Automotive industry
A tier-one automotive supplier trains twice as fast
Autonomous operator training, guided in augmented reality on the real equipment.
Result: training speed doubled.
Automotive industry
New programme, wave of temporary staff: your operators ready at the workstation, in their own language.
Carmakers and suppliers: your know-how never leaves the site, with no smartphone and no cloud. Your experts pass on their skills in a few minutes, on the line; operators, temporary staff and new teams learn them hands-free, on the real equipment.
- 100% offlineNo smartphone, no cloud: your workstation instructions, settings and images stay at your site, artificial intelligence included.
- Hands-free, on the real equipmentThe instruction is displayed on the real workstation; the operator keeps both hands on the part.
- A few minutesOne minute per instruction: your experts pass on their skills without leaving the line.
Your challenges
Launching, producing, transforming, with teams that keep changing.
In the automotive industry, recruitment difficulties hold back activity, and many companies rely on apprenticeships or temporary staff.
Retirements
In the automotive industry, retirements weigh heavily in staff turnover: every year, those taking over have to be recruited and trained.
The operator’s language
IATF 16949 requires standardised work documents to be understood by operators, in their language, and available at the workstation (clause 8.5.1.2)1.
Prototypes
Vehicles and parts not yet shown to the public: their protection is subject to specific requirements, assessed under TISAX2. A photo taken on a smartphone is a photo that can get out.
Secrets to protectElectrification
The end of combustion engines affects many employees, and the battery sector has many people to train.
Temporary staff and new teams
With every wave of temporary staff and every new team, workstation training starts again, and ties up your best operators.
High staff turnoverProgramme launches
New vehicle, new line: teams must be ready at start of production, while your experts are busy industrialising.
What SHIFT89 changes
Every new operator trained at the workstation, in their own language, without tying up your experts.
100% offline
No smartphone, no cloud: your workstation instructions, settings and images never leave your site. No network for your CISO to open.
Learn moreHands-free
The instruction is displayed on the real workstation, where action is needed: the operator keeps both hands on the part and eyes on the task.
Learn moreA few minutes
Your experts pass on their skills without leaving the line: one minute per instruction, with no writing or editing.
Learn moreIn the operator’s language
In the PC application, each instruction is translated and read aloud in the operator’s language, by an AI that runs at your site; a quiz checks that they have understood.
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Use cases
From the assembly station to the programme launch.
Workstation instructions
The workstation instruction shown on the real workstation, not on a screen: the operator sees where to act, in their own language, and a quiz checks that they have understood.
Special characteristics
The points of the control plan shown where they are checked: everyone knows what matters, and why.
Batch changeover
Your best setter’s know-how, available at every changeover, for every shift.
Programme launch
New line, new vehicle: your teams trained at the pace of industrialisation, on the real equipment.
Electrification and batteries
New tasks and new risks: the tutorial prepares for and rehearses the task; it does not replace electrical authorisation.
Prototype area
Train as close as possible to the prototype, with no phone or cloud. Allowing a device with cameras into the area remains a decision for your security officer.
A fair comparison
What smartphones, tablets and the cloud impose at the workstation.
They are excellent tools. For passing on a production skill, however, they impose a few constraints, by their very nature.
- Other approachesFilming the workstation with a smartphone.In a prototype area, an image taken is an image that can get out.With SHIFT89No smartphone, no cloud.Images and tutorials stay on your devices and workstations.
- Other approachesA workstation instruction posted next to the workstation.The operator reads, turns around, looks for where to act.With SHIFT89The instruction placed on the real workstation.In their own language, both hands on the part.
- Other approachesAn online platform that translates your documents.Your work documents go through its servers.With SHIFT89Translated at your site.By an AI that runs on your computer, offline.
- Other approachesA tablet at the workstation.A screen to hold or touch, one hand fewer for the task.With SHIFT89Eyes on the task, hands on the part.Voice is enough to move forward.
What we equip
Your production system’s vocabulary.
The tutorial fits into your quality system: it shows the task at the workstation; your work documents remain the reference.
- IATF 16949
- Instructions understood by operators, in their language, available at the workstation: the spirit of clause 8.5.1.2, applied on the real equipment.
- Control plan and special characteristics
- Inspection points shown where they matter.
- APQP
- Team training prepared during industrialisation, ready for start of production.
- Process FMEA
- Identified risks become points of attention shown at the workstation.
- SMED and OEE
- The expert’s batch changeover, available to every shift.
- 8D
- After an incident, the right procedure shown again at the workstation in a few minutes, to every shift.
