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ŠKODA Space News
The employee portal is constantly expanding its offer and now includes an archive of publications, including ŠKODA Mobil
ast year, ŠKODA Space became a safe base containing the most important work tools, processes and information. It is a living organism that constantly responds to current trends.
Virtual organisational units
The first significant added function is news and labels of the areas that fall under the individual members of the Board of Directors and the first management level (i.e. one-letter and two-letter levels). Employees can get to the section of the area to which they belong by clicking on the label below the main message on the ŠKODA Space homepage. For example, those from car production will see “News P” and “News PF” labels. Editors appointed by the respective areas’ secretariats can edit the sections and publish news that is relevant to the specific users (e.g. personnel changes, newsletters, useful links etc.). “With further development, we expect user feedback so that we can meet expectations. Our vision is for the portal to display virtual organisational units or to serve as a virtual office for employees”, outlines Martin Šedivý from the SB/4 – Digitalisation and system support HR department.
Source of information
The online archive will serve those who need to immerse themselves in the carmaker’s history. Here they can find historical photographs and brochures, as well as older editions of ŠKODA Mobil and its predecessor, the Ventil newspaper, dating back to 1946. Editions before 2002 are scanned as PDF files with a text layer so that the text can be copied. A TIFF version is also available, which makes it possible to work with the photos in excellent quality. Files published after 2002 are of even higher quality. They can easily be searched in the archive and downloaded. ED
What you can find in the digital archive
In addition to older editions of the ŠKODA Mobil and Ventil newspapers, you can also find a number of interesting materials, such as historical car drawings, L&K and Škoda Works shares, guestbook entries and unique photographs from visits.
A bridge between IT and business
At the beginning of the year, LeanIX, a new system used by the VW Group, was launched. It is a tool for Enterprise Architecture Management that aims to provide an understanding of all the various elements that make up an organisation and how these elements are interrelated. It enables the organisation to reach its current and future goals effectively. LeanIX works in a web browser environment and offers the user information about the application and technology portfolio across the Group. Thus, the user gets an overview of which applications are used, how they are used and what their life cycle is. LeanIX helps management to find answers to questions regarding which applications to invest in and which ones, on the contrary, are no longer worth maintaining, or where there are any gaps or overlaps. A hypothetical example might be the transition to a cloud solution for a particular process. In this case, LeanIX will help you decide which applications are suitable to be moved to the cloud and which ones are not. The tool deployment is still fresh, but activities are already underway in the areas of Production and Logistics, Finance and IT. ED
You can read more about the EAM tool on ŠKODA Space
Important messages without delay
The carmaker has started using its own DataSMS application to send important SMS messages, such as verification codes for logging into the ŠKODA Space or for internal bulk communications. These messages inform about current measures against coronavirus at the plants. The application enables these messages to be delivered to your phone without delay, while mass-sent classic SMS messages could otherwise be delayed by several hours. Those of you who were assigned company phones or have BYOD devices (Bring Your Own Device – private telephones used for business purposes) have the application installed automatically. However, you have to activate the reception of data messages directly in the DataSMS application. When opening the application the first time, you simply agree to the necessary settings; in the final step, you will be prompted to send an activation SMS. After sending it, you will be subscribed to messages via the DataSMS application. If the application is not available (e.g. because the mobile phone does not have access to the Internet), the system will send you a standard SMS paid for by ŠKODA AUTO. The development of DataSMS was carried out by the FIO/3 and FIV departments with the support of the SVP (ŠKODA Verbesserungsprozess) team. The main goal was to improve mass communication with employees but also to reduce company costs. ED
Read more about Enterprise Architecture Management at ŠKODA Space.