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Cannabis is facing an array of external challenges such as price compression in the market and high competition. These two challenges alone would be enough to force an industry contraction. There’s more at work ,though – there’s also a myriad of internal challenges. Turnover continues to be one of the most serious, and out paces the issue in other industries.

In a report on the cannabis industry by analytics company Headset explored retail cannabis trends and found that nearly 60% of entry-level employees leave within their first two months on the job. It’s well known what sort of impact turnover can have, but in a regulation-heavy industry such as cannabis, it can be devastating. According to Gallup, it can cost between 50 – 200% of an employee’s salary to replace them. In an industry that is striving to make every dime count, turnover needs to be addressed.

The losses aren’t just monetary. Turnover can create loss of ‘tribal knowledge’ around the production of products or even product lines. This knowledge, rarely written, leaves with employees. Its loss can take precious time to recover – if it’s recoverable at all. In a regulation-heavy environment, this can be devastating, even resulting in loss of license.

In the cannabis retail space, training is cited as one of the big issues for morale and turnover. And while there are a lot of factors causing the high turnover in the cannabis industry, with our solutions, training doesn’t have to be one of them.

Purchasing equipment from ATG / OneSupply includes access to our expert staff of Training and Support specialists, a library of on-demand video demos, and the support of GMP-validated Isolocity. Rapid industrial growth and changing technologies don’t have to cause uncertainty and unpredictability for employees. The experts at ATG / OneSupply Training Support have addressed these issues before.

In 2003, ATGPharma was founded as an equipment validation and supply company in the pharmaceutical space. Since ATG / OneSupply was founded to ease the pain points around equipment validation, and have built a team of experts in Commissioning, Qualification, and Validation (CQV) activities. These activities are key to the success of your equipment, and the CQV activities are the foundational activities for ongoing training and auditing programs.

CQV activities include Installation Qualification, Operational Qualification, and Performance Qualification (IQ, OQ, and PQ). These process validation steps that establish documents and other evidence that equipment is appropriately installed, is operating according to established requirements, and can perform its function safely for many years to come. These steps are a way to demonstrate that processes are sound and consistent, and will produce a product that conforms to the most exacting standards.

ATG / One Supply experts will be on-hand to help your staff ensure that these steps are fully documented and meet standards such as Good Manufacturing Processes (GMP). They are able to leverage our affiliations with companies like Isolocity, which provides a GMP validated quality and risk Management toolset that seamlessly integrates document management functions with IQ,OQ, PQ tasks – and many others. Its Document Control functions in addition to its Tracking and Training Management will support compliance and audit activities in the most complex regulatory environment. Isolocity supports a variety of complex audit and automation tasks that are customizable to fit your organization’s needs.

ATG / OneSupply Training Support resources will help you to foster an environment that increases employee retention through increasing process transparency, reducing paper workload, and increasing relevant training access. Employees stay at environments where they can be successful – and our team is composed of experts in helping them to succeed.

Increasing retention through best training practices won’t end with just purchasing hardware. Your employees will feel confident in the operational, maintenance, and troubleshooting of the equipment they use. ATG/OneSupply Training experts will ensure they are well-trained in where to find the latest SOP’s and other documentation to support them in their duties.