Poka App vs Intertek Alchemy

Poka helps manufacturers drive performance by empowering frontline workers with the knowledge and tools they need to do their jobs efficiently and effectively, and contribute to continuous improvement. Our worker performance app combines digital content, communication, collaboration and skills management capabilities into a single integrated platform, enabling workers to learn, solve problems and share knowledge in real-time, on the factory floor. Poka is trusted by digital manufacturing leaders including Bosch, Kraft, Danone, Mars, Black & Decker, and ABB.

The Intertek Alchemy mobile app provides access to Alchemy Coach and Alchemy Playbook, which are on-the-floor extensions of your Alchemy Training System. ALCHEMY COACH Validate your people, equipment, and processes are doing exactly what they should be, all while fostering engagement between supervisors and employees. Use Alchemy’s pre-built Observations for coaching on safety, GMPs, and SOPs – or create your own site-specific Observations to verify compliance to established protocols. You can use Alchemy Coach to: >> Validate training is being correctly applied on the floor – with digital signatures. >> Provide supervisors corrective action blueprints to ensure accuracy. >> Ensure consistency across all lines, shifts, and locations. >> Digitally document on-the-floor behaviors and corrective actions. >> Digitize and easily document all internal auditing and control monitoring activities. ALCHEMY PLAYBOOK Streamline your operations with job-specific training, validation, and resourcing on the floor. Alchemy Playbook is an advanced solution for on-the-job training (OJT) and job qualifications. On-the-Job Training With Alchemy Playbook as your OJT app, you can: >> Easily create task-specific training using video and photos directly within the app. >> Add task-specific instructions and quizzes to turn the video and photos into a course. >> Deliver OJT on the floor, right where the work will be performed for greater understanding and retention. >> Ensure OJT is consistent, preventing shortcuts and misinformation from spreading. >> Digitize SOPs and turn them into courses with comprehension documented. >> Promptly access reference materials during routine maintenance and emergencies. Job Qualifications and Skills Tracking With Alchemy Playbook’s job qualification engine, you can: >> Establish what training and observation criteria are required for an employee to be qualified to perform a specific job or process. >> Instantly see which employees are qualified to perform tasks in your facility. >> Quickly re-allocate workers as needed to avoid costly downtime. >> Proactively identify skills/positions needing more qualified workers. >> Track employee progress toward learning new skills and job qualifications. The Intertek Alchemy app is designed for use by our clients, and your organization must authorize your access to this app and provide you credentials. You will only have access to the features your company has licensed. Not all Intertek Alchemy solutions are present in this mobile app.