Cost Reduction Courses and Certifications

Supply Chain Management

Optimize supply chains through efficient information, materials, and technology use. Integrate suppliers and customers, explore career opportunities.

• California Community Colleges System
• 14 weeks, 3 hours a week
• 3rd Feb, 2025
• Paid Course

Process Improvement Foundations

3701 ratings at LinkedIn Learning

Learn how to better manage the processes—and thus the outcomes—of your project or business.

• LinkedIn Learning
• 1 hour 19 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Trial Available

Managing in Difficult Times

1501 ratings at LinkedIn Learning

Learn how to manage effectively in difficult times. Learn how to stay focused, keep innovating, inspire your team, and reframe challenges as opportunities.

• LinkedIn Learning
• 1 hour 7 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Trial Available

Managing Your Finances in a Financial Downturn

423 ratings at LinkedIn Learning

Learn how to protect your finances and think about investing during challenging financial times.

• LinkedIn Learning
• 16 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Trial Available

Focusing on the Bottom Line as an Employee

184 ratings at LinkedIn Learning

Learn about the profitability of your organization. Explore key finance and accounting concepts and learn how you can contribute to the bottom line, regardless of your role.

• LinkedIn Learning
• 41 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Trial Available

Building Software That Lasts - A Guide to Maintainable Software

60 ratings at Pluralsight

Studies show that software maintenance represents 50%-80% of the lifetime cost of software. Failing to respond to platform changes, increased demand or newly discovered security flaws can bring down software - and kill a business. In this course, Build…

• Pluralsight
• 2 hours 34 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Trial Available

Exploring Sustainable Production Systems

Discover the importance of sustainable production systems for our natural environment, global economy, and local communities.

• FutureLearn
• 3 weeks, 4 hours a week
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Serverless Architecture: Executive Briefing

38 ratings at Pluralsight

Learn the true benefits and challenges of a serverless architecture without all of the hype. ​This course will teach you​ the real-world definition of the popular serverless approach and how this approach can be implemented within an organization.

• Pluralsight
• On-Demand
• Free Trial Available

Introduction to Amazon Comprehend Medical

Are you in the medical field and spending a lot of your valuable time transcribing medical information? Amazon Comprehend Medical uses deep learning and natural language processing to extract entities from medical text and notes—which helps you improve…

• Pluralsight
• 7 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Trial Available

Improve Processes and Deliver Operational Excellence

Learn how to improve business processes and execute your business strategy more consistently and reliably over time. In this learning path, discover how to apply operational excellence techniques to improve your organization's processes, products, and se…

• LinkedIn Learning
• 11 hours
• On-Demand
• Free Trial Available

Amazon Web Services;  Amazon

Amazon WorkSpaces Deep Dive

Optimize Amazon WorkSpaces implementation with advanced configurations, automation, and troubleshooting techniques. Learn to enhance security, manage at scale, and reduce costs for efficient virtual desktop infrastructure.

• AWS Skill Builder
• 8-9 hours
• On-Demand
• Free Certificate

Maintaining SAP Workloads on Azure

This course covers the “Optimize performance and costs” objective in Exam AZ-120, Planning and Administering Microsoft Azure for SAP Workloads.

• Pluralsight
• 1 hour 5 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Trial Available

Introduction to Linux Virtualization from the Command Line

We explore how to install Linux virtualization tools, and use them to manage virtual machines on your hardware. Start a Free Trial.

• A Cloud Guru
• 1 hour
• On-Demand
• Free Trial Available

Data Modeling for Saving Time and Money in PostgreSQL - Best Practices and Optimization

Optimize PostgreSQL performance through data modeling, governance, and best practices. Learn to choose ideal indexes, data types, and Azure scaling for successful projects and cost savings.

• YouTube
• 34 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Databricks

Healthcare Claim Reimbursement Using Apache Spark - Optum's System Transformation

Optimizing healthcare claim processing with Apache Spark: Improved performance, reduced costs, and enhanced capabilities for hospitals' revenue recovery through efficient data processing and analysis.

• YouTube
• 49 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video