AI & BI use case · Generative AI

Knowledge Management & Onboarding

Onboard new employees faster with an assistant that explains company-specific knowledge.

What it's about

Onboarding costs experienced colleagues significant time on repetitive explanations. A knowledge assistant guides new employees through processes, tools and contacts, based on approved internal knowledge, relieving teams and speeding up new hires' productivity.

  • Faster productivity of new employees.
  • Relief for experienced colleagues from repeat questions.
  • Consistent knowledge level across locations.
Business case & ROI
−30 %

Time to full productivity

7 Wo.

Time to value

50 %

Fewer questions to mentors

80 %

New-hire satisfaction

Calculated from saved mentoring hours per new hire multiplied by annual hiring volume.

How we do it
  1. 01

    Onboarding analysis

    Collect typical questions and pitfalls of new employees.

  2. 02

    Knowledge preparation

    Structure Confluence content and handbooks.

  3. 03

    Assistant configuration

    Set up role-based answers per department.

  4. 04

    Test phase

    Trial with current new hires and feedback.

  5. 05

    Integration into onboarding program

    Fixed part of the onboarding plan.

5

Steps

6

Data sources

4

Stakeholders

From first data access to production – every step delivers a tangible interim result.

Data typically needed

Confluence

Process descriptions and team wikis.

HR onboarding plans

Structured schedules for new employees.

Org charts

Responsibilities and contacts.

Handbooks

Guidelines and work instructions.

Training materials

Existing training and induction content.

Roles & permissions concept

Controls which content is visible per department.

Stakeholders
  • New employees

    Self-service access to relevant knowledge.

  • HR

    Scalable, consistent onboarding.

  • Business teams

    Less time spent on training.

  • Management

    Shorter time-to-productivity per hire.

Typical business value
01

Faster productivity of new employees.

02

Relief for experienced colleagues from repeat questions.

03

Consistent knowledge level across locations.

04

Better experience for new employees.

05

Knowledge is preserved when employees change roles.

The data platform advantage

With a solid data foundation this use case gets faster, cheaper and far more stable.

A structured knowledge base reduces preparation effort.

Role-based access control ensures relevant content per team.

Existing HR systems supply context on the hiring process.

EU hosting ensures proper handling of personal data.

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Synergies & positive side effects

Internal enterprise GPT

Shared knowledge base for all employees.

Document chat (RAG)

Enables deeper research beyond onboarding.

Meeting & minutes assistant

Minutes provide additional context for new colleagues.