An eBook created to showcase the key elements and benefits of GE Education programs.

1. Education is Essential to Digital
Industrial Transformation

2. Are Your Employees Ready for the Change?
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Per a Gartner survey, half of all CEOs said
they expect their industries to be unrecogniz-
ably transformed by digitization.
Per a Forrester survey, only 16 percent of
businesses believe they have the right talent in
place to succeed in digital.
50% Only 16%

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“Creating future workforce involves not
only attracting and developing new talent
needed, but also re-skilling current
employees through training programs…”
Alp Ustundag, Emre Cevikcan, “Industry 4.0: Managing The Digital
Transformation,” Springer International Publishing, 2018

4. What Do They Need
to Succeed?
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There are three key areas that technology
training must address:
• Employee development: Employees demo-
nstrate greater engagement and a strong
workplace culture when learning opportunities
are available.
• Taking on new technology: Organizations
need education to support business value
realization in addition to enabling successful
go-live strategies.
• Long-term learning management: Today’s
rapid pace of change has led to the need to
quickly access the exact content learners need,
when they need it.

5. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
GE Education provides the tools your teams
need to develop keen technological skills, adapt
to and master new technologies, and keep up
with the rapid pace of change.
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ADOPTION
READINESS
OUTCOME
ACCELERATION
TECHNOLOGY
& SOLUTION
PROFICIENCY
DIGITAL INDUSTRIAL
TRANSFORMATION

6. Multiple Ways to Acquire In-demand Skills
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To help your teams develop the skills to maximize the value of digital industrial transformation,
GE provides instructor-led training, online learning, and blended learning to meet your learning
goals, and accommodate your teams’ schedules, and your budget.
These learning options help you develop the desired level of expertise in:
• Asset Performance Management
• Brilliant Manufacturing
• Cyber Security

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• Scheduled open enrollment
• Onsite
• Custom curricula
• Cloud-supported distance
• Use of instructor-led training:
• Small companies 42.9%
• Midsize companies 43.2%
• Large companies 39.5%
Gain Deep Knowledge through Hands-on,
Face-to-Face Instruction
Instructor-led Training (ILT)

8. Enjoy the Convenience of Anytime,
Anywhere Learning
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Online Training (OLT)
• Full curricula for 360 knowledge
• Individual courses
• Certifications
28.6%of training hours
were delivered via online or
computer-based technologies.

9. Blended Learning Offers the Best
of Both Worlds
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EDGE Training Portal
• ILT and OLT in one learning environment
• 24/7/365 global availability
• Role-based activity plans for functional teams
In 2017, virtual classroom/ Webcast
trainings accounted for 14%
of training hours.
34.7% of hours were delivered
with blended learning techniques.

10. Explore Asset Performance
Management
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Learn the fundamentals, or gain deep expertise.
Master APM to better reduce costs, improve
reliability, and manage risk.
• Get the basics from introductory courses
• Explore complete curricula on:
• Machine and Equipment Health (MEH)
• Reliability Management (RM)
• Compliance and Integrity Management (CIM)
• Asset Strategy Optimization (ASO)
• Gain certification in multiple practice areas,
including:
• APM Asset Configuration
• APM Technical Configuration, and more

11. Master Brilliant
Manufacturing
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Master the manufacturing tools that let you
link design, engineering, manufacturing,
supply chain, distribution and services into
one globally scalable, intelligent system.
• Gain an introductory overview of
Brilliant Manufacturing Solutions
• Learn to use and configure Production
Manager, Plant Applications, Portal,
SOA, Tracker and Workflow Authoring
• Gain a working knowledge of Historian
and Application Assembler

12. Enhance Cyber Security
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Learn the tools that help you mitigate
operational technology threats and
vulnerabilities.
• Learn how the Achilles Test Platform
helps with cyber security
• Get a working knowledge of OpShied
defense schemes, and Incident
Response policies, plans, and
procedures
• Gain in-depth knowledge of the
portfolio of security training services
for critical infrastructure and Industrial
Control Systems (ICS)
• Introductory, intermediate, and
advanced in multiple areas of cyber
security that impact the industrial
enterprise

13. Education is Critical to Digital
Industrial Transformation
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• Faster, more successful product implementation
• Better return on security, data protection, and system
availability investment
• Reduced dependency on Technical Support
• Reduced downtime