The manufacturing industry plays a very important role in Malaysia and contributes to the growth of Malaysian nation and economy. The sustained competitiveness of the manufacturing industry in this country is extrenely cricial. As e-learning is a revolutionary way for learners to acquire knowledge, the manufacturing companies can and should capitalize on the advantages of e-learning in order to ensure competitiveness of the manufacturing industry of this nation. This research study intends to find out the antecedents and aoutcomes of e-lerning effectiveness in the manufactruing industry. The research model was adapted from the updated D&M information systems success model. Systems quality and information quality were the two antecedents of e-learning effectiveness based on this model. perceived usefulness was added as the third antecedent. intentiom to use and user satisfaction were proven as measures of e-learning effectiveness. besides, individual impact and organizational impact were found as its outcomes. this research involves descriptive study. there were approximately 400 questionnaries distributed to the potential respondents via emails and hard copies. the overall respond rate was only 29.3% and useful replies percentage was 27.3%. the result revealed that sistem quality, information quality abd percieved usefullness influenced e-learning effectiveness positively. beside the above, e-learning effectiveness also affected individual impact and organizational impact positively. the manufacturing companies can refer and use the reseach findings and formulate their own spesific strategy to achieve an effective e-learning program for their employess and organization