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This week we have read about wildfires in Brazil, single use plastics and the ecological impact of doing nothing. As our children head back to their schools, these millennials are fully aware of the need to reduce, re-use and re-cycle.

But are we the managers & business owners doing enough to work towards a paperless office?

Cost to the environment: As you read the next paragraph, a forest area the size of 20 GAA pitches will be lost for paper production use alone. In the last year, logging in the South-eastern U.S. resulted in a loss of land about the size of New Jersey (5 million acres). In fact, the area of natural pine forest there, has declined in size from 72 million acres in 1953 to 33 million acres in 1999. This is where most of the trees used to make paper come from (an astonishing 26% of the world’s supply, to be exact) and it’s clearly in critical danger. As if this doesn’t sound doomsday-ish enough, global production in the paper sector is expected to increase by 77% between 1995 and 2020.
Costs to your company: Besides the consequences that paper has on the environment, it also has a significant impact on companies’ finances. Some studies show that an average worker uses 10,000 sheets of paper per year and others estimate that the average office worker uses a sheet of paper every 12 minutes. While the paper itself may not be expensive, other costs – like printing, signing, copying, archiving and finding the right dossier – are. And they don’t only cost money, they are time-consuming too.

It is estimated that a company with a 100 employees spends from €10.000 up to €25.000 each year only for its internal consumption of paper and the maintenance of equipment.

In total the unnecessary impressions (forgotten, thrown away, lost) would represent a cost of 300 million euro according to an estimate made by the National Union of Image and Information Media.
Solutions: So what can be done?
• Use business analytics software like Veri : Integrate software that automates manual reporting and QA analysis, and electronically distributes reports over the web or on mobile devices. One mid-size company estimates that it saved enough paper to cover 5,519 GAA pitches on a yearly basis simply by moving manual-based financial and operational reporting processes to a business intelligence system.
• Re-align business processes: Automate and streamline business processes among people and systems, reducing paper consumption by eliminating unnecessary papers trails and content storage costs.
• Move business tasks to an electronic format: Encourage non-technical employees to try electronic forms and survey software that does not require an IT department’s resources. Traditionally, compiling forms and surveys required several technical workers weeks, not minutes, at a significant cost in an IT department’s time and salaries.
Despite all the efforts that can and should be made, companies will always end up using paper up to some degree. In this case, the best way to proceed is to make sure these papers end up their life cycle in the most sustainable way. This means making paper’s life cycle circular and recycling it. Therefore, it’s important that the offices are equipped with sorting bins and that the staff is taught on what can or cannot be recycled.
If you are in a training or programme management role why not find out more on how you can contribute to a greener planet and your company’s Corporate Social Responsibility – Contact Veri

“It has been a fantastic showcase of innovation, entrepreneurship and all the great things happening across the city.” – Simon Bailie CEO of @DigitalDNAHQ.

Cyber security, drones, AI, social media influencers, data digitisation  – all things tech in one place – Digital DNA 2019 in Belfast.
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It was great to be in the company of people such as John O’Dea, CEO of TechIreland, Steve Brooker, Product Development Manager of Cubis and Grainne Lennon, InterTradeIreland. All of us pitching our ideas about support and cross border opportunities to SME’s in both Ireland and Northern Ireland.
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We had  some amazing and very interesting questions put to us regarding Mandatory Compliance Reporting digitization.  This reinforced what we already know, that we are working on the right solution at the right point in time. Nothing excites us more than sharing our expertise and knowledge.
For more information, you can contact the Veri team immediately. Alternatively, you can join one of our webinars to participate in a creative conversation about all things compliance for your training programme. https://vericonnect.ie/contact/
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The Irish Institute of Training and Development 2019 National Training Awards have been and gone, but the learning continues with the first of the Best Practice Case Studies taking place this week in Cork.  

Fioru Software Solutions are delighted to be a part of the Best Practice Case Studies event that took place in Cork on Wednesday, May 29th at the Cork International Hotel from 9.00 am to 12.30 pm.

In an environment of almost full employment, the Learning & Development function  is now seen as an enterprise role. It closely partners with all areas and levels within the business and is all about people and performance.

