We are delighted to congratulate BSH Home Appliances, winner of this year's Inkometa Award in the Social Intranet / Collaboration category for its Linchpin intranet!
The Inkometa Award represents one of the most important awards for internal communication in Germany, organized by SCM - the School for Communication and Management. Since 2018, the award has been presented in the categories of Media, Strategy, Campaign, Intranet & Digital Workspace, and International Internal Communication.
This award is also something very special to us. That's because, together with our partner XALT, BSH Home Appliances introduced the Linchpin Intranet Suite at the company. This intranet solution offers its employees a fully personalized collaboration platform, connecting teams, locations, tools, and employees. We are therefore very honored that this very social intranet has now won the Inkometa Award.
A look at how the project progressed
Prior to the introduction of Linchpin at BSH Home Appliances, a system was in use that was outdated in many places. Instead of a dynamic, modern intranet with social functions such as liking and commenting, the previous system was characterized by top-down communication, a lack of flexibility, and a missing mobile application.
Key requirements were therefore the ability to personalize, collaborate and interact socially, and distribute knowledge throughout the company. In addition, the software should be available to all users worldwide, whether from within the company, externally, or from a mobile device.
Right on the start page, BSH Home Appliances relies not only on a customizable app area that provides quick access to all the important tools needed in daily work, but also on a key integration of company news. These can be translated on the BSH intranet, and different language versions can be linked directly. In addition, authors can freely determine the publication date, pin particularly important news items and configure their News feed with the help of categories.
The BSH intranet from Linchpin now provides an entry point for more than 60,000 employees worldwide and is available in 51 countries in 25 different languages.
About BSH Home Appliances
BSH Home Appliances GmbH is Europe's largest manufacturer of household appliances and one of the leading companies in the industry. The company's goal is to improve the quality of life for people around the world with its outstanding brands, high-quality products, and first-class solutions. This is ensured by around 40 production sites and a close network of sales, production, and service companies. BSH Home Appliances currently employs over 60,000 people worldwide.
What is Linchpin?
With the Linchpin Intranet Suite, you can turn your Confluence Data Center or Server into a true social intranet. Linchpin ensures that you get a fully personalized system that reflects the individual needs of your company.
With Linchpin, the knowledge management software Confluence is enhanced with a wide range of features, such as customizable profile fields, a detailed people directory, engaging news articles, modern events, and much more.
Multilingualism and extensive personalization options also help you provide a personalized and customized user experience for all employees.
Many thanks to XALT! 🤝
We are proud to have more than 50 qualified and trained Linchpin partners worldwide. Among other things, they support us in licensing, product configuration, and implementation of our products.
We would therefore like to take this opportunity to sincerely thank our partner XALT! During the project to launch the Linchpin Intranet Suite, they were responsible for the technical implementation at BSH Home Appliances. They ensured, among other things, that the technical specifications of the intranet were improved and that smooth availability of the system was guaranteed even with high data traffic.
Thanks to XALT's great support, BSH Home Appliances now has a modern social intranet in place that emphasizes personalization, collaboration, and teamwork, and has now even won the Inkometa Award for this.
Get to know Linchpin
If you would also like to implement an award-winning social intranet in your company, please feel free to contact us or one of our partners at any time! In our Knowledge Base, we have compiled all the important information on how a typical project develops - from the initial idea, through planning and implementation, to roll out.
You'll find all the details about the workshop and training sessions we provide as part of a Linchpin project, as well as helpful links to our services and support packages.
Of course, you can also test the Linchpin Intranet Suite at any time, free of charge and without obligation.
Further Reading
- Linchpin Review by René Vlak of SOMO
- Linchpin: KIWI First: And the Winner Is – a Social Intranet!
- How the Linchpin Intranet Helped dfv Mediengruppe Through the Pandemic
- Soon In Your Linchpin Intranet: Timeslots for Events
- How The Linchpin Intranet Suite Helps Your Content Creators
