Case Study: Large International Distributor eliminates $120K in rogue spend with OpenSesame

International Distributor Eliminates $120K in Rogue Spend with OpenSesame

An international wholesale distributor with 200 locations, about 19,000 employees and more than $12 billion in annual revenue faced costly, decentralized learning and development: multiple departments had purchased four separate LMSs and numerous content contracts, creating more than $120K a year in duplicated or “rogue” spend as teams independently bought overlapping courses and platforms. Initial OpenSesame rollout to 3,000 employees revealed these inefficiencies as the Talent team planned broader deployment.

The company centralized content curation on a single LMS with OpenSesame as the exclusive content provider — leveraging its extensive, multilingual course library to meet EHS, HR, IT and other specialized needs. Consolidation delivers clearer enterprise-wide visibility and centrally managed L&D spend, streamlines administration, reduces duplicated work, lowers cost-per-user and is projected to save about $70,000 annually.