Joris
Brewery Manager at Lagunitas in Chicago
This is how leading brands use radically human work instructions
and performance signals to improve their operations.
"SwipeGuide makes operators feel empowered."
Joris
Brewery Manager at Lagunitas in Chicago
→ Capture and share best practices across 106
breweries worldwide.
→ Improved quality and productivity: improved OPI.
→ Workflow learning on the shop floor: connect wi the tech stack.
→ Reduce machine changeover time and downtime.
+500k
errors prevented.
"Bringing simplicity into content creation. Fast to learn tool that requires no previous skills on content creation. Good feedback & analytics in-built for collecting user insights."
Mari, Digital Lead at ABB Motion in Switzerland and Finland
→ Capture & distribute internal field service knowledge.
→ Easy creation and access to customer installation guides for ABB service partners, partner networks, and customers.
→ Reduce troubleshooting time & machine downtime.
→ Also available in mainland China.
1800+
instructions in use.
"Success in manufacturing starts with the workers on the shop floor. They rely on having the right knowledge, day in and day out."
Jose, MPE Europe at PepsiCo
→ Reduce errors, product defects, and waste.
→ Plan and organize shifts. Capture a sign-off on a completed procedure.
→ Improve visibility on the floor. Always up-to-date paperless instructions for learning on the fly.
→ Alignment with LMS with link to specific e-learning modules in Step Notes.
47
sites using SwipeGuide.
"Drastically reduced our training and support costs."
Michiel, Team Leader Field Service at Fuji Seal
→ Troubleshooting and installation guides for field service engineers.
→ Reduction of training time and cost for new employees.
→ Reduction in internal and external support questions.
→ Capture tribal knowledge and standardize processes.
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users groups: engineering, manufacturing, and customers.
"New recruits go step by step to do the task at hand and they're all eager to use it again. We see that they are happy, they like the instructions, and they really see the need to use SwipeGuide."
Factory Digital Project Manager at Orkla in Norway
→ Reduce instruction authoring time.
→ Decrease machine downtime.
→ Prevent costly human errors.
→ Improve training and knowledge management.
50%
reduction of authoring time.
"It takes more than a few engineers and managers to make a significant impact. It takes an entire workforce for real continuous improvement to be implemented and sustained."
Caleb, Manufacturing Engineer at Reyco Granning in Mt Vernon
→ Reduce the time to create work instructions for shop floor teams.
→ Eliminate the need to track and manage complex and cumbersome revision history.
→ Encourages employee participation and updates to existing workflows and standards.
→ Easy to approve and revise standards and work instructions with approval workflows.
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steps in their Practical Problem Solving Initiative (PPS).
"Real advantage for employee engagement by involving operators in the creation process."
Rick, Operations Excellence Director at Great Lakes Coca-Cola in Milwaukee
→ Capture critical procedural shop-floor knowledge.
→ Improve instruction accessibility for workforce.
→ Ensure instruction content is always up-to-date.
→ Improve instruction content to be easier understood.
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SwipeGuide is used at bottlers across 13 countries.
"Professionalism throughout has been world-class."
Jeff, Manager of Manufacturing Operations at Thermo Fisher in Cincinnati
→ Reduced changeover and downtime at the packaging lines with quality checks at capper machines and bottling machines.
→ Reduction in quality issues and waste with clear standards.
→ Shorter training time of new recruits with easy onboarding instructions.
→ Operational savings and production value with faster task execution.
20%
faster task execution
"Simplification, user-friendliness & paperless are easy to achieve with SwipeGuide. The platform also has the potential to impact productivity, safety, and waste reduction in our bottling operations."
Sandra, Spirit Management Global Platform Lead at Chivas Brothers in Scotland
→ Simplify the creation and the use of work instructions covering procedures and safe standards of work.
→ Going digital/paperless is an important part of the implementation.
→ Improve productivity, reduce waste, increase safety and support continuous improvement.
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work instructions made.
"We used to deliver our coffee machines with paper manuals, but we wanted to get rid of that. We now deliver our machines with digital manuals - they're easier to read and understand, and also better in terms of sustainability."
General Manager at Animo in Assen, The Netherlands
→ Better product manuals for professional customers.
→ Technical instructions for dealer technicians.
→ More efficient processes at the assembly lines.2016
year that Animo started using SwipeGuide.
"SwipeGuide has a very positive impact on our Kaizen and Lean Manufacturing Training. "
Jason, Senior Director of Operations at Golden State Foods in Opelika, Alabama
→ Capture silent knowledge across teams.
→ Reduce time and effort to create and update work instructions.
→ Operational knowledge that is easy for everyone to access.
238
work instructions created.
"Helps me guide colleagues through their daily work."
Project Leader Digital Learning at Colruyt Group in Brussels, Belgium
→ Guide technicians supermarket colleagues through their daily work.
→ Guides on handling cardboard presses, order pickers, and warehouse robots.
→ Knowledge management made easy across the organization.
300+
instructions in use.
"Helps us standardize 50 ways of doing the same thing. "
Fabio, VP of Supply Chain at Barilla in Deerfield, Illinois
→ Standardization of processes.
→ Drive digital transformation in the factories.
→ Reduce changeover time.
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teams using SwipeGuide.
"We also use SwipeGuide for efficient onboarding and training of diverse new team members."
Team Manager at Asito in Zwolle, The Netherlands
→ Diverse and international staff - instructions should be multilingual and easy to understand, with a visual presentation instead of text-heavy.
→ Efficient onboarding and training of new team members.
→ Reduce accidents and errors.
100
nationalities using instructions.
"We're always looking to continuously improve our processes."
Special Projects Manager at URC in the Philippines
→ Easier creation and review of work instructions in a user-focused and visual format.
→ Improve training of new people with consistent onboarding materials that are easy to keep up-to-date.
→ Continuously improve processes.
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teams are currently actively using SwipeGuide.