Onboarding Training to Improve Skill Acquisition

Sometimes, you want to make some exciting updates to the family-favorite recipe you usually follow – without losing any of the flavor.

ADM is a leader in science-based nutrition, trusted to manufacture the ingredients found in food and beverages in many family-favorite recipes and products in homes across the globe. Their team of food scientists, flavorists and chefs are proud of ADM’s inspired solutions that meet consumers’ evolving taste, wellness, and nutritional needs. With a team of nearly 40,000 employees, ADM sought to upskill employees on the process and steps needed to ensure workplace safety and operational efficiency, and high product quality.

The AllenComm team created a digital learning solution with a 60-minute seat time for onboarding and systems training that included a cinemagraph, a case study with instructional flow, 3D images integrated in the course, and a customized principal activity.

We used media-rich video obtained directly from the factory floor to instantly get learners’ attention and create a visual context they would recognize to add relevance and improve motivation.

• 90% improvement in engagement during first 30 days
• 70% improvement in learning retention vs paper documentation
• 30% Improvement in number of days between recordable/lost workday incidents
• 70% reduction in monthly average of cost of poor quality
• 75% reduction in weekly unplanned/unscheduled downtime due to operators’ errors
• 90% reduction in weekly unplanned/unscheduled product scrapping due to operator errors