The knowledge base module in the noSilo Management System is designed for responsibly managing the organization’s know-how. The application allows you to store all important information in one database and distribute it among authorised employees.

Stop limiting yourself to standard text instructions. Use different formats, such as video or graphic presentations, to make it easier for employees to understand and remember the material.

• Document
• Video
• E-learning (SCORM standard)
• E-learning (built-in H5P presentation creator)
• Checklist (for onboarding, on-the-job training, and internal exams)
• Test
• Training with a tutor (creating, assigning trainers, creating dates, assigning employees to selected dates, checking attendance, and confirming completion)
• External requirements (medical examinations, data from training brokers or external trainers that is possible to import from a spreadsheet file)

• Involve employees in creating training content.
• Use the knowledge of experienced operators to build understandable guides.
• Create a structured and transparent database of documents, materials, and instructions available on computers and mobile devices.
• To post materials to the system, use an easy-to-use and intuitive IT tool.
• Build a database of good practices based on short instructional videos.
• To facilitate management and movement around the factory, map the machinery and organizational structure.

• Share access to current information thanks to the “News” module, visible after logging in.
• Provide the most important information, personalizing it according to the position and device on which the selected employee works.
• Assign tasks, view employee comments, and check progress.
• Improve group communication and information exchange in all factory work areas, such as the line, department, factory, or project teams.

• Provide new employees with easy-to-learn training materials created intuitively by experienced colleagues, not external specialists. 
• Reduce the number of hours spent by more experienced employees training new people.
• Use training checklists to observe the knowledge level of new employees.
• Assign training surveys to employees to confirm training completion.
• Assign training completion surveys to managers, making it easy for leaders to review employee progress on time.
• Optimise the scope and form of training based on a periodic analysis of the results of training surveys.

• Create comprehensive employee onboarding programmes.
• Collect all requirements, documentation, and validation tests for a given process in one training programme variant.
• Prepare dedicated learning paths, organise the process of acquiring knowledge about specific processes, and make it easier for employees to understand them.
• Verify employees’ knowledge after mastering each programme with tests, surveys, and checklists.

Provide employees with easily digestible knowledge

• Ensure that all employees can fully engage in work with equal access to accumulated knowledge.

• Make it easier to understand the correct implementation of processes by using visual forms of on-the-job instructions.

• Enhance communication by providing access to current information contained in the „News” tab.

Eliminate information silos

• Retain knowledge in the company by collecting knowledge acquired over the years by experienced employees.

• Eliminate the risk of losing important information due to personnel changes.

• Improve the quality of work and employee efficiency thanks to the collected tips.

• Secure access to confidential documents and provide appropriate information to authorised persons.

Improve and standardise the onboarding process

• Use the knowledge base to create onboarding standards.

• Provide new employees with easy and quick access to understandable instructions prepared by experienced colleagues.

• Limit the need for physical contact to clarify doubts about how to complete a task.

• Speed up the achievement of intended efficiency by new employees thanks to the guide available at the application level.

Increase business efficiency

• Use the knowledge base to improve the quality and efficiency of employees’ work.

• Save time for both new and experienced employees by eliminating time-consuming training.

• Use employee initiatives and tips to optimise processes.

• Increase your enterprise’s OEE by avoiding repeatable errors and reducing the time needed to resolve them.

Verify and enforce employee knowledge levels

• Regularly check employees’ knowledge and make sure they use available information in practice.

• Appreciate employees who are committed to finding effective solutions to problems and willing to share their knowledge.

• Use the history of employee activity in the process of building a knowledge base to make objective decisions during periodic evaluations or internal promotions.