How DEME modernized learning with Easygenerator and Cornerstone

With Nathalie De Muer, HR Specialist

At a glance

Company

DEME is a global marine engineering company specializing in offshore energy, dredging, and infrastructure, delivering complex projects with a focus on sustainability.

Headquarters

Zwijndrecht, Belgium

Industry

Marine and offshore engineering

Employees

5,800

DEME is a global leader in offshore energy, dredging, marine infrastructure, and environmental projects. The company can build on nearly 150 years of experience and is a front-runner in innovation and new technologies. DEME’s vision is to work towards a sustainable future by offering solutions for global challenges: climate change, a growing population and urbanization, increasing maritime trade, and environmental issues.

With a team of more than 5,800 highly skilled professionals and one of the most advanced fleets in the world, DEME is well-positioned to tackle even the most complex projects. The company invests in structured learning journeys—from safety and technical perspectives to leadership and digital skills to support this. These are tied to career paths that help employees grow within the organization.

Nathalie De Muer, HR Specialist at DEME, manages the functional side of the company’s two core learning platforms: Easygenerator and Cornerstone. Together, these tools enable DEME to build and deliver training that meets both operational and personal development needs.

Key results

750+ e-learning courses created
331 employees actively creating training content
Shift from classroom training to scalable digital learning
Employees can create and update training independently
Reduced reliance on L&D and HR for content creation

Managing compliance training across a global workforce

Challenges:

Managing compliance training across a global workforce with different regulations
Ensuring employees complete mandatory certifications on time
Lack of automated tracking for compliance requirements
Heavy reliance on face-to-face training

DEME operates in a high-risk, highly regulated industry where safety and compliance are a daily priority. Employees must complete the right training at the right time to meet legal and operational standards. This can become a significant challenge when you have a global workforce.

Each country and project has different protocols, certifications, and compliance requirements. Ensuring every employee stays on track requires clear assignments, reminders, and proof of completion. The HR team needed a way to automate reminders for certifications that had to be renewed.

But compliance was only one part of DEME’s learning strategy. Just as important was supporting career development. The company wanted to offer training that helped people build long-term skills and knowledge. That meant creating and delivering learning that was accessible and easy to update.

At the time, much of DEME’s training was still delivered face to face. This made scaling difficult and added time and travel costs, especially for international teams. Moreover, there were limitations in creating digital training. To move forward, DEME needed a better way to create content in-house, a smoother way to deliver it, and a smarter way to track it.

Combining Easygenerator and Cornerstone to scale training

First, DEME introduced Cornerstone as its learning management system. Cornerstone became its central platform for assigning training, sending reminders, tracking completions, and generating reports.

The HR team can easily assign training by role, location, or department. Automated reminders help team members stay compliant without manual follow-up. But while Cornerstone helped organize and deliver training, DEME still needed a better, more scalable way to create it.

That’s where Easygenerator came in. DEME introduced Easygenerator to allow employees across the organization to create and share their own e-learning content. Now, training creation is no longer limited to the L&D team.

Results of creating 750+ courses with Employee-generated Learning

Since adopting Easygenerator, DEME has enabled employees to create training themselves without needing help from the HR team. What started with a single department has grown into a company-wide approach. DEME now has 331 authors and has created over 750 e-learning courses in Easygenerator.

Courses that used to require classroom time are now available online. This saves time and makes training accessible from anywhere. Content is easier to update, and teams can make changes themselves without any bottlenecks.

Cornerstone continues to serve as DEME’s central learning platform. It ensures that every employee receives the right training based on their job, location, or certification status. With automated reminders and detailed reporting, the HR team can stay on top of compliance without chasing down learners.

750+

courses created

330+

authors

“People can create their own e-learning content and adjust it whenever and as often as they wish.”

Nathalie De Muer HR Specialist

How DEME built a scalable learning ecosystem

DEME already had Cornerstone in place as a strong learning management system. What they needed was a better way to create and maintain content. Easygenerator filled that gap. DEME looked for a more flexible way to train team members without needing repeated in-person sessions. Once one team showed what was possible, other departments quickly got involved. Employees saw how anyone could quickly create, share, and update content on Easygenerator. The process is now owned by employees across many departments, not just L&D. People can create their own training with Easygenerator, and Cornerstone delivers it to the right learners.

About Cornerstone

Cornerstone is a global leader in workforce agility solutions, helping organizations develop and engage employees through AI-powered learning and skills development. Over 7,000 organizations and 140 million users use Cornerstone Galaxy to identify skills gaps, personalize learning, and build future-ready teams. Since 2025, Easygenerator has been a Cornerstone partner, offering a native integration that combines Easygenerator’s AI-powered course creation with Cornerstone’s enterprise learning management capabilities.

Q&A

What is the best way to automate compliance training and reminders? –

The best way is to use a platform that allows teams to create, update, and manage training in one place. At DEME, Easygenerator makes it easy to keep content up to date and accessible, helping teams stay aligned with compliance needs.

How can companies manage compliance training across a global workforce? +

Companies can manage this by centralizing content while enabling local teams to create and adapt training. DEME uses Easygenerator to scale consistent training across regions.

How can L&D teams scale training in highly-regulated industries? +

L&D teams can scale by enabling employees to create and maintain training themselves. With Easygenerator, DEME allows experts across the business to contribute, ensuring training keeps up with regulations.

How can companies reduce reliance on classroom training? +

Organizations can reduce classroom training by shifting to digital learning that is accessible anytime. DEME uses Easygenerator to replace in-person sessions with flexible online training.

How can employees create training content within an organization? +

Employees can create training using intuitive tools that don’t require prior experience. At DEME, Easygenerator enables teams across departments to build and update courses independently.

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