--- title: How an LMS Can Promote Safety and Productivity as Your Manufacturing Employees Return to Work description: COVID-19 has put the health of many frontline manufacturing employees in danger. 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[Technology](https://www.topyx.com/technology-training) - [Plans](https://www.topyx.com/lms-solutions) - [LMS Pricing](https://www.topyx.com/lms-pricing/) - [TOPYX Elements](https://www.topyx.com/topyx-elements) - [TOPYX Essentials](https://www.topyx.com/topyx-essentials) - [TOPYX Expanded](https://www.topyx.com/topyx-expanded) - [TOPYX Enterprise](https://www.topyx.com/topyx-enterprise) - Resources - [eLearning Resources](https://www.topyx.com/elearning-resources) - [Videos](https://www.topyx.com/videos) - [FAQ](https://www.topyx.com/lms-benefits/faq/) - [ROI Calculator](https://info.topyx.com/roi-calculator) - [Customer Stories](https://www.topyx.com/customer-success-stories) - [COVID-19 Resources](https://www.topyx.com/online-learning-resources-covid19) - [Blog](https://www.topyx.com/lms-blog) - ![Search Icon](https://www.topyx.com/hubfs/loupe-1.png) - [Request a Demo](https://www.topyx.com/request-a-demo/) [eLearning LMS](https://www.topyx.com/lms-blog/tag/elearning-lms), [Manufacturing](https://www.topyx.com/lms-blog/tag/manufacturing), [COVID-19](https://www.topyx.com/lms-blog/tag/covid-19) # How an LMS Can Promote Safety and Productivity as Your Manufacturing Employees Return to Work by [Debbie Williams](https://www.topyx.com/lms-blog/author/debbie-williams) on July 16, 2020 Manufacturing companies have played a key role throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. However, unlike professionals from other sectors, frontline manufacturing workers are unable to work from home. For this reason, leaders of manufacturing companies must take special precautions to ensure the safety of their employees.  “The most critical focus for every (manufacturing) organization is to keep employees safe in an environment where repeated outbreaks are a persistent threat,” stated McKinsey and Company.1 By using the right online learning technology, manufacturing plants can simultaneously keep employees safe and foster productivity through [manufacturer training](https://www.topyx.com/manufacturer-training) programs. [![Check out our comprehensive list of helpful COVID-19 eLearning resources](https://no-cache.hubspot.com/cta/default/3844305/0b12ac7b-4f44-4982-a810-6a7b65b24b9b.png)](https://cta-redirect.hubspot.com/cta/redirect/3844305/0b12ac7b-4f44-4982-a810-6a7b65b24b9b) ![COVID-19 has put the health of many frontline manufacturing employees in danger. Here are a few ways companies can protect staff while promoting productivity. ](https://www.topyx.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Stock%20images/Portrait%20of%20mature%20metal%20worker%20standing%20in%20workshop.jpeg?width=600&name=Portrait%20of%20mature%20metal%20worker%20standing%20in%20workshop.jpeg) ## 3 ways to ensure the safety and performance of your manufacturing teams during the COVID-19 pandemic 1. Offer COVID-19 compliance courses for workers The COVID-19 pandemic is changing the type of compliance training manufacturing organizations must offer their frontline workers. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention maintains updated COVID-19 safety standards for these organizations. By keeping these standards and suggestions in mind when creating [compliance training](https://www.topyx.com/lms-blog/lms-for-compliance-training), L&D staff and compliance officers will help keep workers well-informed about how to stay as healthy at work as possible during the coronavirus crisis. Training designers can make these compliance courses more effective by building knowledge checks into them. Companies should also work with state and local public health officials when developing coronavirus-related compliance training. **Related Reading: [What Exactly is an LMS?](https://www.topyx.com/lms-blog/what-is-an-lms)** 2. Create a COVID-19 Assessment and Control Plan The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is also a great resource for creating a [COVID-19 Assessment and Control Plan](https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/community/guidance-manufacturing-workers-employers.html#create-assessment-plan), which can help manufacturing companies prevent or slow the spread of the coronavirus.  “A qualified workplace coordinator should be identified who will be responsible for COVID-19 assessment and control planning,” stated the CDC. “All workers in the facility should know how to contact the identified coordinator with any COVID-19 concerns. Infection control and occupational safety and health plans should apply to anyone entering or working in the plant (e.g., all facility workers, contractors, and others).” A COVID-19 Assessment and Control Plan will help keep manufacturing organizations on track as they navigate the challenge of protecting their staff throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. [![Remote Training in the Age of Coronavirus eBook](https://no-cache.hubspot.com/cta/default/3844305/bb3c15d8-2114-4c13-bfbe-8ca0c032dcbd.png)](https://cta-redirect.hubspot.com/cta/redirect/3844305/bb3c15d8-2114-4c13-bfbe-8ca0c032dcbd) 3. Give manufacturing workers flexible training schedules Many manufacturing companies are increasing the amount of compliance training workers are expected to participate in and implementing a COVID-19 Assessment and Control Plan of some sort that will affect workers. Additionally, they are requiring employees to take extra safety