It’s a tough time to be a manufacturer. Ongoing challenges like supply chain volatility and the global labor shortage have left industrial companies struggling to keep lines running and hit their performance targets.
L2L’s platform was designed with one goal in mind: to help manufacturers overcome their biggest operational challenges so they can profitably meet demand in any economic landscape.
Our connected workforce software powers performance by putting actionable data in the hands of shop floor employees — the backbone of the manufacturing industry. Since L2L’s inception, we’ve helped hundreds of customers achieve remarkable improvements in plant performance, product quality, operational availability (OA), and workforce enablement.
Now, our platform is becoming an even stronger weapon in combating the labor crisis. We’re thrilled to announce that L2L has acquired SwipeGuide, a mobile-first “how-to” platform that helps frontline employees excel in their roles.
Here’s why L2L and SwipeGuide are joining forces and how we’re meeting the needs of today’s frontline workers together.
Why did we acquire SwipeGuide?
Simply put, we acquired SwipeGuide to address a growing issue in manufacturing: the need for frontline workforce development and empowerment amid today’s labor challenges.
As older, more experienced manufacturing employees leave the workforce, manufacturers must document their invaluable tribal knowledge and make it easily consumable for the digital natives taking their place. SwipeGuide not only simplifies this knowledge capture and distribution, but it also empowers frontlines with real-time, visual task guidance that helps new hires perform like seasoned veterans.
SwipeGuide helps manufacturers tackle workforce challenges — from onboarding and training to retention and development — like no one else. Its easy-to-use platform offers:
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Work instructions and SOPs: With easy-to-create digital job aids, including highly visual work instructions and Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), frontlines always have instant access to the standardized knowledge they need to get the job done right and learn new skills quickly.
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Checks and feedback: SwipeGuide lets frontline teams track and confirm work execution, capture operational data, and flag any deviations with digital checks.
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Employee training: With SwipeGuide, manufacturers can build customized learning journeys to accelerate employee onboarding and foster a culture of continuous learning and achievement across teams, lines, and sites.
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Skills management and certifications: Team leaders can efficiently track skills and certifications, validate competencies, and address knowledge gaps with dynamic skills matrices to ensure performance and compliance across all teams.
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Insights and analytics: With SwipeGuide, you can easily analyze SOP and checklist usage, work execution, feedback, and trends to identify areas for improvement and make data-driven decisions.
This cutting-edge training platform empowers frontline employees to perform at their best while providing an on-the-job user experience second to none.
Better together: How L2L and SwipeGuide enhance the connected workforce experience
With the addition of SwipeGuide, L2L has become a true end-to-end connected workforce platform. Its benefits won’t stop at driving continuous improvement across availability, performance, and quality. Now, L2L will offer powerful workforce enablement functionality that directly addresses the industry’s most pressing workforce challenges, from attracting younger workers to helping them turn jobs into fulfilling careers.
L2L’s foundational manufacturing intelligence capabilities identify disruptions in real time, accelerate problem-solving, and automate decision-making, helping companies maximize productivity and efficiency across manufacturing operations. With SwipeGuide, L2L will dramatically amplify its workforce enablement benefits with new tools and features that enable frontline employees to reach their full potential — fast.
The acquisition marks an exciting time in the evolution of connected manufacturing work. No other platform offers the breadth and depth of capabilities that L2L and SwipeGuide provide together. It’s a solution that fully integrates people, processes, and technology, and we couldn’t be more excited to see how our combined platform drives customer success — and shapes the future of connected work.
To learn more about how L2L and SwipeGuide will work together, please visit l2l.com/swipeguide.