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Engines Range from
9 horsepower for small machines and generatorsTo 600 horsepower for on-highway trucks, transit buses, fire trucks To 3000 horsepower for the large Caterpillar equipmentTo turbines with over 18,000horsepower for oil, gas andpower generation industries
????????And More than Big Yellow Machines
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Cat Logistics—one of the world’s largest contract logistics providers, customers include Harley Davidson, DaimlerChrysler, Sprint, and Ford Motor CompanyCat Financial—manages a portfolio of $18 billion, serves nearly 80,000 customersCat Power Ventures—develops, owns, and operates power plants
??????The Origin of Caterpillar
University
19982000Marketing Distribution Team recommends that Caterpillar must become a continual learning organization to succeed
An eight-member Continual Learning Team makes specific recommendations for continual learning and creation of Caterpillar University
??Cat University to focus on common learning needs, culture, leadership, knowledge sharing??Transcend 25 autonomous business units
??Funding model for ongoing operations not addressedEconomy slowing; recession begins in early 2001
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Caterpillar University
Established January 2001__________________Enterprise Learning Vision
To be recognized as one of the best continual learning
organizations in the world.
__________________ Caterpillar University Mission
Improve the performance of Caterpillar employees, dealers,
suppliers and customers.
In a Shared Beliefs Environment
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The Role of Caterpillar
University
“Learning is key to Caterpillar’s growth and
profitability. Caterpillar’s commitment to learning is evident in Caterpillar University….The global product manager for learning oversees the more than $100 million in enterprise spending to make learning a strategic asset for improving performance and profitability.”
Glen Barton, CEO2002 Annual Report