precautions (for example, sanitization and social distancing practices) in the workplace. All of this may add to an employee’s current workload and decrease engagement, which can lead to lower levels of productivity. To encourage better employee performance, company leaders should make every effort to give workers training schedules that are flexible. Flexible training programs can increase employee engagement and may help companies attract more qualified talent in the future. An LMS for manufacturers fosters employee safety and productivity An [LMS for manufacturers](https://www.topyx.com/manufacturer-training) makes creating and delivering compliance courses, implementing a COVID-19 Assessment and Control Plan, and offering flexible [remote training](https://www.topyx.com/remote-training) to employees easier tasks for organizations. Companies can use [LMS features](https://www.topyx.com/lms-features/) to create, deliver, and track compliance training, store assessment and control plan documents in one secure online location where workers can easily retrieve them, and offer mobile learning to give workers more training flexibility, increasing their productivity.   An LMS designed for manufacturers is one of the best learning investments a manufacturing company can make at this time. Check out our [Quick Start Program](https://www.topyx.com/quick-start) to learn more.  **[![Quick Start TOPYX LMS](https://no-cache.hubspot.com/cta/default/3844305/816b8321-596b-4e8b-9e6d-fd5ee488ffa9.png)](https://cta-redirect.hubspot.com/cta/redirect/3844305/816b8321-596b-4e8b-9e6d-fd5ee488ffa9)** --- **Sources:** 1. https://www.mckinsey.com/business-functions/operations/our-insights/managing-a-manufacturing-plant-through-the-coronavirus-crisis# ![Debbie Williams](https://www.topyx.com/hubfs/Images/Stock%20Images/Website_Image_Woman_MASTER.jpg) [Debbie Williams](https://www.topyx.com/lms-blog/author/debbie-williams) Director, Marketing ##### you may also like [![Here are 3 reasons your company should be using online learning.](https://3844305.fs1.hubspotusercontent-na1.net/hubfs/3844305/3%20Reasons.jpg)](https://www.topyx.com/lms-blog/3-reasons-to-implement-online-learning-with-lms-software) [LMS Software](https://www.topyx.com/lms-blog/tag/lms-software), [eLearning LMS](https://www.topyx.com/lms-blog/tag/elearning-lms), [Online Learning](https://www.topyx.com/lms-blog/tag/online-learning), [Technology Training](https://www.topyx.com/lms-blog/tag/technology-training) ## [3 Reasons to Implement Online Learning with LMS Software](https://www.topyx.com/lms-blog/3-reasons-to-implement-online-learning-with-lms-software) [![Here are some benefits of blended learning for companies navigating the pandemic.](https://f.hubspotusercontent00.net/hubfs/3844305/Stock%20images/Group%20of%20young%20colleagues%20using%20laptop%20at%20office.jpeg)](https://www.topyx.com/lms-blog/the-case-for-blended-learning) [LMS](https://www.topyx.com/lms-blog/tag/lms), [eLearning LMS](https://www.topyx.com/lms-blog/tag/elearning-lms), [Blended Learning](https://www.topyx.com/lms-blog/tag/blended-learning) ## [The Case For Blended Learning](https://www.topyx.com/lms-blog/the-case-for-blended-learning) [![User-Generated Content | eLearning LMS](https://f.hubspotusercontent00.net/hubfs/3844305/User-Generated%20Content%20%7C%20eLearning%20LMS.jpg)](https://www.topyx.com/lms-blog/how-to-integrate-and-benefit-from-user-generated-content-in-your-elearning-lms) [LMS](https://www.topyx.com/lms-blog/tag/lms), [eLearning LMS](https://www.topyx.com/lms-blog/tag/elearning-lms), [Content Production](https://www.topyx.com/lms-blog/tag/content-production) ## [How to Integrate and Benefit from User-Generated Content In Your eLearning LMS](https://www.topyx.com/lms-blog/how-to-integrate-and-benefit-from-user-generated-content-in-your-elearning-lms) [![TOPYX LMS Logo](https://www.topyx.com/hubfs/topyx-logo-full.png)](https://www.topyx.com/) - [TOPYX Blog](https://www.topyx.com/lms-blog) - [About Us](https://www.topyx.com/about-us) - [Contact Us](https://www.topyx.com/contact-us) - [Contact Sales](https://www.topyx.com/contactsales) - [Submit an LMS RFP](https://www.topyx.com/submit-an-rfp) - [Referral Program](https://www.topyx.com/referral-program/) - [Careers](https://www.topyx.com/careers) - [COVID-19 Resources](https://www.topyx.com/online-learning-resources-covid19) - [What is an LMS?](https://www.topyx.com/what-is-an-lms) - [LMS Training](https://www.topyx.com/lms-training) - [Remote Training](https://www.topyx.com/remote-training) - [LMS System](https://www.topyx.com/lms-system) - [LMS Software](https://www.topyx.com/lms-software) - [LMS Overview](https://www.topyx.com/lms-overview) - [Employee Training Software](https://www.topyx.com/employee-training-software) - [Learning Experience Platform](https://www.topyx.com/learning-experience-platform) - [LMS Solutions](https://www.topyx.com/lms-solutions) - [Social Learning Platform](https://www.topyx.com/social-learning-platform) - [Online Employee Training](https://www.topyx.com/online-employee-training) - [Enterprise Learning Management System](https://www.topyx.com/enterprise-learning-management-system) Newsletter Sign-up - We're Social - [![TOPYX Twitter](https://www.topyx.com/hubfs/Ironpaper/twitter-icon.png)](https://twitter.com/TOPYX) - [![TOPYX LinkedIn](https://www.topyx.com/hubfs/Ironpaper/linkedin-icon.png)](https://www.linkedin.com/company/topyx) - [![TOPYX YouTube](https://www.topyx.com/hubfs/Ironpaper/you-tube-icon.png)](https://www.youtube.com/user/TOPYXsocialLMS) © 2022 Interactyx. 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