SIKA – LEARN SMARTER IN 90+ COUNTRIES AT THE SAME TIME

DECEMBER 4, STEFAN VAN DER VLIES

SIKA SERVICES AG
WHAT WE DO
Sika is a specialty chemicals company
with a leading position in the
development and production of
systems and products for bonding,
sealing, damping, reinforcing, and
protecting in the building sector and
the motor vehicle industry.

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WORLDWIDE MARKET PRESENCE
SIKA AT A GLANCE
17,000 TEAM MEMBERS
90+ COUNTRIES
160+ FACTORIES
WORLDWIDE
8 NEW FACTORIES IN
2014
70 NEW PATENTS IN 2014
3 ACQUISITIONS IN 2014
5.57 BN NET SALES IN 2014

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WE ARE THERE
Our products might 50% WITH SIKA PROVIDES
84 AWARDS WATERPROOFING
not always be visible OF ALL CARS
SOLUTIONS FOR
but the results they PRODUCED IN 16 YEARS, SIKA IS THE
MORE THAN
WORLDWIDE COMPANY WITH THE MOST
achieve are clear to USE SIKA CONCRETE REPAIR PROJECTS 100 YEARS
see. PRODUCTS AWARDED WORLDWIDE THE FIRST PRODUCT
– SIKA®-1 – IS STILL
THANKS TO SIKA’S RANGE EVERY YEAR SIKA ON THE MARKET
OF WATER REDUCERS SUPPLIES ENOUGH
OVER ROOF MEMBRANES
25,000 MILLION TO COVER THE

LITERS OF WATER WHOLE OF

ARE SAVED ANNUALLY IN MANHATTAN
CONCRETE PRODUCTION
THE BLENDED LEARNING PROJECT
The goal: Raise Sika’s level of knowledge as part of the Strategy 2018

Old situation New situation

95% of all training Blended learning
programs consist of approach for nearly
traditional all of the training
classroom teaching programs
– the other 5% is
e-learning.

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THE BLENDED LEARNING PROJECT
Main goals Solution
 Insure a uniform appearance of training material IBM Kenexa LMS
IBM Kenexa LCMS Premier
with the flexibility for the regions and countries to
adopt according to their needs (language and
market requirements)
 Faster production of high quality learning content
that is also easier to update
 Present attractive and inspiring content on a variety
of devices (including mobile)

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THE PROJECT TEAM
Project team consisting of 20+ people from
 5 different regions (EMEA, NA, LATAM, APAC, Automotive)
 4 different target markets (of 7)
 Members from: IT, HR, R&D, Comms, Procurement

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THE CHALLENGES OF A GLOBAL IMPLEMENTATION
 Decentralized organization – E.g. hardly any global HR processes
 Communication – How? What? To whom?
 Internal marketing – Where do you start? Every country/region sees different
benefits
 Managing expectations – How do you pick the right tool? How do you keep
everybody on the same page?
 Technical problems are different in each region
 Content in at least 25 different languages