Merck & Company Inc Merck Manufacturing Division

This article focuses on employee training at Merck & Co. Inc., based in Whitehouse Station, New Jersey. To successfully meet new business challenges head on and to increase competitiveness, the company's manufacturing division recognized the need to create and drive transformation across its global operations. A solution provided by the learning and development organization was Business Connects, a curriculum to build business excellence. In complete alignment with the division's manufacturing strategy and based on direct input from senior divisional leaders and internal and external subject matter experts, this curriculum was constructed to provide the initial audience of 1,300 top managers globally with the critical business skills and financial tools they would need to optimize their business units. The Business Connect curriculum incorporates e-learning with advanced search engines, glossaries and calculators for future reference, classroom learning, virtual classroom learning, and business simulations.