HR- og lønnsystemet OCS HR har et solid fotfeste i maritim sektor i det norske markedet. Nå lanserer Mintra Group OCS HR også som en skytjeneste (SaaS – Software as a Service). Det gir kundene mange nye fordeler, men er også et viktig strategisk grep for å kunne tilby løsningen internasjonalt og til andre bransjer, særlig olje- og gassektoren hvor OCS HR allerede er tatt i bruk av enkelte aktører.
– Det er velkjent at det både i olje og gass og maritim sektor er et sterkt fokus på effektivisering, produktivitet og kostnadsbesparelser. Som leverandør til disse bransjene tilbyr vi løsninger som bidrar til at kundene våre kan effektivisere, redusere kostnader og bli mer produktive. Å gi kundene mulighetene til å ta i bruk OCS HR som skytjeneste svarer opp bransjens økte behov for effektivisering og kostnadsreduksjon. Kundene ønsker også i økende grad standardiserte løsninger som er enkle å tilpasse og ta i bruk, sier VP Sales og Marketing, Geir Kalleberg i Mintra Group.
Mintra Group har levert den skybaserte e-læringløsningen, Trainingportal, til olje- og gassindustrien i mange år allerede. I 2016 kjøpte Mintra Group programvareselskapet OCS HR – og ble dermed en komplett HR-, lønn- og opplæringsleverandør. Erfaringene fra Trainingportal er nå brukt i utviklingen av OCS HR som skytjeneste. Løsningen leveres sammen med store, globale aktører som Amazon og Rackspace.
Automatiserer komplekse HR-prosesser
Med OCS HR kan kundene effektivt automatisere komplekse HR-prosesser som for eksempel lønn for ulike lands skattesystemer, kompetansestyring og mannskapsrotasjon, og dermed spare tid og kostnader.
– Gjennom å ta i bruk OCS HR som en skytjeneste får man i tillegg gevinster som enklere vedlikehold, umiddelbar tilgjengelighet, garantert oppetid og ikke minst bedre kostnadseffektivt fordi man betaler per bruker per måned, sier Kalleberg.
– Applikasjoner i en nettsky er tilgjengelig for ansatte uavhengig av hvor de befinner seg. De har derfor alltid tilgang til sanntidsdata og de ansatte kan jobbe fra flere ulike plattformer. Dette muliggjør samarbeid mellom kolleger på tvers av tid og lokasjon, noe som kan redusere responstiden til markedet, og forbedre utvikling og kundeservice, sier Kalleberg.
Mintra Group ser også at etterspørselen etter skytjenester øker hos kundene grunnet nye regler for personvern (GDPR), behov for fleksible og skalerbare løsninger som følge av fusjoner, oppkjøp, samt rendyrking av virksomheten rundt kjernevirksomheten.
Internasjonal ekspansjon
Ett av målene for Mintra Group ved å kjøpe OCS HR i 2016 var å kunne tilby en komplette HR-, lønn- og opplæringsportefølje til sine kunder. Så langt har hovedtyngden av Mintra Groups marked vært på norsk og britisk sokkel i Nordsjøen. I fjor åpnet selskapet kontorer i Dubai og Singapore og selskapet satser tungt på å nå ut til nye markeder globalt.
– OCS HR har allerede mange globale kunder, men ved også å tilby dette som en skytjeneste gjør vi det enda enklere å få tatt i bruk uavhengig av lokasjon, og slikt sett bidrar dette til å styrke vår internasjonale satsning, sier Kalleberg.
OCS HR som skytjeneste lanseres nå, og vil være klar til å ta i bruk av kundene i august.
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– Lemminkäinen’s top priority is safety. Working with Mintra Group and implementing Trainingportal as our Competence Management System (CMS) helps us increase awareness, build a safety culture and get every employee home safe and sound every day, says Thomas Holmsen, HSE and Quality Manager for Lemminkäinen in Norway.
Thomas Holmsen and his team are responsible for almost 600 employees during a year, on more than 30 sites around Norway. Most of them are full time employees, but a considerable number are hired from project to project, often based on skills and training rather than formal education. Some of them use a computer every day, other live without a PC onsite when working away from home.
Managing classroom courses and training for this group and making sure everyone received the required training and competency used to be a complex puzzle. The consequences of missing out on just one person could be fatal at worst.
– I was constantly worried about not being compliant with contract demands, internal rules, government regulations and laws. And I spent a lot of time making sure that we were. Gradually, I realized, that something had to be done, Holmsen says.
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More partner than product
Holmsen’s background, managing an eLearning- and CMS-solution for a previous employer, made him very much aware of what Lemminkäinen was looking for when inviting eight suppliers to bid for a contract that would cover their needs.
Working on the tarmac at Sola Airport, Stavanger
– From all providers we invited to the bidding we expected basic functionality, like an eLearning Portal with an existing course catalogue, a trustworthy system for managing courses and participants and easy-to-use interface to enable employees to complete the courses feeling empowered and good about themselves. But it is important not to forget the human factor. The mix of experience, product knowledge and personality often represents the difference between a product supplier and a trusted advisor.
