"Hörmann Academy" officially launched!

On Sep. 1, 2021, the kick-off meeting of Hörmann online learning platform "Hörmann Academy" with the theme of "Sharing creates value!" was held at the headquarter in Beijing, which marked a crucial step forward for Hörmann in strengthening internal training and optimizing information sharing mechanism in the age of network information. Dr. Jochen Nippel, Managing Director of Hörmann Asia Pacific, Mr. Liu Xinchang, Deputy Managing Director of Hörmann China, together with all department managers attended the meeting.



During the meeting, Dr. Jochen Nippel made a strategic direction for Hörmann Academy. “With the development of mobile Internet and the popularity of smart phones, the superiorities of online training are becoming more and more prominent. It would have a positive impact on the corporate development for each employee to timely obtain knowledge anytime and anywhere. Coupled with travel restrictions imposed by the pandemic, online training systems have become even more significant,” said Dr. Nippel, “Hörmann Academy not only has advanced training and learning functions, but also provides a quite fast information sharing channel, which makes physical distance no longer a barrier to the dissemination of key information. Everyone is not only an information receiver, but also a contributor simultaneously.”



At the meeting, each functional department shared their roles and achievements in Hörmann Academy. The Marketing Department made an overall introduction of Hörmann Academy. No matter on mobile phone or PC, staffs can achieve learning and sharing through simple operation; the human resource department explained the ways of training and learning from the perspective of talent discovery and management, providing a simple and direct methodology for trainees and trainers; Mr. Rüdiger Nagel, Plant Director of Hörmann Beijing and Tianjin Plants, presented the list of knowledge prepared by the Technical and Production department and the course plan for the future on behalf of factories; Mr. Dominik Ricken, Installation and After Sales Director, showed a large number of installation courses and a practical example of how he used the platform to combine online and offline training; Shanghai Branch shared the feelings of using the platform and put forward some ideas on the functions and contents of the current system version.   



At the end, Dr. Nippel announced the official launch of Hörmann Academy and reiterated the concept of "Sharing creates value". Staffs with good values lay the foundation of an enterprise, and they are the important part for the corporate development. Dr. Nippel made the direction that all branches proactively make good use of the learning and sharing platform to help all staffs enrich their knowledge and provide customers with more professional and comprehensive services.