Fioru Software Solutions has an exciting portfolio of solutions that include, Health Care, Education, Construction and Health & Safety.
Ann-Marie Mc Sorley CEO of the Google award winning company, presented at the Best Practice Event speaking about replacing paper to simplify and streamline compliance data. She presented the case study on “The Best Consultancy Partnership” 2019 received in late March with well know Cork clients Impact Training. Niall Crowley and Niamh Fitzgerald were fantastic project partner and it was a great achievement for the company and the app and dashboard of our compliance product Veri.
Veri is the answer to the nightmare training compliance paperwork, using a mobile app and dashboard that works on all devices turning meaningless paperwork into digital intelligence to help measure KPI’s. Impact Training said ” Veri allows Impact Training to turn large amounts of raw data into meaningful information and reports – learner outcomes and trend analysis assist us and our Education Training Board customers to make real time informed decisions”.

The key to Fioru’s success is we work in a true partnership with our clients, our clients success is our success and we will do everything we can professionally to help our clients achieve their business goals and this is the mantra throughout the company.

Today is a special day for our team at Veri, today our Customer Success manager Eugena Valadkevich became an Irish Citizen. Less than five years ago she arrived in Ireland with no English from Belarus, and now is a hugely important member of our team, a leader I would say.
Having seen Pete Smyth from Broadlake’s article with Munster Captain Peter O’Mahony, I said I should put pen to paper and mark it by sharing the values that make our team in my opinion Veri special.
Peter O’Mahony said that when Joe Schmidt became coach to Ireland’s Rugby team his focus was on  shared purpose and values. Words like transparency, consistency, simplicity are ones that that I used when we recently published our company capacity documents and they were iterated throughout the article yesterday.
The team that has been built around our compliance data solutions over the past 2 years have very tangible shared values. Here are a few
Trust & Family First: Our team’s 20 children ages  1-24 are the first value , giving us a 4 children average. *Noting our most recent hire, a single  24 year old first class honours Trinity Computer Science graduate has reduced our average significantly. As we grow, we have to work hard, but if anyone has a family issue, they know their priority is ours and always give back in spades once the family is sorted.
Productive Team work- Friendships work: As an agile small team we have the great experience of being able to work hard, long hours and have some great wins along the way. Winning awards locally in Kilkenny then Nationally with the Irish Institute of Training and Google. But the best wins were the days we brought in new clients or new solutions for existing clients. Each of these opportunities sometimes painstakingly and always honestly supported, listened to and carried along until they were converted into clients.
Integrity and Innovation in change management: Streamlining nightmare paperwork for training professionals has been our  raison d’etre from the start. But we have learned that qualifying that we are working with the right person in the right organisation with the right problem that we can solve is key. We know software suppliers who try and fit a round peg in a square whole. Once that we establish our solution can fix the problem, we feel it is our responsibility to support their project of change to digitisation and we will go that extra mile with our clients.

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It’s a Veri happy day….

As an Enterprise Ireland supported Software Solutions company the Veri App have won prestigious National Award with the Irish Institute of Training & Development Awards. It was a David and Goliath Story with this high potential Start up  2 year old company beating off competition from the likes of E-Shop World, Aldi and Ulster Bank with their clients Impact training.

In today’s business world compliance is everything, compliance of Health & Safety, GDPR and training records. Paper or spreadsheet-based tracking of this compliance is universally a nightmare, now it is streamlined to an app and dashboard to give companies intelligence in real time about compliance and governance.

Veri provides a safer, cheaper and all-round better way of tracking and tracing training outcomes, it wins clients new business by proving governance, reduces admin and created intelligence for improvement and measurement of ROI in training

The first App of its kind  –  in 2017 it won the Award for Google Adopt a Start up.

Best consultancy project category meant it was very much a partnership with clients Impact Training. Running an average of 30 courses concurrently across four ETB regions, it was imperative for Impact Training that valuable tutor time was not eaten up on administration.

They have rigorous compliance and regulatory rules and it was imperative for the tutor to uphold these, but at the same time essential that valuable training time was not being cut short to allow for administration.

Moving to the Veri digital platform was not a requirement for the market sector Impact Training is currently operating in, but their decision to do so shows the high regard they and the IITD judges have for this innovative Veri App.

