Knowledge Management Explorer > Case Studies in Knowledge Management
This collection of case studies, articles, and corporate web sites provides insights into the use of KM in industry today.
Marconi Case Study
"To streamline customer service, Marconi employed a system to facilitate knowledge sharing among its tech support personnel. In the process, the roles of tech agents changed dramatically."

The Knowledge Crunch
Tells the story of Frito-Lay's development of a KM portal and the impact on sales performance.

Law in Order
Case study of how a large  Washington, D.C. law firm created an online knowledge sharing system.

KM at United Technologies
This case study examines how UTC enables knowledge sharing across its disparate businesses and borders, despite its size  (142,000 employees) and decentralization.

Managing Knowledge the Chevron Way
Speech given by Chevron Chairman and CEO Ken Derr at the Knowledge Management World Summit in 1999.

Buckman Room
Part of the Knowledge Nurture site at Buckman Labs. Shares what this KM pioneer has learned about knowledge management.
courages collaboration. 

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KM Project for Roads and Traffic Authority
Story of the KM solution for Newcastle Call Centre, with goals that included helping new staff bridge their initial knowledge gap of RTA policy and procedures.

Tufts University School of Medicine
"No other medical school in the country—and Tufts University School of Medicine in Boston is among the top-ranked—has created this kind of KM system for students and faculty.... The system is becoming a national model for medical education."

Celemi: Measuring Intangible Assets
The CEO of Celemi explains how this consulting firm ensures strategic gain by measuring intangible assets. Celemi is among the first firms to publish intangible assets in its annual report.   

It is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the ones most responsive to change.
Charles Darwin

Gotcha - Case Studies
Gotcha is a site developed by UC Berkeley's School of Information Management & Systems. Also check their  Reading List.

BP Amoco Connect
Knowledge Architect Chris Collison explains how BP Amoco's knowledge and expertise directory en

 

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How the Tennessee Valley Authority, the nation's largest public power supplier, created a centralized knowledge management system.

Mitre Corporation Case Study
Examines the benefits derived from the company's intranet, in terms of knowledge sharing and collaboration.

Case Studies from Collaborative Strategies
Collaborative Strategies, a KM consulting firm, makes available several case studies of leading companies, including Cisco, Sequent, Weyerhaeuser, and Viant. You must register (free) to access the case studies.

Dow Chemical Capitalizes on Intellectual Assets
A report on Dow Chemical's successes in managing intellectual assets, under the guiding vision of Gordon Petrash, global intellectual asset director.

Sun's Knowledge Network Enhances its Selling Skills
Features Sun Microsystems' new knowledge system designed to strengthen its sales processes.

Armed with Intelligence
About shared knowledge, the Department of Defense's not-so-secret weapon.

 

Of all the initiatives we've undertaken at Chevron during the 1990s, few have been as important or as rewarding as our efforts to build a learning organization by sharing and managing knowledge throughout our company.
Ken Derr


 


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