TechValidate Research on OpenSesame

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1,255 Customers Surveyed

10,433 Data Points Collected

321 Published TechFacts

48 Published Charts

50 Published Case Studies



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OpenSesame Customer Fact

A local government improved their ability to administrator and deploy elearning after using the OpenSesame integration with their Infor LMS.

OpenSesame Case Study

West Pharmaceutical Services develops new training tracks with OpenSesame

Introduction

This case study of West Pharmaceutical Services is based on a June 2017 survey of OpenSesame customers by TechValidate, a 3rd-party research service.

Challenges

The business challenges that led the profiled company to evaluate and ultimately select OpenSesame:

  • Faced the following challenges when providing online training to learners at their company:
    • Seeing a return on training or higher performance after training
    • Providing enough training topics to cover all employee needs (e.g. employee levels and departments)
    • Low utilization rates
    • Using a learning management system (LMS)
    • Languages
  • Offered 501-1,000 training courses to their learners prior to using OpenSesame.

Results

The surveyed company achieved the following results with OpenSesame:

  • Able to offer 101-500 training courses to their learners after purchasing OpenSesame.
  • Created 11-20 new training tracks or programs after using OpenSesame.

OpenSesame Customer Research

Most popular course topics

What are the main categories / courses you use from OpenSesame?

Leadership and business skills
66%
Technology (Microsoft Office, Google/G Suite Applications)
48%
HR compliance
36%
Health and safety
23%
Industry-specific
20%
Certifications
4%

OpenSesame Case Study

Large enterprise chemicals company saves time, money with industry-specific courses from OpenSesame

Introduction

This case study of a large enterprise chemicals company is based on a November 2016 survey of OpenSesame customers by TechValidate, a 3rd-party research service. The profiled company asked to have their name blinded to protect their confidentiality.

“OpenSesame saves me time finding and administering courses for my learners.”

“OpenSesame saves my company money in delivering and administering training courses for our learners.”

“We were able to identify diverse courses for entry training topics as well as more advanced topics for existing employees.”

Challenges

The business challenges that led the profiled company to evaluate and ultimately select OpenSesame:

  • Major organizational learning and development challenges:
    • Training a mix of managers and employees
    • A lack of access to computers for much of the workforce
    • Demonstrating the ROI of training to leadership
    • Serving the needs of different job functions (sales, marketing, leadership)

Use Case

Learning and development profile:

  • Uses the following learning management system (LMS):
    • Oracle
  • Primary reasons for purchasing OpenSesame:
    • It integrated with their current LMS
    • The catalog had the courses they were looking for
    • The catalog had high-quality courses
    • The breadth of the catalog satisfies the broad needs of their company
  • Main category / course used from OpenSesame:
    • Industry-specific

Results

  • Has seen the following benefits since using OpenSesame:
    • Can find the right training courses
    • Can find training courses of high-quality
    • Can easily evaluate and curate the training courses they need
  • Realized a return on their investment in OpenSesame in 7 – 9 months.
  • Rates the following OpenSesame features compared to other companies delivering course content:
    • Breadth and quality of courses: best in class
    • Affordability: superior
    • Customer service: best in class
    • Ease of administering courses: best in class
    • Integration with their LMS: best in class

OpenSesame Customer Research

Training program improvements with OpenSesame

Compared to Skillsoft, how much improvement have you seen in the following metrics since using OpenSesame?

Greatly increased Somewhat increased Remained the same Somewhat decreased Greatly decreased

Utilization rates
Completion rates
Satisfaction ratings

OpenSesame Customer Statistic

Data security matters

38% of surveyed organizations have experienced data/cybersecurity breaches or attacks.

38%


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About OpenSesame

Leading organizations depend on OpenSesame to train millions of employees. An entirely new and better way—easier, more economical, with less risk—to access the best on-­demand training. With thousands of business, safety, technology, and compliance courses, OpenSesame helps train organizations of any size.

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