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VISION: Transforming training tools into a powerful environment for competency solution system.
Opulus offers a complete suite of products and services to empower companies to design and implement best training practices according to their size, resources, and objectives while maintaining the option for seamless upgrades and improvements.
Best Web-Training Practices
A meaningful investment into your employees gives the greatest return, but in today’s competitive climate for resources, justification is critical. CACTUS-OS (Computer Aided Competency Training and Assurance System) is the first competency training solution to offer Operating System level flexibility, scalability, standardization, and economics. CACTUS-OS supports four (4) editions to meet any need for your training:
CACTUS Desktop Edition (CDE) - CDE has been configured for single workstation application. CDE supports 21 CFR Part 11 settings, the administration of trainees, courses, examinations, scheduling, training decision support, training IQ-OQ-PQ & training validation, competency metrics, generation of reports & certificates, and Return-On-Training-Investment analysis. SCORM courses, tests, and examinations are integrated through SCORM plug and play capability for automatic training.
CACTUS Small Network Edition (CNE) - CNE has been configured for the concurrent use of five (5) workstations. CNE covers the same functionalities of CDE.
CACTUS Enterprise Edition (CEE) - CEE is an intranet version of CACTUS-OS for enterprise broad application. CEE is able to operate 1000’s of concurrent users. In addition to all of the functionalities of CDE, CEE supports hybrid training, and includes Competency Executive Management & SOP Information Management sub-systems.
CACTUS Web Training Edition (CWT) - CWT is an on-line full service competency training portal includes full set of Internet resources to satisfy all your training requirements including: on-line courses, tests, & examinations, on-line administration.
♦ What is Unique About CACTUS-OS?
CACTUS-OS integrates the fundamentals of Best Training Practices:
• Supports Open Standard SCORM for content and course development. SCORM (Shareable Content Object Reference Model) is an open standard specification, first developed for the US Government, to enable interoperability and reusability of Web-based e-learning content. Currently, major corporations and universities, such as Microsoft, IBM, Oracle, and Carnegie Mellon University, and many others support SCORM.
• Supports full circle Seamless Computing from Web-to-desktop-to-enterprise-Web interoperability. CACTUS-OS utilities ensure seamless down-load and up-load of courses, tests, metrics, and results.
• Supports Competency Metrics and data-mining to extract meaningful information for Training & Competency Decision Support and Best HR Practices, including:
- Training Needs Analysis,
- Just-In-Time-Training,
- Return-On-Training-Investment (ROTI),
- Training IQ-OQ-PQ & validation,
- Performance metrics,
- Competency Trending,
- Virtual FDA Inspection models provide information on probable compliance deficiencies.
• Supports turnkey solutions of your training needs by offering on-line core competency & SOP courses, tests, & examinations:
- A list of SCORM compatible core-competency courses & examinations are available on-line. These courses and examinations can be utilized through CACTUS Web Training (CWT) or can be down-loaded to CDE, CNE, or CEE. They can be also customized, as required.
- A list of SOPs and SOP courses, tests, and examinations can be customized and adapted according to in-house needs. These courses and examinations can be utilized through CACTUS Web Training (CWT) or can be down-loaded to CDE, CNE, or CEE.
- Supports third party development of SCORM compatible courses, tests, & examinations.
• Supports third party development through co-sourcing of EQUAL (Easy Query Application Library) competency metrics
• Supports third party integration of CDE, CNE, CEE, & CWT content, metrics, and results.
• Quality Metrics can be created in the CEE version by integrating the results of core competency and SOP competency performance.