– During negotiations we started calling the Mintra Group-team “The Good Girls” – meant as a huge compliment. They were always prepared, they knew Trainingportal and the Competence Management solution like the back of their hand, they very quickly understood our needs – and were able to establish a relation that made us feel reassured.
– In addition, knowing that other third party eLearning-suppliers had chosen Trainingportal as their preferred platform for delivering courses, the choice really was not that hard.
– Last, but not least, Holmsen continues, – we saw early on that the combination of Mintra Group experience and the Competence Management System, would be a power tool in Lemminkäinen’s work when documenting and managing our own competence and knowledge. Working with Mintra Group, we would be able to develop the structure and principles for information maintenance, that will save us time and money when a potential customer, in a bidding process, asks of us to document our employees’ formal background, practical experience, courses taken and “on the job”-training. We need to know what we know. And now we do.
Constructing a safety culture with Mintra Group and Trainingportal
– Even though we had huge expectations after signing the contract, we were well aware that a lot could go wrong. Our first eLearning-project with Mintra Group was an HSE course, mandatory for all employees, and another for our subcontractors. A large group of people, both office workers and onsite personnel, some with digital experience, some without, had to complete this basic training.
– Working with Mintra Group in developing the course was the first success. It was a process between two equal partners, where we both brought valuable knowledge and experience to the table and collaborated to make the best HSE-training possible, tailored to meet our needs and the target group’s abilities.
– In retrospect, it is safe to say that both the course itself and our employees and subcontractors completing it, is the second success in this relationship. I receive a report every evening on how many has completed one or several courses in Trainingportal. So far, 90 percent of those for whom the HSE training is mandatory have completed it.
Thomas Holmsen, HSE and Quality Manager for Lemminkäinen in Norway.
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Grunnet innhold av internasjonal interesse følger resten av artikkelen på engelsk
– Lemminkäinen’s top priority is safety. Working with Mintra Group and implementing Trainingportal as our Competence Management System (CMS) helps us increase awareness, build a safety culture and get every employee home safe and sound every day, says Thomas Holmsen, HSE and Quality Manager for Lemminkäinen in Norway.
Thomas Holmsen and his team are responsible for almost 600 employees during a year, on more than 30 sites around Norway. Most of them are full time employees, but a considerable number are hired from project to project, often based on skills and training rather than formal education. Some of them use a computer every day, other live without a PC onsite when working away from home.
Managing classroom courses and training for this group and making sure everyone received the required training and competency used to be a complex puzzle. The consequences of missing out on just one person could be fatal at worst.
– I was constantly worried about not being compliant with contract demands, internal rules, government regulations and laws. And I spent a lot of time making sure that we were. Gradually, I realized, that something had to be done, Holmsen says.
Bli oppdatert! Meld deg på vårt nyhetsbrev her
More partner than product
Holmsen’s background, managing an eLearning- and CMS-solution for a previous employer, made him very much aware of what Lemminkäinen was looking for when inviting eight suppliers to bid for a contract that would cover their needs.
Working on the tarmac at Sola Airport, Stavanger
– From all providers we invited to the bidding we expected basic functionality, like an eLearning Portal with an existing course catalogue, a trustworthy system for managing courses and participants and easy-to-use interface to enable employees to complete the courses feeling empowered and good about themselves. But it is important not to forget the human factor. The mix of experience, product knowledge and personality often represents the difference between a product supplier and a trusted advisor.
– During negotiations we started calling the Mintra Group-team “The Good Girls” – meant as a huge compliment. They were always prepared, they knew Trainingportal and the Competence Management solution like the back of their hand, they very quickly understood our needs – and were able to establish a relation that made us feel reassured.
– In addition, knowing that other third party eLearning-suppliers had chosen Trainingportal as their preferred platform for delivering courses, the choice really was not that hard.
– Last, but not least, Holmsen continues, – we saw early on that the combination of Mintra Group experience and the Competence Management System, would be a power tool in Lemminkäinen’s work when documenting and managing our own competence and knowledge. Working with Mintra Group, we would be able to develop the structure and principles for information maintenance, that will save us time and money when a potential customer, in a bidding process, asks of us to document our employees’ formal background, practical experience, courses taken and “on the job”-training. We need to know what we know. And now we do.
Constructing a safety culture with Mintra Group and Trainingportal
– Even though we had huge expectations after signing the contract, we were well aware that a lot could go wrong. Our first eLearning-project with Mintra Group was an HSE course, mandatory for all employees, and another for our subcontractors. A large group of people, both office workers and onsite personnel, some with digital experience, some without, had to complete this basic training.
– Working with Mintra Group in developing the course was the first success. It was a process between two equal partners, where we both brought valuable knowledge and experience to the table and collaborated to make the best HSE-training possible, tailored to meet our needs and the target group’s abilities.
– In retrospect, it is safe to say that both the course itself and our employees and subcontractors completing it, is the second success in this relationship. I receive a report every evening on how many has completed one or several courses in Trainingportal. So far, 90 percent of those for whom the HSE training is mandatory have completed it.
Thomas Holmsen, HSE and Quality Manager for Lemminkäinen in Norway.
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