Urgent Need for the Efficient Management of Employee Learning, Education and Certification.

Case Study People management solutionsSveviaSvevia uses Saba Learning to manage Svevia is a wholly state-owned company and is one of Sweden’s largesttraining and certifications for a countrywide road and construction contractors. The company has about 2500workforce to improve productivity and employees and a turnover of more than SEK 8 billion. Svevia is locatedassure compliance. throughout Sweden.Solution Overview Svevia AcademyConstruction In 2008 Svevia set up a new organisational unit in Human Resources named ‘Svevia Academy’. The Academy was set up to centralise,Challenge coordinate, streamline and improve process performance in theUrgent need for the efficient management of administration of education and learning at the company. Svevia Academyemployee learning, education and certification. delivers a service to all of Svevia’s employees andBusiness Benefits managers and is managed by 3 Standardised training and education for Svevia education coordinators, 1 chief “ employees via Svevia Academy. We chose Saba for a number of learning officer and 2 trainers. Efficient certification management of all reasons. We recognised that The Academy works closely employees. with Svevia’s operational Saba Learning was part of an Tender process improvement – employee CVs functions to develop in- attached to project tenders. integrated People Management depth training courses and Suite which would allow us to Reduction in travel/accommodation costs currently offers over 150 associated with classroom training. easily further develop our HR different courses. In 2010, Solution available OnDemand through processes, in employee Svevia had 533 Instructor Led Comenius. development, performance, Training offers which resulted talent management and also in in 828 days of education forSolution 4493 learners (non unique). adopting a more collaborativeSaba Learning This presented a significant approach to getting work done. ” operation, management and cost challenge for Svevia. One David Svedin of Svevia’s biggest educational HRIS and HR process development efforts in the first half of 2011 Svevia was the “Vårt arbetssätt” – ‘Our Way of Work’, consisting of 5 days of instructor led training and a short e-learning introductory course to the new software used. So far 691 employees have participated in the training, and the effort continues in the latter half of 2011. This would not be possible or effective without Saba and Comenius. Certification Management Svevia also needed to manage the certifications of its countrywide workforce to ensure they were compliant to work the projects Svevia had won. Employees are required to attach their Curriculum Vitae’s to project tenders to provide credible evidence of their certification and experience. Previously Svevia used a legacy system which presented the data in an inflexible and un-desirable format and was often out of date. If CVs are not attached to tenders or are badly presented then they can be rejected. One state owned customer commented that Svevia’s CVs were ‘best in class.’ Comenius - A Trusted Partner Svevia initially approached Comenius, a trusted Saba partner since 2001, to provide a solution to this challenge. After a thorough analysis

Case Study n Sveviaof the situation, Comenius recommended and successfully on. However, now with Saba, we have seen employeeimplemented Saba Learning, a comprehensive Learning interest in ‘self-service’ increase with more and moremanagement System delivered in the cloud by Comenius. employees managing their own training requirements.’ saidSaba Learning provides an industry-leading social and David Svedin HRIS and HR process development at Svevia.formal learning environment that enables organisations to The Futuredrive top-line growth, increase customer retention, cultivate Looking to the future, Svevia plan to update theirtheir employee knowhow, and reduce costs and risks of introductory e-learning courses for new Svevia employeesnon-compliance. Built to support the people processes of and managers, and these will be part of the new starterthe most forward-thinking organisations, the easy-to-use curriculum. They also plan to develop e-learning into othersystem accelerates knowledge transfer across ecosystems areas, for example for environment and safety courses.of employees, customers, partners, and suppliers. Using Svedin went on to say, ‘We will continue to develop andinnovative technologies and mobile delivery, Saba Learning review our certifications process and the latest area we aregenerates user engagement by making knowledge more focussing on is keeping track of medical examinations whichaccessible. Saba’s Solution is hosted by Comenius who are required by law as well as the various types of electricalprovide a complete solution for managing their software safety certificates.’licenses, installation, as well as business and applicationconsulting and training. ‘We are also deploying a competency model in Saba Learning. The functionality of Saba Learning enables us to attach development discussions as part of employee development plans. Comenius have customised the solution to meet our requirements.‘ “ As part of upgrading Svevia Academy to version 5.5 of Saba Learning, Comenius About Comenius is improving the user interface for an Comenius is a consultant company with specialist competence within HCM - Human Capital Management. improved “look and feel” and usability for employees. ” Future solutions within HCM will be based on technology and software from the world-leading suppliers. Comenius has chosen strategic partners who are leaders within their respective area. David Svedin Comenius has 10 years experience in Implementing Saba for HRIS and HR process development global and local companies. Svevia With our strong focus on usability and engaging user experience we extend the functionality in Saba and expand your business value with user friendly interfaces and “Micro-apps”.‘One of our challenges is finding ways to reach our Comenius User Interfaces and more than 100 “Micro-apps” canemployees who don’t have regular access to a computer – be used on any version of Saba. “We expand your businessthese are mostly our construction workers who are based value and ensure you have a successful Saba rollout by providingout on site. In this instance we cannot rely on self-service you engaged and happy users”and e-mail. Many of the education co-ordinators manage www.comenius.sethe registrations and use postal mail and SMS to inform theemployees of the various courses that they have registered Saba enables organizations to build a transformative workplace where they can leverage their people networks to become more competitive through innovation, speed, agility, and trust. © 2011 Saba Software, Inc. All rights reserved. Saba, the Saba logo, Saba Centra, and the marks relating to Saba products and services referenced herein are either trademarks or registered trademarks of Saba Software, Inc. or its affiliates. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.Saba Software (UK) Ltd | Circa, The Ring | Bracknell | Berkshire | RG12 1AA UK | (+44) (0)1344 382950 | www.saba.com cs_svevia_uk 09/11

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