Workforce Readiness Platform

Know who's ready.
Prove it in seconds.

Manufacturing Made Simple shows you who's qualified to run every role, against your real requirements, and turns audit prep into a one-click export. Built for the plant floor, not the back office.

Built for the plant floor · ISO 9001 & IATF 16949 audit-ready by design
Workforce Readiness · Ridgeline Metal Products
74Ready
105Ready · qualified on assigned roles
23Nearly ready · one gap away
14Not ready · missing requirements
Skill coverage · by role × critical skill
Press Brake CNC Mill Weld Cell 3 Assembly
The 4 p.m. problem

The questions your spreadsheet can't answer fast enough.

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Dave's out sick. Who else is qualified to run the press brake on nights?

The answer lives in one person's head, or three tabs of a workbook nobody trusts.

coverage risk
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Frank retires Friday. What walks out the door with him?

Tribal knowledge isn't tracked until it's gone, and by then it's a hiring problem.

knowledge loss
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The auditor is here. Prove everyone on Line 3 was qualified last March.

Two files both named FINAL, and no way to show status as of a date.

audit exposure
What "readiness" actually means

Not "did they take the course."
"Do they meet the role."

Every role on your floor has real requirements: skills, certifications, sign-offs, at a minimum proficiency. MMS compares each person against those requirements continuously and gives you one honest answer: Ready, Nearly Ready, or Not Ready.

No black-box score. Every status is one tap from the exact gap behind it.

Ready · meets every requirement Nearly ready · one gap away Not ready · missing requirements
Press Brake OperatorMarcus B. · Line 3 · Nights
Not ready
Press Brake OperationQualified
Blueprint ReadingQualified
Lockout / Tagout CertificationCurrent
Quality Inspection Sign-offAttested
The product

One screen answers the question every plant asks daily.

Skills, training, certifications and sign-offs, resolved against role requirements, for a person, a role, a department, or a shift.

Readiness Dashboard · Fabrication · All shifts
Readiness heatmap · role × skill
Press Brake CNC Mill Weld Cell Assembly Inspection
Needs attention
3 certifications expiringwithin 30 days
7 training assignmentsoverdue this week
Weld Cell 3single qualified operator
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Every number is transparent

Tap the readiness score and see the exact people and gaps behind it. No black box.

02

The heatmap is the brand

Green, amber, red: always paired with an icon and label, legible on a floor tablet with gloves on.

03

Cross-training, surfaced

See who's "nearly ready" for a critical role, so one call-out never stops the line.

From spreadsheet to system

Live within a week. Four steps.

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Bring your messiest spreadsheet

Import your existing training matrix, even the ugly one. We map columns to people, skills, and statuses. You review before anything goes live.

CSV import · validated
2

Define what each role requires

Set the skills, certifications, and minimum proficiency each role needs. This is the flagship: a real standard of "qualified," not a guess.

Role Requirements Engine
3

Watch readiness light up

MMS computes Ready / Nearly Ready / Not Ready across every person, role, department and shift, instantly, and keeps it current.

real-time heatmap
4

Export audit evidence on demand

One click produces a dated, signed evidence package an auditor can accept, including status as of any past date.

one-click evidence
Prove it in seconds

Audit prep, from a two-week project to a two-minute export.

Auditors ask a specific question: was this person qualified on this date? MMS answers it, with grant dates, expiries, attesters, and evidence files, in a package you hand over directly.

See it on your data →
Evidence PackageLine 3 · as of 2025-03-14
✓ Ready to export
Training history · 18 employeesPDF + CSV
Qualifications · grant & expiry dateswith attester
Certifications · evidence files attached12 files
SOP acknowledgments · by versionimmutable
Point-in-time status · March 14, 2025verified
What makes it different

We don't replace your ERP, MES, or LMS. We make their outcomes operational.

CapabilityExcel & PaperLMSERP moduleMESMMS
Full support Partial Not available

Keep your LMS for e-learning. MMS is where its outcomes become operational readiness, answering the one question every plant asks daily: who is ready to do what, right now?

Free · 60 seconds · instant score

What's your workforce readiness score?

Five questions. See exactly where your operation is exposed, before an auditor, or an incident, does.

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Five questions, about 60 seconds. Your score and breakdown appear on screen as soon as you finish.

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Question 1 of 520%
Your workforce readiness score

Ready to close these gaps?

We are onboarding a small founding cohort of manufacturers as design partners: shape the product, get white-glove setup, and lock in founding pricing.

Join the Founding Partner Waitlist

Become a founding design partner.

We're building this with a small group of manufacturers who are tired of guessing who's qualified. Bring your messiest spreadsheet to the call, and we'll import it live while you watch.

One 20-minute call with someone who knows manufacturing.