Global industries are facing a labour shortage issue — also widely called as skill gap. The COVID19 pandemic made it even worse, with around 1.4 million manufacturing jobs disappearing right at the start. Even though companies tried, they could only fill 63% of these jobs with the old employees coming back, leaving 570,000 jobs open. To make things worse, a lot of these companies are losing knowledge because about 60% of these old employees are near retiring age. And here’s the kicker – hiring new employees costs a lot, especially for training & onboarding. This can indeed feel like an immense pressure, where industrial companies are in dire need to digitally transform their workers.
We help overcome 3 common challenges faced by frontline teams:
A Quantum Workplace Study reveals that around 81% of frontline workers emphasize frequent miscommunication, leaving them feeling left out.
A Deloitte Study reveals that nearly three-fourths of frontline workers are still underserved by technology as they still rely on paper-based instructions.
A mere 12% of frontline workers have access to training outside the workplace, pointing to a significant skill gap, as per a McKinsey Report.
The idea that video calling solutions are effective for communication in an industrial setting is far from accurate. Industrial operations are inherently complex, involving visual challenges. Augmented Reality-powered assistance proves invaluable in addressing such cases.
How frontline workers work, matters. While certain companies consider manually typing and scanning work instructions on paper as a necessary task, that’s not the case. Digital Work Instructions are digitized versions of such instructions that can be accessed across several devices.
Traditional training needs training personnel and workers to travel and gather at the site location. This can be troublesome when workers are located across several sites. Immersive training solves this issue by making your workers immerse in an augmented and virtual environment.
Frontline operations are at a crossroads: there is an immense amount of pressure to “digitize” operations and move swiftly towards industry 5.0. For your frontline workforce, the burden to drive results can be overwhelming. Our solutions bridges the gap between training and work execution for your workers, so that you get the proper insights necessary to drive operational excellence.
“While talking to service organizations, we discovered that the frontline workers’ skills gap is the biggest challenge they face. To solve this, we should start by optimizing workers’ productivity, then we can replenish the workforce with faster training and reskilling. Lastly, let’s work on improving the industry’s image. I think connected worker ecosystem and XR are the only way forward. “