for photos
– Increase realism of drawings
• Identified Solutions
– Visual Enterprise Author
– Corel Photo/Draw suite
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Marketing
• Areas for improvement
• Graphics for Marketing materials
• Decrease need for photos
• Increase realism of drawings
• Identified Solutions
• Visual Enterprise Author
• Adobe Photoshop
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Marketing - Present
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Manufacturing
• Identified areas of improvement
– Workforce experience decreasing
• “Average worker in mining industry has less than 5yrs
experience with equipment.” Arch Coal Study 2010
• Increasingly a Game player workforce
• Technology demands from customers
– Need for repeatable deliverables from OEM’S for changing
workforce.
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Manufacturing
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A Proposed Future for Virtual Enterprise Generator
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Thank you.
Please adjourn to the breakout room for Q&A