Impact Training chose the Veri App as it allowed for seamless and efficient recording and tracking of all training data, meaning the trainer could spend more quality time on training.

The IITD National Training Awards is recognised as the premier Learning & Development event for industry.  The purpose of the IITD National Training Awards is to promote excellence, best practice and innovation in Training and Learning & Development and to highlight the importance of this area in today’s business climate.

With Brexit in mind the company has recently opened their  Belfast office. The team and Veri app has recently been adopted by Fermanagh Omagh Council for their implementation of the Shared History SEUPB programme. It is with extreme delight and satisfaction that the company now with offices in Belfast and Kilkenny took home the spoils

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Shane Ferris, Business Development Manager at VERI

Learning from our clients is what has really supported our fantastic growth at VERI over the past two years. And the good news this week that we have been shortlisted for “Best Consultancy Partnership” illustrates this perfectly with our really successful “digitisation project” for Impact Training, one of Ireland’s leading contracted training suppliers headed up by Niall Crowley CEO.
“An Organisation’s ability to learn, and translate the learning into action rapidly is the ultimate Competitive Advantage”
Niamh Fitzgerald , Impact’s L&D manager had the vision to digitise the companies busy training provision. Contracting  QQI, City and Guilds, Traineeships and courses from Surf instructor to Medical Administration for four regions of ETB’s.

The problems of paperwork and tracking in every business for people compliance and Health & Safety is industry wide. Our Google award winning Veri team set out to reduce admin costs, win public sector tenders and gain valuable company intelligence from their mandatory boxes of paperwork.

The decision to move to the Veri digital platform was not a requirement for the market sector Impact Training is currently operating in but as the awards indicate the Cork based company is all about thinking ahead on innovation and excellence

“We have never operated a business model that subscribes to the belief that we wait until our customers ask. Veri allows Impact Training to turn large amounts of raw data into meaningful information and reports – learner outcomes and trend analysis will assist us and our ETB customers to make informed decisions.”

Niamh Fitzgerald Learning & Development Manager

Now in its twenty-first year, the IITD National Training Awards is recognised as the premier Learning & Development event for industry.  The purpose of the IITD National Training Awards is to promote excellence, best practice and innovation in Training and Learning & Development, and to highlight the importance of this area in today’s business climate.

Veri is the Google award-winning training compliance QA software delivered by Irish company Fioru Software Solutions Ltd.

Why not take some time back every day to invest in improvement and new business instead of chasing paper.

Reading the typical New Years “Top 10” ways to be healthier and happier I noticed one consistent piece of advice “manage your time effectively”.
Anyone who has responsibility for staff training and safety in their business, whether it is statutory or accrediting body watch dog enforced, you will know that it is a daily thankless chore. Using spreadsheets and paper to try and track and trace the how, what, when and more importantly “did it work” of training and safety compliance.

Here are 3.65 ways that Digitisation can help you not only save time but win more business and be more effective in your business in 2019

1. What is the NO 1 Question on every contract/ tender/ annual report? Performance and Quality. Instead of using a paper based system, a mobile app and dashboard gives you the data to back up your training and safety performance. Having full real time transparency and self evaluation on your quality system will make your company stand out, win contracts and achieve certification.
2. Anyone in charge of a quality system will know that the system will only work if everyone engages. Tracking trainers or workers engagement in learning, risk or safety via paper is almost impossible if you have multiple sites, managers, subcontractors and tutors. By using a mobile app you have 24/7 access to your team’s engagement in their required quality feedback. So you will no longer have to waste time chasing paper, transferring data from paper to spreadsheet, analysing data for reporting and inspections. Digitising can save you up to 30% of your administration time * Time and motion Study
3. 65 Data is the new currency, any business that has a mandatory requirement for quality track and trace has 100’s of boxes of paper records that cost money to implement but are never used except once a year for an audit. Why not turn your quality data into intelligence for your business? What outcomes are being achieved, where are the weaknesses, who needs more training, or where the training needs to be improved. Work smarter not harder.

Should you require more information on Digitisation for Safety, Training or Programme management the team at Veri would love to hear from you contact us today and start taking every opportunity that comes in the 364 days ahead through digitisation!