Dylan Hoback
Accu-Tube
My Praxie analytics software transformed our operations, enabling data-driven decisions and streamlining our manufacturing process.
The SOP is three revisions behind. The operator knows it.
Replace PDFs and binders with AI that turns a video of the job into a clear, current work instruction — versioned, translated and actually used at the station.
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AI work instructions & SOPsfor manufacturing and training leaders
Customer Success Stories
Dylan Hoback
Accu-Tube
Jason Carpenter
Environmental Pest Management
With Praxie, I found a way to take what was in documents and spreadsheets and provide my team with a visual application environment to drive our strategy with full accountability.
Elizabeth Pridham
Perfection Fresh
Praxie dramatically improved our process through digital transformation. We now have visibility and can drive decisions at a fraction of the time.
Scott Russell
NUCOR Vulcraft
I would heartily recommend the Praxie team to any organization seeking to seriously undertake a lasting and successful innovation process.
Mike Bainbridge
Dover Food Retail
Our MFG Ops application greatly improved our daily management initiatives. It is easy to see how we are doing, identify issues, and track improvements—no matter where we sit.
Jeff Piotrowicz
ChemLink
With Praxie we've created a way to report on complex projects that gives management full visibility. Executives have visibility to projects, assignments, and more at their fingertips.
Maureen Thompson
American Nurses Association
Our Praxie App makes it easy to track progress on strategic objectives across the organization and includes an executive-level dashboard with real-time reports to the board on key initiatives.
Tom Anderson
Springfield Armory
Praxie is used every day to track and analyze every aspect of production, quality, safety, and more. We improved quality by 10%.
Peggie Pelosi
Innovators Alliance
Almost overnight, Praxie created a customized solution for our 100 member organizations across Canada to drive strategy and innovation.
Kate Merton
Anthem
Praxie's innovation solution stood out from other options because it can be customized so quickly to fit our exact process requirements. Plus, it is incredibly easy to use and manage.
The instruction exists. Nobody is using it.
Writing the SOP was the easy part. Keeping it true, and getting it used at the station, is the job.
“Show me the current revision, and who was trained on it.”
“Nobody does it the way the document says.”
A binder at the station, a PDF on the server, and the real method in one person's head.
You do not need better documents. You need the method to be captured as it is actually done — and kept current.
If you own the method
Is this your floor?
Most manufacturing and training leaders recognise at least four of these. If you recognise six, the rest of this page is written for you.
- The document and the actual method stopped matching long ago.
- Updating an SOP means someone writing it up in their own time.
- New starters learn by standing next to someone.
- Nobody is sure which revision is at the station.
- Translating instructions is a project nobody funds.
- Training records and current revisions do not line up.
- Your best operator is also your only documentation.
- “Is that the current method?” is answered by asking a person.
None of this is a documentation problem. It is a capture problem.
Is this you?
Worked example — multi-station assembly operationWriting the instruction used to be the bottleneck.
Weeks↓Hoursto produce a usable work instruction
Dozens of stations, several languages, and SOPs written by whoever could find the time.
Because documenting a job meant someone sitting down to write it, instructions were created once and then drifted — and the real method stayed with the people who had always done it.
With AI turning a recording of the job into a structured instruction, capture stops being the bottleneck, revisions stay close to practice, and translation is no longer a separate project.
New starter, day one
What a new operator starts with
Today
A binder and a buddy.
- Documents that drifted from practice
- Learning by standing next to someone
- Unclear which revision is current
- Translation never got funded
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With Praxie
The job as it is actually done.
- Captured from a recording of the real method
- Versioned, with training recorded against it
- Current revision at the station
- Translated without a separate project
Key ROI Elements
60–80%
Faster Procedure Creation
Instructions and SOPs are generated with less manual drafting.
30–50%
Less Manual Effort
Teams spend less time formatting, rewriting, and reconciling documents.
20–40%
Faster Operator Training
Visual, step-based guidance helps new operators ramp faster.
15–30%
Fewer Work Errors
Clear steps, checks, and visuals reduce avoidable variation.
25–45%
Faster Change Updates
Related procedures and SOPs are easier to revise and republish.
20–40%
Less Audit Prep
Controlled revisions, approvals, and signoffs are easier to trace.
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Why Documents Stop Getting Read
Word, PDF &
Manual Documents
- Manual document creation
- Hard to keep current
- Disconnected from shop floor
- Version-control risk
- Difficult to reuse knowledge
Legacy Vertical
Software
- Purpose-built workflows
- Often rigid templates
- Limited AI generation
- Difficult video/document ingestion
- Higher implementation friction
Traditional
Document Control
- Strong approval control
- Good revision tracking
- Can be document-heavy
- Often separate from execution
- Limited operator guidance
Point
AI Tools
- Useful for narrow generation tasks
- May summarize or rewrite content
- Limited workflow control
- Requires manual stitching
- Less process context
★ BEST FIT
Praxie
AI Work Instructions & SOPs
- AI instruction workspace
- Word/PDF/SOP ingestion
- Video-to-step creation
- Approvals & audit trail
- Shop-floor guidance
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Ease of updating procedures
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Why Praxie
Stands Out
Stands Out
More flexible than rigid vertical software
Far more automated than manual Word/PDF authoring
Broader than point AI document tools
Faster to deploy than heavy document-control projects
AI-Powered Work Instructions & SOPs Case Study
Midwestern Complex Machinery Manufacturer | 200+ Shop-Floor Workers
A simplified example of how a Midwestern manufacturer of complex machinery moved from PDF-based work instructions stored in SharePoint to connected, AI-powered work instructions integrated with MES — while extending SOPs across production, supply chain, packaging, shipping, and support functions.
