Case Studies | Tooling U-SME

Global Power Company

Customized training addresses skills gap and improves factory dynamics for a leading power company

“We finally have much-needed, standardized technical training that can be accessed by all employees, regardless of what industrial business they are in.”

Global Supply Chain Learning

Challenge:

Lack of consistent, standardized training accessible to employees across the globe
Large skills gaps across the company’s various business units
Limited availability of introductory technical training
Changing workforce – veterans are retiring and inexperienced staff is coming in
Weak onboarding program for new technical employees

Solution:

Developed standardized technical training that employees of all the company’s industrial businesses can access
Mapped Tooling U-SME classes to six supply chain domains: sourcing, manufacturing engineering, shop operations, materials, quality, and environmental health and safety
Created a bundled set of manufacturing essentials courses for workers in new technical roles
Integrated Tooling U-SME training solutions into training catalogs and mapped them to domain learning solution documents

Results:

A standard training catalog that the entire company can leverage
Able to address competency gaps
Increased unification of the company’s various industrial businesses via training partnerships
Clear career paths for employees

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