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In-plant personnel training, en masse
Alchemy gives processors a much needed tool for implementing good
food safety practices on the front lines
One of the things an employer
must do with its employees is train
them. And with stringent regulations
and market demands, the meat
industry continues to press for new
ways to train production workers
more efﬁciently and effectively. New
demands make it imperative to both
verify and validate that the training has
occurred and the material retained.
Alchemy is dedicated to solving this
problem by combining technology
and multimedia into a single training
solution called SISTEM™.

the average worker
is comfortable.
The nature of
SISTEM™ requires
that students
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pay attention to
the training, and
because our courses
are developed in
multiple languages,
the training is
consistent for all
employees.
Most employees do not like to
sit through training, especially that
which has been mandated. So how
do workers respond to SISTEM™
training? In a survey of 600 workers,
over 90% said they hope that

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Texas Workforce Commission
by the non-proﬁt Food Training
Institute (see accompanying chart).

WHAT IS SISTEM™?
INDUSTRY BEST PRACTICE
SISTEM™ is a group-based training
"The content of the media
platform that allows for the training
is targeted to a workforce
of up to 32 people at a time with the
demographic that doesn't
use of clicker devices.
assume English
All training records are
proﬁciency, may
automatically uploaded
not have extensive
ECONOMIC BENEFITS TO EMPLOYERS
to the web-based
formal education
Turnover rate reduction
14%
learning management
and may not fully
Increase in worker satisfaction
28%
system at the end of
be prepared for
Improvement in worker-manager relationships
33%
each training session,
an increasingly
Decrease in incidents of worker injury
14%
and maintained in
regulated and
Decrease in reportable food product safety incidents
21%
a secure, auditable
computerized
web database.
workplace,"
Decrease in overall production costs
12%
Client companies
says David Perl,
Increase in operating margins
13%
have complete and
chief operating
Increase in worker productivity
24%
immediate access to all
ofﬁcer. "In today's
Decrease in incidence of sexual harrassment
47%
training and compliance
environment, it's
records.
essential that
food industry
SISTEM™ would be used for all future employers maintain a highly
INDUSTRY DEVELOPED
company training. Ninety-six percent
COURSES
trained workforce to help prevent
(96%) said that SISTEM™ helped
Alchemy's courses are recognized
foodborne illness and product
them learn to do their jobs more
as the most engaging in the industry.
recalls. SISTEM™ has established
safely. This high level of acceptance by itself as a best practice in the
The reason is two-fold: our approach
workers helps assure that compliance industry for verifying and validating
to the content, and the delivery
goals are met. This was conﬁrmed
platform. Alchemy writes our courses
critical skills training for in-plant
recently in a report prepared for the
in a style, language and level at which
personnel."

ALCHEMY
ALCHEMY
For more information on SISTEM™ contact us
toll free at 1-888-988-8832 or at sales@AlchemySystems.com.
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