Customer story

Cash-Wa Direct

How Cash-Wa Direct cut training time in half with a system that tracks comprehension

Cash-Wa Direct sells restaurant supplies to the public, restaurants, and other organizations across 4 US stores. Shawn Emery, Director of Retail Stores, needed to move training from a hands-on manual process to a system that tracks comprehension.
4
Stores across the US
50%
Onboarding time cut
50%
Training development time cut

The challenge

Cash-Wa Direct created training materials often, but had no reliable way to know if employees were viewing them, completing them, or understanding the content. Without a way to track completion or check understanding, training was guesswork.

Before implementing Whale, our biggest frustration was with training. We’d create documents for our team, but had no reliable way to track if employees were actually viewing them, completing them, or understanding the content.
Shawn Emery
Director of Retail Stores
Before Whale
No way to tell if employees viewed the training
No way to track who completed it
No way to check whether the content was understood
Onboarding ran on days of hands-on orientation
After Whale
New hires review docs and videos before they hit the floor
Quizzes confirm the training actually landed
Reporting shows who has and has not completed assignments
Onboarding time cut in half

The solution

How Whale solved it

With Whale, new employees review documents and videos on their own before they start on the floor, coming to the team only with specific questions. That cut out days of hands-on orientation, and the team can now track and improve its training.

Whale has cut our onboarding time in half. New employees can independently review documents and videos, coming to us only with specific questions. This eliminates the need for days of hands-on orientation.
Shawn Emery
Director of Retail Stores

The results

Onboarding time halved

New hires get up to speed in half the time, reviewing material on their own before the floor.

Less time building training

The time spent developing and uploading training material dropped by half.

Comprehension you can verify

Quizzes and reporting confirm training landed, so the team can evaluate and improve it.