What is an LMS and How is created/used

3. Who needs an LMS?

The simple answer is anyone who needs to deliver training. An LMS makes delivering your training more manageable and streamlined by reducing the time you spend on course creation, delivery, and reporting. There’s no shortage of organizations of all shapes, sizes, and industries that have use for an LMS. Here’s just a small selection of them:

Small to medium enterprises

In this case, an LMS is usually used to reduce the amount of time people spend on training. They often find training can be laborious and time-consuming to do manually. Basically, an LMS frees up their time to complete other tasks, but with the right skills and knowledge from the completed training.

Large enterprises

This is a much larger scale example – one where different audiences need varied training. Some of the most common training large enterprises deliver includes employee training to support new hire onboarding, or customer training to increase product knowledge.

Specialized product training

Companies that have a product use an LMS to train their customers or partners on the product. This includes software companies, medical device providers, and many other product-based businesses. The benefits of this type of training are a reduction in customer churn and a more engaged, valuable customer.