Your plant depends on what your experienced people know.

Training built from what your technical experts know, without asking them to write the course.

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What's changing in manufacturing

2.3 million
technician job openings US manufacturers and adjacent industries may need to fill from 2025 to 2030
Deloitte and The Manufacturing Institute, September 2026
55.2%
of manufacturers provide AI training to frontline workers, and for 78.5% of them it is introductory or awareness-level
National Association of Manufacturers, second quarter 2026 outlook survey
Sept. 2029
the deadline for organizations certified to ISO 9001:2015 to move to ISO 9001:2026, published in September 2026
ISO technical committee 176, September 2026

How we help manufacturers

Each plant has its own mix of new hires, audits and equipment changes. Pick the need that matters most this year, and we'll work with the LMS and systems you have.

Training every worker understands, with the record to prove it

A challenge you may be facing: OSHA expects every worker to be trained in a language and vocabulary they understand. Food plants must also keep records proving the training happened.
How we can help: Plain-language courses built from your procedures, with every completion on record for audits and two-minute refreshers on critical tasks between courses.

Stay compliant and audit-ready

New hires up to speed without pulling an operator off the line

A challenge you may be facing: Manufacturers are short of applicants as well as skills, and around half of the 3.8 million jobs they need to fill by 2033 could go unfilled.
How we can help: Courses on your own equipment and procedures, so each new hire gets up to speed without pulling an operator off the line.

Ramp new hires faster

Know-how that stays on the floor when people retire

A challenge you may be facing: As experienced workers retire, 97% of manufacturers in one survey say they fear losing the know-how those workers take with them.
How we can help: Recorded interviews capture what your experienced people know, and JoySuite answers your teams' questions from it with the source shown. A capture session takes 60 to 90 minutes and asks no preparation of the expert.

Capture expertise and put answers in reach

Skills that keep up with new equipment and AI

A challenge you may be facing: Plants are investing in automation and smart manufacturing, yet workforce skills are the least mature part of that effort and a top concern for executives.
How we can help: Training on the equipment and AI tools you're adopting, with short OttoLearn refreshers that show who has mastered each procedure.

Lift team performance

Programs we've built with some of the best teams in manufacturing

A US manufacturing workforce organization

Due to privacy constraints, this project is described without naming the client.

Courses that prepare college instructors to teach a manufacturing technician program, and onboarding modules for the employers that take part.
Winpak

Part of a global packaging group with thirteen manufacturing facilities

Training for more than 700 employees, each at a different level, recorded and tracked in SmarterU.

A small selection of our client projects in manufacturing. Ask us for a reference from an organization like yours.

Where to start

Bring a learning expert onto your team

A Knowledge Manager, a fractional learning and development expert from our team, starts with your question and tells you what to fix first.
About Knowledge Manager
Get one course built

Our Custom eLearning Express service builds a single course for you at a fixed price in ten business days.
About Custom eLearning Express
Let your teams ask what your experts know

JoySuite answers questions from material you approve, including what your experts have recorded, and shows each answer's source. Plans start at $25 USD a month, with unlimited users.
About JoySuite

FAQ

Can training be in the languages our workers speak?

Yes. We translate and localize each course's text, narration and subtitles. OttoLearn's daily sessions can be delivered in more than 100 languages.

How much time away from the line does it take?

A minute or two at a time. OttoLearn's refresher sessions take place daily or a few times a week, at the start of a shift.

How do we know people learned it, beyond a completion?

SmarterU delivers quizzes and exams with randomized questions, time limits and proctoring. OttoLearn shows each person's mastery level for every topic, from Unknown to Expert, and reports knowledge gaps, so you can see who has mastered the material and who is guessing.

What can we hand an auditor?

Each worker's training record from SmarterU: completions, quiz results and attendance, plus the audit log. Reports export to CSV or go by email on a schedule, and every certificate carries a QR code anyone can scan to validate it.

How much of our experienced people's time does it take?

About 60 to 90 minutes per recorded session, and your expert doesn't need to prepare anything. We handle everything after the session.

Do we have to replace the LMS we already use?

No. We deliver custom courses into the LMS you use, as SCORM, xAPI or cmi5, and you keep the source files. OttoLearn works on its own, alongside your LMS. JoySuite, which answers your teams' questions, also works alongside your LMS or on its own.

What does it cost?

Custom courses are quoted per engagement. SmarterU plans start at $3,000 USD per year, and OttoLearn plans start at $250 USD per month, billed annually.