- Workstation instructions
- Shown on the real workstation, in each person’s language, and checked with a quiz.
- TISAX and prototype protection
- No data held by the software publisher, no cloud. Using a device with cameras remains subject to your security officer’s approval.
Our hardware advice
The right hardware for your workshop, not the latest fashion.
As former industry professionals, we advise you as we would have advised ourselves: the device suited to your workshop, your protective equipment and your budget. Only solutions proven in real conditions.
PPE and line speed
A device that can be worn with your protective equipment, at the pace of the line, not just in a demo room.
Protected areas
In a prototype area, the use of a device with cameras is a matter for your security officer. As everything runs offline, approval is easier to obtain; we help you prepare it.
Your CISO
No network to open, no online account: the recommended device works offline, like the rest of the solution.
Budget and number of workstations
The right number of devices, of the right model, for your lines and teams, without oversizing.
Turnkey: we configure each device and fit it with the necessary accessories, so that it works in your environment and with your constraints. What we prepare
Works on: Microsoft HoloLens 2, Arvicom CART-S, Samsung Galaxy XR, VITURE Luma Ultra XR, XREAL Aura and VIVE Eagle, and soon Arvicom CART-3D. Your content does not depend on a device.
Measured results
What our deployments have measured.
Measured in our deployments, at a tier-one automotive supplier: training twice as fast, autonomously.
- × 2Train twice as fast, autonomouslyMeasured in our deployments, at a tier-one automotive supplier
- ÷ 5Trainers and mentors tied up5 times fewer, measured in our deployments
- 1 minTo create an instructionBy the expert, on the real equipment, with no writing or editing (measured in our deployments)
- +90%RetentionAccording to our method, validated by 5 industrial PhD theses
Industrial research
A boiler manufacturing plant: the method evaluated against Guides
Our method stems from work carried out with Institut Mines-Télécom in a boiler manufacturing plant. It was compared with Microsoft Dynamics 365 Guides.
Result: a study published at IEEE ISMAR 2022, the leading international conference on augmented reality.
They trust us
- A tier-one automotive supplier
- A food industry manufacturer
- A manufacturer of measuring instruments
- A manufacturer of industrial components
For confidentiality, we only name a customer with their written consent.
Former industry professionals, for industry
Every second counts.
We built the tool we dreamed of having when we worked in industry: a tool that respects your teams’ time and the reality of the line. Every unnecessary click is lost productivity.
Funding and procurement
Simple purchasing.
An off-the-shelf solution, on quotation. It is up to the buyer to qualify their purchase, according to the rules that apply to them.
Licences on quotation
One licence per device, glasses or headset, with volume discounts, and one licence for the PC application. Your choice: annual licences, multi-year licences or licences for the lifetime of the hardware. A quotation based on your project.
Do you have HoloLens 2 headsets?
Your existing headsets remain in use, including after Dynamics 365 Guides.
After GuidesOne day to get started
A one-hour scoping session by video call, one day on site with up to 8 of your experts, then standard project management. Additional support days when your project requires them.
Frequently asked questions
Your questions.
In a prototype area, can we use glasses with cameras?
That is a decision for your security officer. Everything runs offline and no data goes to the software publisher: approval is easier to obtain, and we help you prepare it.
Can the instruction be in each operator’s language?
Yes. Each instruction is translated and read aloud in the operator’s language, by an AI that runs on your computer, offline. A quiz checks that it has been understood.
Does the tutorial replace our workstation instructions?
No. Your work documents remain the reference of your quality system. The tutorial shows them on the real workstation, where action is needed.
The line changes often. Do we have to redo everything?
No. An instruction can be updated in a few minutes, by your expert, on the equipment or in the PC application.
Does our CISO need to open the network?
No. No connection is required, whether to create, to learn or to track learners. Nothing is hosted by SHIFT89.
We use HoloLens 2. What happens after Dynamics 365 Guides?
Guides ends on 31 December 2026, but your HoloLens 2 devices do not: they stay in service with SHIFT89. And your content does not depend on one device: other glasses and headsets are compatible.
Sources
- IATF 16949:2016, requirement 8.5.1.2 “Standardized work – operator instructions and visual standards” (paid standard, no online version)
- VDA, minimum requirements for prototype protection in the automotive industry — www.vda.de/en/news/publications/publication/minimum-requirements-for-prototype-protection-in-the-german-automotive-industry (new window) (consulted on 26/10/2026)
Your next launch, with teams that are ready.
A 30-minute to 2-hour demo, at one of your workstations.
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