# Poka

> Poka is the Industrial AI platform for connected work — the system thousands of industrial teams use to standardize how work actually gets done, embedding AI inside the shift rather than on top of it to turn frontline performance into compounding knowledge and measurable bottom-line impact.

Poka is grounded in operations and governed for enterprise, built for every floor and every environment. Used by thousands of industrial teams worldwide — including Nestlé, Mars, Bosch Automotive, Danone, L'Oréal, and Tetra Pak — Poka is an IFS company. The platform brings together knowledge management, skills & training management, digital forms/checklists, issue management, analytics, and industrial AI in a single connected worker solution. Poka integrates with common manufacturing systems (CMMS, MES, LMS, QMS, corporate BI, SAP, IFS, Workday, and more) and supports 37+ languages for global deployment.

## Product
- [Connected Worker Platform](https://www.poka.io/en/connected-worker-platform/): Core platform overview — knowledge, training, forms, issues, industrial AI and analytics in one system.
- [Daily Management](https://www.poka.io/en/daily-management/): Daily management built into the connected worker platform, keeping operators, team leads, and managers aligned in real time while the shift is still running rather than reviewing what went wrong afterward. Reported result: 46% reduction in unplanned downtime.
- [Learning & Development](https://www.poka.io/en/learning-and-development/): A learning and development platform capturing the expertise of experienced workers before they leave, turning it into structured training, and delivering it to every operator in their preferred language, wherever and whenever needed. Reported result: 87.4% reduction in knowledge gaps (Tetra Pak).
- [Digital Work Instructions](https://www.poka.io/en/digital-work-instructions/): AI-powered digital work instructions giving operators, technicians, and maintenance teams step-by-step interactive guidance, video, and an AI Assistant at the point of work, replacing paper binders and outdated SOPs. Reported result: 58% reduction in defects and rework.
- [Forms & Checklists](https://www.poka.io/en/digital-forms-and-checklists/): Mobile digital forms and checklists replacing paper — unifying preventive maintenance, quality control, safety inspections, 5S audits, shift handovers, and CIL routines in one version-controlled library, accessible by QR code at the point of use in 70+ languages, with real-time deviation flagging and an audit-ready record. Reported result: ~65% reduction in administrative and reporting time.
- [Skills Management & Training Matrix](https://www.poka.io/en/skills-management/): Live skills management and training matrix software showing who's qualified for every job, routing work only to certified operators, flagging coverage gaps in real time, and turning existing SOPs into digital training content with AI. Reported result: 87% reduction in turnover.
- [Issues & Task Management](https://www.poka.io/en/issues-management/): Digital issues and task management giving operators, technicians, and supervisors one place to log, assign, and resolve production issues in real time at the point of work, with a full audit trail. Reported result: 20–40% faster issue resolution.
- [Operational Analytics](https://www.poka.io/en/analytics/): Real-time, role-based analytics turning forms, audits, skills, and issues data into insights operators, supervisors, and leaders can act on to drive gains in OEE, productivity, and margin. Reported result: 70-day reduction in issue resolution time.
- [Huddle Boards](https://www.poka.io/en/huddle-boards/): Real-time visual huddle boards for Tier 1/2/3 meetings, tracking live SQDCP (Safety, Quality, Delivery, Cost & People) and custom KPIs, surfacing open issues, and pulling in data from other manufacturing, quality, and maintenance systems with AI-generated summaries. Reported result: 68% reduction in meeting prep time.
- [Industrial AI](https://www.poka.io/en/industrial-ai/): AI tools embedded inside frontline workflows, delivering context-aware assistance in the natural flow of work to drive productivity, safety, and quality gains. Built for real operations and easy to adopt. Reported result: 630% increase in content development.
- [AI Agents](https://www.poka.io/en/ai-agents/): Industrial AI agents working alongside operators, supervisors, and technicians, gathering context and surfacing answers directly in the flow of daily work.
- [AI Studio](https://www.poka.io/en/ai-studio/): A no-code environment to design and build custom AI agents for site-specific processes, roles, and use cases, scaling them across plants as needs grow.
- [Communications](https://www.poka.io/en/communication-and-collaboration/): Poka's Factory Feed™ unifies frontline communications across shifts, sites, and languages in one real-time, multilingual feed — surfacing production updates, safety alerts, and recognition visible to every worker on every shift. Reported result: 40% reduction in shift handover incidents.
- [Integrations](https://www.poka.io/en/integrations/): Connects Poka to ERP, MES, LMS, and CMMS systems via 1,000+ pre-built app connections (Poka Automate), no-code workflows, open API, and MCP for AI agents — built for industrial operational environments.

## Use Case Solutions
- [Operations](https://www.poka.io/en/solutions/operations-use-cases/): Connected worker support for operations teams across start-of-production checks, shift handovers, minor stops, and changeovers — used by manufacturers including L'Oréal, Nestlé, and Bosch.
- [Health & Safety](https://www.poka.io/en/solutions/health-and-safety-use-cases/): Connected worker support for health and safety teams — making it easier for workers to report incidents to the right people and surfacing data that drives safety culture improvement.
- [Maintenance](https://www.poka.io/en/solutions/maintenance-use-cases/): Connected worker support for industrial maintenance teams — covering preventive maintenance rounds and LOTO compliance, integrated with CMMS and EAM systems to reduce unplanned downtime, extend asset life, and improve PM compliance.
- [Continuous Improvement](https://www.poka.io/en/solutions/continuous-improvement-use-cases/): Connected worker support for CI teams across abnormality reporting, standard work, 5S, and tribal knowledge capture — giving frontline teams the tools to solve problems permanently rather than repeatedly.
- [Quality](https://www.poka.io/en/solutions/quality-use-cases/): Connected worker support for quality control and assurance — giving frontline workers the tools and processes to build better quality into products directly on the floor.
- [HR & Training](https://www.poka.io/en/solutions/learning-and-development-use-cases/): Connected worker support for HR teams — covering new hire training, skills target setting, and skills gap management to drive better learning outcomes from the factory floor.

