Salt Lake City, US-based L2L, a company specialised in connected workforce solutions, announced on Wednesday that it has acquired Amsterdam-based SwipeGuide.
SwipeGuide is a B2B SaaS company that specialises in frontline training solutions, dedicated to simplifying complex processes through an intuitive mobile app.
Deployed across 93 countries, SwipeGuide simplifies frontline training for more than 300,000 factory employees.
SwipeGuide’s founder and CEO, Willemijn Schneyder, adds, “I’m proud that SwipeGuide is renowned for developing simple and collaborative applications that help frontline teams excel. By uniting L2L and SwipeGuide, we’re creating a single, powerful platform that enables every frontline employee to drive better business decisions, perform at their best, and remove the stigma from skilled trades. Simply put, with the new platform, customers can easily digitise and orchestrate who needs to do what, where, when, why, and how.”
The acquisition
With SwipeGuide, L2L claims to be in a better position to support its customers’ frontline training and upskilling efforts in light of the ongoing shortage of skilled manufacturing employees.
According to the company, the acquisition is driven by a shared vision — to simplify operations and empower the frontline workforce by creating a single shop floor app to guide teams through their daily activities across lines, shifts, and sites to improve performance.
Additionally, the acquisition will help the L2L platform navigate global manufacturers in operational availability, manufacturing performance, product quality, and workforce enablement:
Bridging skills gaps: L2L aims to help leaders identify, develop, and certify the right person for the job — from maintenance and repairs to quality inspections.
Optimising workforce efficiency: SwipeGuide’s visual, mobile-first work instructions and checklists provide frontline workers with the necessary resources for their tasks. Additionally, L2L’s “Dispatch” feature enhances task visibility and streamlines workflows to drive higher-quality products, compliance, and operational availability.
Enabling data-driven decision-making: All of the data generated in L2L powers manufacturing intelligence. Through artificial intelligence, business intelligence, and automation intelligence, the US company identifies disruptions, delivers insights, and automates action.
L2L: Connected workforce platform
Founded in 2010, L2L is a connected workforce platform for manufacturing operations.
It provides real-time shop floor data, enabling workers to improve productivity across the full breadth of manufacturing operations collaboratively.
L2L visualises the most important shop floor data in real-time so workers can identify, prioritise, and solve problems faster, making their companies more efficient, resilient, and profitable.
The cloud-based solution can be deployed within 60 days, benefiting over 225,000 users in 27 countries.
“SwipeGuide adds tremendous value to the L2L Platform,” said L2L CEO John Davagian. “Now, our customers can reap the benefits not only of actionable manufacturing data at their fingertips but also a powerful frontline training solution that helps every worker perform like a seasoned pro. This combination is a huge step forward for connected workforce technology.”
