Manufacturing customers share their experience with Kainos EDM
Date posted
7 November 2025
Reading time
5 mins
Leading manufacturers across the U.S. and EMEA rely on Kainos Employee Document Management (Kainos EDM) to streamline HR processes, reduce manual work, and improve compliance. From paper-heavy onboarding to complex global compliance requirements, our customers have transformed how HR manages employee documentation boosting productivity from day one.
Here’s what they have to say:
Hilti: Balancing efficiency, security, and transparency
Industry: Construction and manufacturing
Employees: ~33,000 globally
With EDM:
- Centralised HR document management across 11 countries
- Significantly reduced manual HR workload
- Improved security, compliance, and transparency for employees and HR teams
- Empowered employees to access their own HR documents
“We needed document generation, e-signatures, and storage with minimal manual work. With Kainos EDM, we’re compliant, efficient, and can empower our employees.”
Zuzana Rozkosna
HR Global Project Manager
Hilti
Global manufacturer: Simplifying HR operations across 100+ countries
Industry: Manufacturing and Supply Chain
Employees: 42,000+
With EDM:
- 85% reduction in effort for creating and managing HR documents
- Over 85% of HR colleagues highly satisfied with new workflows
- Improved global compliance and audit readiness
- Enabled HR teams to focus on people, not paperwork
“Kainos EDM gave us flexibility, security, and automation allowing HR to focus on people, not paperwork.”
Senior Manager of Business Analysis HR Solutions
Global manufacturer
U.S. Manufacturer: Eliminating paper-based onboarding
Industry: Manufacturing
Employees: ~3,000 Seasonal workforce
With EDM:
- Eliminated 70-page orientation forms
- Saved 6 hours per orientation week, an extra day of productivity per employee
- Improved audit readiness and reduced HR workload
“If we could save six hours a week on orientation, that’s huge, that means a whole extra day for our people to be productive on the floor.”
HR Transformation Lead
U.S. Manufacturer