## Industry Solutions
- [Industrial Manufacturing](https://www.poka.io/en/industries/industrial-manufacturing/): Connected worker platform for industrial manufacturing teams — capturing the knowledge of top performers so every shift, at every site, executes work consistently, protecting against knowledge loss and uptime/consistency pressure.
- [Oil & Gas](https://www.poka.io/en/industries/oil-and-gas/): Connected worker platform for oil and gas — part of IFS, helping frontline teams execute permits and procedures to standard across every site and contractor for safer, more consistent operations.
- [Building Materials](https://www.poka.io/en/industries/building-materials/): Connected worker platform for building materials manufacturing — addressing heavy equipment risk, an aging workforce, and knowledge loss by embedding safety practices and standardized execution across every plant.
- [Food & Beverage](https://www.poka.io/en/industries/food-beverage/): Connected worker platform for food and beverage manufacturing — helping frontline teams consistently meet strict regulatory standards, manage constant changeovers, and stay audit-ready despite high worker turnover, at scale across every site.
- [Chemicals Manufacturing](https://www.poka.io/en/industries/chemicals/): Connected worker platform for chemicals manufacturing — preserving process-safety knowledge as senior operators retire, helping frontline teams execute permits, MOC (management of change), and batch procedures to standard at every site.
- [Consumer Goods](https://www.poka.io/en/industries/consumer-goods/): Connected worker platform for consumer goods manufacturing — helping frontline teams manage high SKU counts and daily changeovers without losing yield, and stay ready for retailer audits without scrambling, at every site.
- [Automotive Manufacturing & Suppliers](https://www.poka.io/en/industries/automotive/): Connected worker platform for automotive manufacturing and suppliers — helping frontline teams execute PFMEA-aligned standard work at scale across every line and plant, preventing missed steps from becoming escaped defects, charge-backs, or line-down calls.
- [Packaging](https://www.poka.io/en/industries/packaging-manufacturing/): Connected worker platform for packaging manufacturing — helping frontline teams run frequent changeovers across rigid, flexible, corrugated, and aseptic formats, and execute quality checks to standard despite high turnover and thin margins, at scale across every site.
- [Metals & Mining](https://www.poka.io/en/industries/metals-and-mining/): Connected worker platform for mining and metals — helping frontline teams execute critical work safely at scale from pit to port, addressing a workforce that's increasingly remote, contract-based, and retiring faster than it can be replaced.

## Resources
- [The Ultimate Guide to Industrial AI in Manufacturing](https://www.poka.io/en/resource/guide/ultimate-guide-to-industrial-ai-manufacturing/): Comprehensive guide covering what Industrial AI is, what to look for in a solution, top use cases, how to select the right fit, where to start, and an FAQ on topics like Agentic AI, human-in-the-loop AI, and time-to-value.
- [Why AI Pilots Can't Replace a Connected Worker Platform](https://www.poka.io/en/blog/why-ai-pilots-cant-replace-a-connected-worker-platform/): Argues that most factory AI pilots fail because organizations focus on software rather than operational readiness — sustainable industrial transformation requires institutional knowledge, governance, and standardized work alongside AI, not an AI assistant alone.
- [Customer Stories](https://www.poka.io/en/customers-stories/): Index of customer case studies from manufacturers using Poka, filterable by outcome (onboarding, training, asset performance, safety, paperless factory, compliance, continuous improvement) and by feature used.
- [What Is Industrial AI for Connected Workers?](https://www.poka.io/en/blog/what-is-industrial-ai-connected-workers/): FAQ-style explainer covering what Industrial AI is, how it differs from traditional analytics-focused AI, why connected workers are essential to make it actionable, what Agentic AI is, and how Poka's Industrial AI Factory combines AI content creation, semantic search, multilingual transcription, and human-in-the-loop AI.
- [AI in Manufacturing: Transforming Leadership with the AI-Enabled Supervisor](https://www.poka.io/en/blog/ai-in-manufacturing-leadership-ai-enabled-supervisor/): Argues that AI in manufacturing leadership delivers value by augmenting supervisors rather than replacing them, evolving the role from reactive manager to proactive performance orchestrator — with a connected worker platform providing the structured foundation for scalable, human-in-the-loop AI-driven decision support.

## Company
- [About Poka](https://www.poka.io/en/about-poka/): Poka's mission is to empower factory workers to learn, solve problems, and share knowledge in real time, connecting workers to digital manufacturing operations to enable a culture of continuous improvement. Founded by Alex Leclerc, a former CI director at a global food manufacturer, and Antoine Bisson, a former Microsoft and Ubisoft engineer. The name comes from Poka-Yoke, the Japanese mistake-proofing term.
- [Careers](https://www.poka.io/en/careers/): Join Poka's global, distributed team across North America, Europe, and Sri Lanka — combining bold innovation with the backing of IFS to transform how knowledge flows on the frontline, building a product trusted by some of the world's largest manufacturers.