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# What is AG5?
**AG5’s skills management software** helps you visualize skill gaps, track training requirements, and manage all your employee skills and certifications in one secure platform. At the heart of every product, service, and process are people – and specifically, their skills. By effectively managing and developing these skills, businesses can increase performance, streamline operations, and drive growth.
### 1. How do people use AG5?
Businesses use our software to manage the skills and qualifications of their workforce. Some common use cases are:
* Creating skills matrices
* Managing skills
* Managing requirements
* Preparing for audits
* Achieving compliance
* Assessing and allocating skills
* Capability building
### 2. Benefits of AG5
AG5 is purpose-built for complete workforce skills management.
Here’s how it helps:
* Create skills matrices with zero programming knowledge
* Replace broken or outdated spreadsheet templates
* Filter and analyse your data any way you need
* Share matrices with coworkers or stakeholders instantly
* Simplify version management across multiple files
* Reduce your search time for qualified employees by more than 50%
* Identify suitable replacements at a moment’s notice
* Save time and minimize errors – 83% less data entry compared to Excel
* Access employee documentation and proof of achievement in one place
* Identify skill gaps and areas for employee improvement
* Receive automatic notifications when skills or certifications are about to expire
* Rely on automatic timestamping and historical data tracking
* Set up multi-person workflow approvals for confirming and updating production records
* Respond instantly to auditors’ questions with clear data
* Pinpoint emerging skill gaps and underperforming KPIs
* Automatically retrieve results from your integrated e-learning systems
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