Case Study: COLA achieves significant cost savings and operational efficiency with Absorb LMS

COLA - Customer Case Study

COLA, a physician-directed organization that supports excellence in laboratory medicine and patient care and serves about 7,500 customers worldwide, implemented a popular open-source learning management system seven years ago to gain flexibility and cut costs. They relied on third-party consultants and developers to configure the free LMS, but over time it demanded increasing money, time, and internal resources to keep running—at one point costing an extra $500–$1,000 per week in maintenance alone.

COLA ultimately abandoned the open-source LMS, selected a commercial system that better matched their requirements, and achieved notable improvements in efficiency and cost control. The new approach streamlined their learning delivery and was recognized with an industry award for their initiative.

COLA