Alliant Foodservice Selects Foodservice University to Train Sales Force Online.Business Editors/Hospitality Writers ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 28, 2001 Foodservice University(R), a subsidiary of Hospitality Training, LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol. LLC - Logical Link Control , announced today that Alliant Foodservice has signed a three-year contract for Foodservice University to train Alliant's sales force via the Internet. Foodservice University(R) will work with Alliant to create customized e-learning courses for Alliant's 3,000 person sales force on the many quality products marketed by Alliant. "We are very fortunate to be able to work with such a progressive company as Alliant," said Fred Costello, President of Hospitality Training. "They have seen the value of delivering consistent training to their sales force all over the country." Debra Oler, Vice President of Marketing for Alliant, said, "Alliant is looking toward the Internet to deliver cost-effective training programs that can be used by our sales force at their convenience, without taking them away from their customers. This will be a great way to augment the face-to-face training that is already in place." About Alliant Foodservice, Inc. Alliant Exchange is one of the nation's largest business-to-business e-commerce and information exchange companies, with total sales of more than $6 billion. The company, one of the largest privately held enterprises in the U.S., has two operating subsidiaries An operating subsidiary is a business term frequently used within the United States railroad industry. In the case of a railroad, it refers to a company that is a subsidiary but operates with its own identity and rolling stock. -- Alliant Foodservice, Inc., a leading broadline foodservice distributor A foodservice distributor is a company that provides food and non-food products to restaurants, cafeterias, industrial caterers, and hospitals and nursing homes. A foodservice distributor functions as an intermediary between food manufacturers and the foodservice operator , and The Drescher Corporation, a foodservice predistribution company. Alliant Foodservice also provides access to AlliantLink.com, Inc., and Internet-based service that provides 24/7 access to a catalog catalog, descriptive list, on cards or in a book, of the contents of a library. Assurbanipal's library at Nineveh was cataloged on shelves of slate. The first known subject catalog was compiled by Callimachus at the Alexandrian Library in the 3d cent. B.C. of more than 165,000 foodservice items, equipment, related supplies, and value-added services A value-added service (VAS) is a telecommunications industry term for non-core services or, in short, all services beyond standard voice calls and fax transmissions. . Alliant Foodservice is the exclusive distributor of such national brands as Glenview Farms dairy products dairy products dairy npl → produits laitier dairy products dairy npl → Milchprodukte pl, Molkereiprodukte pl , Bluewater Seafood, and Luzzatti Italian product lines. About Hospitality Training, LLC Foodservice University(R) provides a customized e-learning portal to foodservice professionals via the Internet. The system is open to all segments of the Food Industry including Restaurant Operators, Supermarkets, Distributors, Sales Agencies, Direct Sales Forces and Manufacturers. Typically the customized courses focus on product training, food safety, and HR programs. The program allows students to begin a course, leave and bookmark A stored location for quick retrieval at a later date. Web browsers provide bookmarks that contain the addresses (URLs) of favorite sites. Most electronic references, large text databases and help systems provide bookmarks that mark a location users want to revisit in the future. their place, take pop quizzes and final exams Noun 1. final exam - an examination administered at the end of an academic term final examination, final exam, examination, test - a set of questions or exercises evaluating skill or knowledge; "when the test was stolen the professor had to make a new set of and review the subject matter based on missed questions. Each individual student's progress is tracked and the completed course scores are available online for management review. Foodservice University (http://www.foodserviceu.com) is presently providing e-learning solutions to several Foodservice Manufacturers and their Sales Agencies' (Broker) Sales Reps. |
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