SIKA – LEARN SMARTER IN 90+ COUNTRIES AT THE SAME TIME DECEMBER 4, STEFAN VAN DER VLIES SIKA SERVICES AG

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. WHAT WE DO 2

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

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

THE BLENDED LEARNING PROJECT The goal: Raise Sika’s level of knowledge as part of the Strategy Old situation 95% of all training programs consist of traditional classroom teaching – the other 5% is e-learning. New situation Blended learning approach for nearly all of the training programs

Main goals  Insure a uniform appearance of training material 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) THE BLENDED LEARNING PROJECT 6 Solution IBM Kenexa LMS IBM Kenexa LCMS Premier

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 THE PROJECT TEAM 7

 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 THE CHALLENGES OF A GLOBAL IMPLEMENTATION