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Business Case for the Equipment Owner/Operator

How your people operate your equipment has, without a doubt, the greatest impact on your operating costs. The data clearly shows that good operators run their machines more productively, and at reduced cost, because they understand their machines better. That means knowing how to maximize production without "over application" and abuse.

And that's why "getting" good operators is key to making your business better.

But you're not in the training business, so why bother with a "training" simulator?

The fact is, Simlog's new Personal Simulators are really management tools, providing truly cost-effective simulator-based value. Practically, they will help you "get" good operators in the following seven ways:

1. Make better hiring decisions. How? By double-checking that the new people you hire are sufficiently qualified. (Remember: you can't "train your way" out of a bad hire.) This becomes easy to do by double-checking skill at their simulation results against benchmarks established by your best operators. (Remember that everyone at the simulator does the very same simulated work.) The fact is, many contractors only add people when there's work for them to do, so there's an ongoing need for this double-checking.




2. Improve promotion from within by using your simulator to pre-screen trainees for operator potential. (Studies show that up to 30% don't have enough "aptitude" to become really proficient once training ends.) The fact is, it's important to give everyone the same training opportunity. But it's absolutely essential to only train people with sufficient operator potential. (Otherwise, you're just not using your training budget wisely.)




3. Make the training at the controls of your heavy equipment safer. How ? By providing a "virtual seat" for the drill-and-practice needed to acquire the necessary muscle memory and gain self-confidence. Remember too that fewer mistakes in the field means less wear-and-tear on your iron, since the "accidents" now happen on the simulator.




4. Make the training at the controls of your heavy equipment faster. The fact is, your machines are busy working every day, so making them available for training is very hard, and very costly, to do. But with Simlog's "virtual seat", people become familiar with the operator controls and learn key core skills in a simulated world first. Then when they "graduate" to the real work, they'll reach your proficiency targets sooner! (You can even "tune" certain parameters to make your Personal Simulator behave more like your equipment.)




5. Bring your training back to where it belongs, in house. The fact is, having your own simulator means that real training help is always available to address your "just in time" needs when an operator leaves to work elsewhere, or is injured and must be replaced. Look to the same Simlog help to promote "cross training", so that operators can be readier when they need to step in. Remember that with Simlog, your employees will be learning the right way to do things, thanks to best practices input from our OEM partners and training professionals.




6. Help your operators "refresh" their skills. At many companies, people aren't at the controls every day, so Simlog products can help them regain confidence in their operating abilities in a "just in time" way. Such skills "refreshing" is also important for people who are cross-training, or getting ready to step in while your regular operators are elsewhere e.g. on vacation.




7. Give your company new visibility in your community at regional events, even job fairs, with a unique simulator-based presence. And by showcasing special such "credentials", there will be new people knocking on your door looking for work.

But isn't "training" simulation too expensive? Not any more, thanks to Simlog. Begin with our simulator "ingredients", add your own PC, and then get to work! Some customers have even created their own operator chairs.

There's no need to stand around and watch the simulator-based work, because everything is automatically saved on your PC. It's easy to keep track of the simulation results, and develop your own simulator-based benchmarks! And you can even pass along those benchmarks to other corporate offices, to ensure that everywhere everyone is using the same standards.

Questions? Just contact Simlog!