Which approach is best?

How It Works

The course files are installed on the Local Area Network and any computer (with access to the network server) at the physical site can access the training.  Network versions are sold based on number of concurrent users. 

Features and Benefits

A local-area network (LAN) version is the best solution for organizations planning to offer one specific training program to many employees at one large contiguous site.

What It Costs

A one standard concurrent user network version is $1,495 (the breakdown is $995 for the course files and $500 for one standard concurrent network user).  Additional concurrent users can be added for $500 each.  Standard concurrent network users are course-specific.  In other words, if you purchase two courses, say SPC Workout and Advanced SPC, you would need to purchase one concurrent network user for SPC Workout and one for Advanced SPC.

Power User Network License

Our Power User Program allows you to purchase user licenses that are NOT course-specific.  Concurrent Power Users are $1000 each.  Concurrent Power Users can offer a cost-effective approach depending on your situation.  Here are a couple of scenarios to further explain the difference between standard and power network users:

Situation 1:  You only want to use one of our courses but you have an ambitious training schedule and therefore anticipate needing to have five concurrent users on the course at any one time. 

• Recommendation:  The most cost-effective approach here is to purchase the SPC Workout course files and 5 standard concurrent network users.  You would not get any benefit from the Power User approach.

Situation 2:  You want to train your employees in both SPC Workout and Advanced SPC.  You don't anticipate a heavy load of learners at any one time and figure that one concurrent user will be adequate.

• Recommendation:  You could go with either one Power User that can be used for both courses or a Standard Network User for each program...the cost will be the same.  However, it would be smarter to go with a Standard Network user for each because then you could have one learner using SPC Workout and one user using Advanced SPC.  With the Power Network User you could have one learner on either SPC Workout OR one learner on Advanced SPC.

Situation 3:  You are a small organization and want to train your employees on several of our courses and may be adding more courses in the future.

• Recommendation:  Your best approach would be to purchase the course files for the course you wish to have available to your employees and then purchase a Power Network User.  In addition to this being the most cost-effective approach, in the future, you can add to your courses by just purchasing the course files because your Power Network User can be used for your new courses as well.

Situation 4:  You have a lot of people to train, but plan on providing the training in phases.  So for example, the first two months everyone goes through SPC Workout.  Then, the next two months everyone goes through FMEA Investigator, and so on.

• Recommendation:  We would recommend that you purchase the course files for the course you wish to offer.  Then purchase the number of Power Network Users that you think you will be needing (let's say that number is 10).  So, for months one and two you can have up to 10 people at one time training on SPC Workout.  Then, for months 3 and 4 you can have up to 10 people training on FMEA Investigator, and so on.  While this approach of purchasing 10 Power Network Users is still a substantial investment, it is much more cost effective than purchasing 10 Standard Network Users for each course.

Upgrading from Standard to Power Users

If you have purchased Standard Network Users and now feel that Power Network Users would be more advantageous for your situation, please call us (800-810-8326) and we will work out a trade-in deal for you.

Upgrading from a CD-ROM Version

If you have purchased the CD-ROM version of our courses, but now feel that it would be beneficial to upgrade to a network version, we can easily upgrade your existing files to a network version for just $500 per Standard Network User or $1000 per Power Network User.  Please call us for details on what you will need to do for the upgrade.

LAN-Based Training Libraries

LAN-Based Training Libraries are an excellent value for organizations because they combine multiple courses (typically four courses) and include a Power Network User which means you can run the training on your local area network so that the training can be accessed from any desktop.  Power Network Users can be shared across courses.  With the one Power Network User that comes with the LAN-Based Training Library your employees can access any of the training courses.  If you need to have more than one learner taking the training at a time you can purchase additional Power Network Users.