Arvin Sango Chooses SumTotal to Deliver Greater Learning Accessibility & Visibility for its Workforce

Industrial Manufacturer Leverages Market Leading Learning Solution to Improve Employee Training & Development While Removing Barriers to Operational Insight

GAINESVILLE, FL, Jan. 30, 2012 – SumTotal® Systems, Inc., the innovator in strategic Human Capital Management (HCM) solutions, announced today that Arvin Sango, Inc. (ASI), a large manufacturer of automotive components, selected SumTotal as its choice vendor for advanced Learning Management to better deliver and measure employee and manager development, while improving visibility of effectiveness across entire organization.

Since starting production in 1988, Arvin Sango has earned numerous awards for Outstanding Performance and Standards of Excellence. Arvin Sango’s high standards of quality, cost, and on-time delivery exemplify Arvin Sango’s goal of "Achieving Excellence, Striving for Perfection". Arvin Sango manufactures and distributes automotive parts including exhaust system assemblies, side-door impact beams, exhaust manifolds and many more.

Finding that their previous Learning Management System (LMS) was obsolete after 13 years of use, Arvin Sango chose SumTotal’s Learning solution to advance its training operations. The company ultimately chose SumTotal for its innovative capabilities and the open reporting functions that will enable Arvin Sango to provide greater visibility across the organization.

“We needed a system that allowed us to more accurately track our member’s learning so we can target our training efforts to areas that support our strategic plans,” said Dan Grady, Arvin Sango’s Continuous Improvement Support Manager. “Our old system only allowed a few select administrators. This created a bottleneck for reports and analytics.”

With the SumTotal Learning Management System, supervisors at Arvin Sango have greater access and awareness into the training results of their employees and can ensure that teams are meeting specific objectives to maintain high performance standards. The company is also implementing online training. Making learning programs more accessible while delivering results to supervisors that can make actionable decisions is a key step in up keeping a highly skilled workforce and superior products. Arvin Sango has also chosen to implement the solution leveraging SumTotal’s Cloud platform – an option that reinforces the accessible nature of the offering, as well as speeding time to deployment and leveraging the latest technology advancements.

“Arvin Sango is a company that truly knows how to empower their workforce with the tools and opportunities they need for skill development and professional growth,” said John Borgerding SumTotal’s CEO. “We welcome Arvin Sango to our family of customers and look forward to helping them achieve their business objectives with a long lasting partnership with SumTotal.”

About SumTotal Systems, Inc.
SumTotal Systems, Inc. is the global leader in strategic Human Capital Management (HCM) solutions that provide organizations with a new level of visibility to help make more informed business decisions and accelerate growth. Recognized by industry analysts as the most complete solution, SumTotal provides full employee lifecycle management, including a core system of record, from a single provider for improved business intelligence. The company offers customers of all sizes and industries the most flexibility and choice with multiple purchase, configuration, and deployment options. We have increased the performance of the world’s largest organizations including Sony Electronics (NYSE: SNE), AstraZeneca (NYSE: AZN [ADR]; London: AZN), Amway (KUL:AMWAY), Seagate (NYSE: STX), Dell (NASDAQ:DELL), and Google (NASDAQ:GOOG).

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