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FREE TRAINING COST AUDIT

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Step 1 · Inputs

Start with your industry

Pick your industry and everything below is pre-filled from our benchmark database. Adjust only what you need — power-user constants are tucked away for the skeptics.

Industry

Searchable · 70+ industries · selecting one pre-fills every benchmark below

Workforce

Total employees2,400

Typical for your industry: Mid-market deployments: 500–5,000

Annual turnover38%

Typical for your industry: 30–45%

Avg. base salary — trainable staff$52,000

Typical for your industry: $45K–$62K

Mix: Operators 70% $45K · Technicians 20% $65K · Supervisors 10% $95K

Payroll charges & benefits22%

Typical for your industry: QC/CA ~22% · US ~22% direct (~49% fully-loaded)

Number of languages3

Typical for your industry: 2–3 on the floor is typical

% of non-native speakersif languages > 135%

Typical for your industry: 25–45% (BLS foreign-born labor stats)

Training hrs / employee / yr40 hrs

Typical for your industry: 30–50h

% of training automatable62%

Typical for your industry: Weighted avg of categories below · Industry typical: 55–70%

Expected turnover reduction / retention lift8%

Typical for your industry: Defensible 5–15% (SHRM, Work Institute) · 8% is conservative

Hiring

Current onboarding time3 mo

Typical for your industry: 2–4 mo

Time to fill a position42 days

Typical for your industry: 35–50 days (SHRM 2024 average: 42)

% of vacancy days covered75%

Typical for your industry: Industry default: 75% · The rest = backlog / work not done

All values shown are the Manufacturing & Industrial benchmarks.↺ Reset to benchmarks

Active frameworks

Compliance45%

weight 25% of hours

Benchmark: 45%

reset to benchmark

Role-specific70%

weight 40% of hours

Benchmark: 70%

reset to benchmark

Professional65%

weight 15% of hours

Benchmark: 65%

reset to benchmark

Leadership35%

weight 10% of hours

Benchmark: 35%

reset to benchmark

Other60%

weight 10% of hours

Benchmark: 60%

reset to benchmark

Has existing video training

We reuse your library — it lowers content build cost.

Has content library subscriptions (LinkedIn Learning, Udemy…)

Counted at ~$50/emp/yr in your current spend.

Every constant ships at its industry benchmark — overrides are highlighted and listed in your PDF.↺ Reset all overrides

Your inputsManufacturing & Industrial· 2,400 employees· 38% turnover· $52,000 avg salary· 40 hrs training/yr· 62% automatable· 3 languagesEdit inputs

Step 2 · Your actual cost of training

What you spend today — 12 buckets

$2.4M – $2.7M / year

Cost breakdown

Selected: Onboarding ramp loss

Your inputsManufacturing & Industrial· 2,400 employees· 62% automatable· 3 languages· 35% non-native· 8% retention liftEdit inputs

Step 3 · Savings with TalentED

What TalentED recovers — 12 levers

$1.9M – $2.2M / year recoverable

Savings breakdown

Selected: Onboarding ramp

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Step 4 · Summary & report

The executive recap — and your report

Your full audit condensed to four numbers, ready to take with you.

Recovered training spend

78^%

of what you currently spend on training is recoverable with TalentED, at your inputs.

Annual cost of training

$2.4M – $2.7M

12 buckets · midpoint $2.6M

Recoverable / year

$1.9M – $2.2M

10 levers · midpoint $2.0M

Recoverable / employee / yr

across your workforce · your model

Recoverable share of annual cost

$1.9M–$2.2M recoverable · 78%$2.4M–$2.7M total cost

Your numbers · your formulas · your sources

Your full audit, ready to share

Everything you just walked through — all 12 cost buckets, 10 savings levers, drill-downs, hypotheses, overridden constants and source citations — compiled into a board-ready PDF with your exact inputs.

✓ Cost & savings breakdowns with every formula shown

✓ Low/high ranges, upside scenarios flagged separately

✓ Your power-user overrides, listed against benchmarks

✓ Source list: ATD, BLS JOLTS, SHRM, Brandon Hall, Forrester TEI

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Training Cost Audit · Manufacturing

78% recoverable

$2.4M–$2.7M annual cost · $1.9M–$2.2M recoverable · payback ~3.4 mo