Customer Profile
- Industry: Complex machinery manufacturing
- Business: Midwestern manufacturer building engineered machinery with high-mix production, complex assembly, fabrication, quality checks, packaging, and shipment requirements
- Challenge: More than 200 shop-floor workers relied on PDF work instructions attached in a SharePoint document repository, creating version confusion, slow updates, and inconsistent operator guidance
- Focus: AI-powered work instructions integrated with MES, plus SOPs capturing tribal knowledge across production, supply chain, shipping, packaging, quality, and support teams
Key Metrics & Results
Instruction Creation
Work instructions and SOPs that once required manual drafting from PDFs, meetings, and tribal knowledge can now be generated and revised in
hours, not weeks.Workforce Complexity
More than 200 shop-floor workers need accurate guidance across fabrication, assembly, testing, packaging, shipping, and rework scenarios.
High-mix standard workConnected SOP Scope
SOPs extend beyond production into supply chain, packaging, shipping, quality, training, and cross-functional operating procedures.
Enterprise tribal knowledge capture!
Before Praxie
- Work instructions were stored as PDFs attached in a SharePoint document repository.
- Operators had to search for the right file and were not always sure they had the current version.
- Updates from engineering, quality, packaging, shipping, and supply chain were slow to propagate.
- Tribal knowledge lived in supervisors’ heads, emails, meetings, and one-off training conversations.
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After Praxie
- AI-generated, connected work instructions are integrated directly into the MES workflow.
- Operators access current steps, visuals, checks, and signoffs at the point of work.
- SOPs capture tribal knowledge across manufacturing, supply chain, packaging, shipping, quality, and support functions.
- Changes are easier to revise, approve, publish, trace, and standardize across the organization.
Faster Instruction Creation
Less manual drafting, formatting, and rework when creating or revising instructions.
More Consistent Execution
Operators follow current standard work with embedded visual guidance and checks.
Broader SOP Knowledge Capture
Tribal knowledge is captured across production, supply chain, packaging, shipping, and quality.
Two-Part AI Work Instruction & SOP Center
1. Manufacturing & Production Work Instructions
Connected MES work instructions guide operators through assembly, fabrication, inspection, rework, testing, setup, and changeover steps.
Point-of-work guidance + traceability2. Enterprise SOPs & Tribal Knowledge
SOPs capture know-how across supply chain, receiving, kitting, packaging, shipping, quality, safety, maintenance, training, and customer-specific processes.
Reusable organizational knowledge“
We moved from static PDFs in SharePoint to connected work instructions in MES — and finally captured the SOP knowledge that used to live across the organization.
Director of Operations
Project Sponsor
Project Sponsor
60–80%faster instruction creation
30–50%less manual documentation effort
20–40%faster operator training
15–30%fewer avoidable work errors
Questions Training Leaders Ask Us First
The objections we hear in the first 20 minutes — answered plainly.
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How does AI actually help create work instructions and SOPs?
Answer: The AI can ingest existing Word documents, PDFs, SOPs, manuals, photos, and videos, then extract steps, tools, safety warnings, quality checks, and acceptance criteria. Teams can review, edit, approve, and publish the resulting instructions instead of starting from a blank page.
2
Can it really create work instructions from video?
Answer: Yes. Training videos and operator demonstrations can be converted into structured procedures with step-by-step guidance, visual references, checkpoints, and suggested wording. The video becomes a source of standard work rather than informal tribal knowledge.
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What happens to our existing PDFs, Word files, and SharePoint documents?
Answer: They can become inputs to the AI-powered instruction center. Instead of leaving documents buried in folders, the system can extract reusable content, identify missing information, structure the steps, and help convert old files into connected, controlled work instructions and SOPs.
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How does this help operators on the shop floor?
Answer: Operators get current instructions at the point of work, with clear steps, visuals, quality checks, safety reminders, signoffs, and role-based guidance. This helps reduce variation, training time, rework, and confusion over which document is the latest version.
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Can SOPs extend beyond production into other parts of the business?
Answer: Yes. SOPs can capture tribal knowledge across supply chain, receiving, kitting, packaging, shipping, maintenance, quality, safety, customer service, and administrative processes. The goal is to create a connected operating knowledge base, not just shop-floor instructions.
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How are revisions, approvals, and compliance controlled?
Answer: AI can accelerate creation, but teams still control the process. Instructions and SOPs can include approval workflows, ownership, version history, change notes, effective dates, signoffs, and audit trails so updates are traceable and controlled.
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Does this replace engineers, trainers, supervisors, or process owners?
Answer: No. It supports them. AI reduces manual drafting, formatting, searching, and rewriting, while people validate the content, make process decisions, approve changes, and ensure instructions match real-world work.
Bottom line: AI-powered work instructions and SOPs help manufacturers turn old documents, videos, and tribal knowledge into controlled, connected, audit-ready standard work.
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