
Customer story
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.
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Results at a glance
50%
Onboarding time cut
4
Stores across the US
Days
Of orientation removed
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 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.
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.
Before and after Whale
Before Whale: No way to tell if employees viewed the training
After Whale: New hires review docs and videos before they hit the floor
Before Whale: No way to track who completed it
After Whale: Quizzes confirm the training actually landed
Before Whale: No way to check whether the content was understood
After Whale: Reporting shows who has and has not completed assignments
Before Whale: Onboarding ran on days of hands-on orientation
After Whale: Onboarding time cut in half
Customer proof
“Whale has cut our onboarding time in half.”
Shawn Emery · Director of Retail StoresKey features used
The parts of Whale doing the heavy lifting.
Quizzes
Quizzes confirm employees understood the material, replacing the guesswork of assuming training landed.
Learn moreStep Recorder
Step Recorder documents every click and navigation path into step-by-step instructions, cutting the time to create training material.
Learn moreReporting
Reporting shows who has and has not completed their assignments, giving the team the accountability data it needed.
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