The Difference Between an LMS and Proceed.app

Proceed.app helps companies bridge the gap between “classroom compliance” and work floor effectiveness.

A learning management system (LMS) is software for administering educational courses or training. Proceed.app takes employee training a step further by offering a social media-like, interactive platform for on-the-job training and support. While many manufacturing companies already utilize a LMS for classroom training and compliance, Proceed.app focuses on just-in-time training on the factory floor.

As manufacturing companies are experiencing high employee turnover, they are urgently trying to train employees faster and implement systems for better employee retention. Proceed.app is one of the best ways to train employees quickly on the work floor. Furthermore, manufacturing companies can use Proceed.app with their existing LMS to help further on-the-job training.

Why manufacturing companies use Learning Management Systems (LMSs) 

It is fairly common for manufacturing companies to utilize a Learning Management System (LMS) for employee training. In highly regulated industries like food production, an LMS is used not only for training employees but also for food safety compliance and record keeping.

Common features of Learning Management Systems that manufacturing companies use include:

• Generic Content & Lessons
• Interactive Quizzes
• Lesson Tracking & Reporting
• Competency Tracking & Certifications

We see manufacturing companies use Learning Management Systems for all of these reasons. And historically, an LMS has been sufficient. However, work floor training is becoming more popular with manufacturing companies because they are under increasing pressure to train employees quicker as employee turnover increases with each generation of workers. That’s where Proceed.app comes in.

How Proceed.app helps manufacturing companies

Unlike an LMS, Proceed.app is used to train and support employees on the production floor with highly accessible photo and video-based training content. Proceed.app’s unique bite-sized visual approach helps companies bridge the gap between “classroom compliance” and work floor effectiveness.

However, Proceed.app is more than a visual training tool; you can also use Proceed.app to push communications and messages to production employees, capture knowledge from stakeholders, automate recurring tasks, and store important documents and information.

How Proceed.app works with your LMS

By utilizing both an LMS and Proceed.app, you can promote employee training more quickly and save time on meetings and employee communications. An LMS is still great for generic content, compliance, and certifications, but Proceed.app enables you to be in continuous contact with employees by distributing content accessibly at any time. Since Proceed.app is an authoring tool, you can easily tailor your content to fit your specific needs. Additionally, you can collect insights on how your content in Proceed.app is performing so that you can adjust training to be as engaging as possible and fill gaps that might exist in your library.

Proceed.app also adds an interactive element to manufacturing training that you can’t get with an LMS. Proceed.app fosters collaboration by making it easy to invite certain employees to create content, allowing you to internally “crowdsource” content from your stakeholders.

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Don’t just tell employees what to do in a classroom – show them with video-based training on the factory floor. Click here to learn more about Proceed.app!