Golden State Foods: Digital Work Instructions for Optimal Performance

Learn how GSF is using SwipeGuide to ensure consistency and product quality across their operations achieving -47% in meat forming time. 

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Knowledge capture and performance consistency.

In the food industry, quality is everything. The pursuit of quality, coupled with core values like innovation and customer service, prompted GSF to standardize their internal procedures and onboarding processes.

-> Accessible work instructions for use in real-time on the shop floor. 
-> User friendly Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs). Putting them in practice is as easy as swiping on your phone.
-> Addressing staffing issues with motivated and engaged employees. 
-> Highly trained operators can easily transfer knowledge to others and articulate equipment problems to maintenance colleagues.

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Use Case #1

Empowering teams for continuous improvement

GSF needed a way to update and distribute procedures instantly. Digital SOPs allow them to drive productivity and train new team members with unparalleled ease.

Performance-consistency

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Updating paper procedures was slow, making it nearly impossible to distribute improvements across multiple sites quickly.

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A central digital platform allows for instant updates and capture of expert knowledge, driving continuous improvement at the frontline.

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A 47% reduction in meat forming time proves the power of clear, digital work instructions at the frontline.

Jason Prince, Senior Director of Operations, GSF
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Consistent results for high-quality food

Standardized work instructions ensure the right information is delivered exactly when and where it's needed, leading to repeatable, high-quality results.

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Inconsistent manual processes led to variations in production speed and difficulty in maintaining quality across different shifts.

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Digitalized operations led to a 47% reduction in meat forming time while ensuring consistent product quality.

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Having the ability to deliver standardized instructions throughout production sites means GSF can count on repeatable results.

GSF Operations Team
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Faster training during labor shortages

In an industry with high labor turnover, GSF used digitalized operations to significantly speed up training times and drive shop floor efficiency.

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Labor shortages and manual training processes hampered the ability to onboard new employees quickly and effectively.

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Refined digital onboarding allows new employees to hit the ground running, maintaining excellence even with a changing workforce.

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Standardized processes have helped GSF onboard new employees quickly while still driving efficiency on the shop floor.

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The return on investment

Improved Operations

Most Successful 12 Months in 23 Years

Data visibility ↑

Increased and enhanced data visibility across all plant operations

Empowered workforce

Positive cultural change with increased employee safety, engagement, up-skilling, and training. 

Communication ↑

Simplified communication across the shop floor with L2L's user-friendly technology

Reliability ↑

Proactive and predictive maintenance capabilities have led to increased uptime and machine reliability.

Profitability ↑

By streamlining operations, profitability has increased and continuous improvement has progressed

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