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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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Cashwa Direct

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 Stores

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