Giles & Ransome
The Company
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Testimonial
"Giles & Ransome is a heavy equipment dealer located in the Northeast. The company has 270 employees and twelve locations in Pennsylvania, Delaware and New Jersey. Since the launch of PureSafety, the percentage of employees being trained has increased from 75% to 100% and Instructor-led classroom training has been reduced from 14 classes per month to 14 classes per year."
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Giles & Ransome is a heavy equipment dealer located in the Northeast. The company has 405 employees and fourteen locations in Pennsylvania, Delaware and New Jersey.
The Challenge
Of the total number of trainees, Giles & Ransome has 140 field service technicians/mechanics working outside the office, making it difficult to provide training. Approximately 270 employees generate average revenue of $70 per hour for the company. As a result, the company was using Instructor Led Training (ILT) to train 75% of their employees. The other 25% received no training at all. The question was how could a safety conscious company train a higher percentage of its employees and still reduce costs?
The Solution
In September 2002, the company implemented the PureSafety Enterprise solution to begin training its workforce online.
The Results
- Since the launch of PureSafety, the percentage of employees being trained has increased from 75% to 100%.
- Instructor-led classroom training on safety and risk management reduced from 14 classes per month to 14 classes per year.
- In addition, Ransome's Risk Manager, Mike Barnasevitch, knows that trainees spend an average of 20 minutes of "wind up / wind down" time before and after each ILT session takes place. With 203 trainees (75% of 270) per month or 14 trainees per classroom session generating the $70 labor rate per trainee, the savings due to the elimination of "wind up / wind down" time is $51,975. This savings alone more than pays for the company's annual PureSafety contract.
- Since the implementation of PureSafety, their injury rate has steadily declined and that trend continues today. In 2005, Ransome experienced a 5% overall reduction in their injury rate compared to 2004 while the Engine Division experienced a 42% reduction in injuries.
ROI is usually calculated on a "soft-dollar" basis, but in this real world example, measuring the significant reduction in the number of ILT classes after implementing PureSafety's online training solution generates measurable savings in lost revenue from a reduction in non-productive downtime.
