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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.
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
We reuse your library — it lowers content build cost.
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 inputs Manufacturing & Industrial· 2,400 employees· 38% turnover· $52,000 avg salary· 40 hrs training/yr· 62% automatable· 3 languages Edit 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 inputs Manufacturing & Industrial· 2,400 employees· 62% automatable· 3 languages· 35% non-native· 8% retention lift Edit 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
$0
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
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