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.
Industry
Departures, recruitment, temporary staff: the know-how stays in the plant.
Production, maintenance, lockout, quality: your experts pass on their hands-on skills in a few minutes, on the real equipment; your operators learn them on their own, guided in augmented reality. No cloud, no account, no network.
Your challenges
Recruit, train, retain the skill.
One million retirements are expected in industry by 20301. Your experts’ know-how must stay, and your newcomers must become autonomous quickly.
Difficult recruitment
In 2026, 43.8% of recruitment projects are considered difficult, rising to 80.6% for machining equipment operation2.
Profiles to train faster
In 2025, 74% of recruiters facing shortages accepted less experienced candidates2: they need to be made autonomous at the workstation.
Temporary and seasonal workers
110,000 to 120,000 temporary workers are employed in the metalworking industry3. With every new arrival, everything starts again, sometimes in another language.
High staff turnoverRare tasks
A significant share of machine-related accidents happen during maintenance, cleaning and adjustment4: precisely the tasks that are rarely performed.
Know-how to protect
Your processes and settings are your advantage: they have no business being in a cloud.
100% offlineYour industry
The words and challenges of each sector.
Mechanical engineering, machining and metalworking
Machining, setting, boilermaking, welding, foundry: your experts’ knack, passed on at the machine before they leave.
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Format changeover, cleaning, adjustment: the task learnt on the line, hands free and clean, without your recipes leaving the plant.
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Carmakers and suppliers: the instruction at the workstation, in the operator’s language, with no smartphone or cloud.
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Production and Part-145 maintenance: ramp up production with no tablet in the area and no data leaving the site.
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Rolling stock maintenance: the inspection followed on the vehicle itself, both hands free for the tool, with no network to open at the maintenance depot.
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Shipbuilding, through-life support (MCO) and ship repair: train on the quayside as well as on board, with no network and no data held by the software vendor.
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Nuclear, power grids, hydropower: prepare the intervention on the equipment, with nothing leaving the site.
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Pharmaceuticals, bioproduction, medical devices: tasks learnt on the real equipment, before entering the controlled area, without any cloud.
Read the pageChemicals and process industries
Lockout, hot work permits, workshop maintenance: operating procedures passed on before people leave, kept on site.
Read the pageLuxury and fine crafts
Leather goods, crystal, perfumes: skills of excellence, passed on without the know-how leaving the house.
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Boards, sub-assemblies, semiconductors: precise tasks and sensitive programmes, passed on without any connection.
Read the pagePlastics and composites
Press setting, composite processing: your setters’ know-how, passed on at the machine.
Read the pageWater and environment
Water plants, treatment stations, sorting centres: critical facilities and teams to be trained on site.
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What SHIFT89 changes
Offline, hands-free, on the real equipment.
100% offline
No cloud, no account, no network: your processes, your settings, your know-how never leave your site.
Learn moreHands-free
Both hands on the equipment, not on a tablet: an instruction placed on the machine gets followed; an instruction on a screen has to be looked for.
Learn moreA few minutes
Your experts have no time: one minute per instruction, at the machine, with no writing or editing.
Learn moreOffline AI
Temporary, seasonal and multilingual teams: everyone gets the instruction in their own language, without any connection.
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Use cases
From the production workstation to maintenance.
Maintenance
The expert’s procedure, available right at the machine, even for a rare intervention.
Settings and format changeovers
The expert’s setting, available at every changeover, for every shift.
Quality
Key points of attention shown where they matter, checked with a quiz.
Onboarding newcomers
Temporary and seasonal workers, apprentices, new hires: autonomous faster, without tying up a mentor for every arrival.
Designed by industry people, for industry people
Every second counts.
As former industry professionals, we built the tool we dreamed of having: a tool that respects your teams’ time and the reality of the shop floor.
What we equip
Shop-floor vocabulary.
The tutorial fits into your practices: it guides the task; it replaces neither your reference procedures nor authorisations.
- Lockout and lockout removal
- Each step in the right place, in the right order, before touching anything.
- Format changeover and SMED
- The expert’s setting available at every changeover, for all shifts.
- TPM and 5S
- The upkeep and housekeeping tasks entrusted to operators, shown on the machine.
- OEE
- The right action at the right time, so as not to lose availability on a poorly mastered setting.
- Electrical authorisation
- The tutorial prepares for and rehearses the procedure; it does not replace the authorisation, which is issued by the employer.
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 workshop
Wearing with your protective equipment, dust, noise, light: the device has to cope with your workshop, not just a demo room.
The operating range
Temperature, lighting, explosive atmosphere zones: every device has its limits. We tell you before, not after.
Budget and number of workstations
The right number of devices, of the right model, for your workstations 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.
- × 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)
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.
Funding and procurement
Simple purchasing.
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.
One 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.
Do you have HoloLens 2 headsets?
Your existing headsets remain in use, including after Dynamics 365 Guides.
After GuidesFrequently asked questions
Your questions.
Our procedures are confidential. What does SHIFT89 see?
Nothing. Everything runs offline, on your devices and workstations: SHIFT89 hosts none of your data.
Our experts don’t have time. How long does it take?
One minute per instruction, a few minutes for a tutorial, at the machine. No writing, no filming, no mandatory editing.
Are we ready for augmented reality?
Yes. The tool requires no IT skills: a one-hour scoping video call, one day on site with your trainers, then standard project management. The further you are from digital, the more you stand to gain.
Our temporary workers speak several languages. What can we do?
The instruction is translated and read aloud in each person’s language, by an artificial intelligence running on your computer.
Can the glasses be used everywhere in the plant?
Not with every device: temperature, lighting, explosive atmosphere zones, each device has its operating range. Before any project, we tell you what is possible at your workstations.
Are device cameras a problem in protected areas?
In a restricted area or 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.
Sources
- Feuille de route nationale pour l’emploi et l’attractivité dans l’industrie (April 2026); overview: Le Journal des Entreprises, 21/04/2026 — www.lejournaldesentreprises.com/article/le-gouvernement-devoile-une-feuille-de-route-pour-accelerer-les-recrutements-dans-lindustrie-2141471 (new window) (consulted on 26/10/2026)
- France Travail, Besoins en main-d’œuvre 2026 survey (published on 21/04/2026) and BMO 2026 open data — www.francetravail.fr/candidat/decouvrir-le-marche-du-travail/besoins-en-main-doeuvre.html (new window) (consulted on 26/10/2026)
- Observatoire de la métallurgie, recruitment outlook (September 2024) — www.observatoire-metallurgie.fr/sites/default/files/2024-10/obsm_prospective_recrutement-221024-v3_pap.pdf (new window) (consulted on 26/10/2026)
- INRS, “Machines : ce qu’il faut retenir” (12/10/2022) — www.inrs.fr/risques/machines/ce-qu-il-faut-retenir.html (new window) (consulted on 26/10/2026)
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