Confident system adoption
Sustainable lean culture
Reduced key-person risk
ROI on technology investment
Why Most Technology Deployments Don’t Stick
The majority of technology investments in manufacturing fail not because the technology is wrong, but because the people expected to use it were never genuinely trained to do so. A two-hour vendor onboarding session followed by a user manual is not training — it’s the appearance of training.
Change management is even more commonly neglected. New systems get deployed over existing habits without understanding why people work the way they do, what problems the change creates for them, and how to manage the transition without losing the institutional knowledge that makes the current approach work.
LPS’s training is designed by people who have worked in precast production — not by trainers who learned the industry from a manual.
Vendor-Led Onboarding
Generic software training delivered by the vendor — covering every feature without understanding which ones matter for your operation, and ignoring the production context that makes them useful.
Classroom-Only Training
Theory delivered in a meeting room that bears no resemblance to actual production conditions — forgotten within weeks when old habits reassert themselves on the factory floor.
Ignoring Resistance
Treating staff who resist new systems as problems rather than as sources of valid information about what the change creates for them — leading to passive non-compliance rather than active adoption.
No Follow-Through
Training delivered at launch with no follow-up support — leaving teams to revert to familiar ways of working when they hit problems the training didn’t cover.
What We Train — and How
Technical Training
Digital Twins in Construction
Delivered by Scott Sheenan PhD, whose doctoral research focused specifically on digital twin applications in predictive maintenance and construction. This is not a vendor demonstration — it is the theory and practice of digital twins applied to precast manufacturing environments.
Operational Training
Lean Manufacturing
Lean principles explained through precast examples — bed scheduling, mould management, rebar logistics, and yard operations. No manufacturing generic examples. No Toyota anecdotes without the precast translation.
Strategic Training
DfMA Awareness
For engineering, production, and commercial teams — understanding how design decisions affect manufacturing cost, quality, and programme. Develops the shared language between design office and production floor.
Digital Adoption
Digital Systems Onboarding
Bespoke training for any digital system deployed in your plant — designed around your specific workflows, your specific team, and the actual production context in which the system will be used.
Digital Twin Training Backed by Doctoral Research
Scott Sheenan PhD’s doctoral research focused specifically on digital twin applications in predictive maintenance and construction — published original work on how real-time asset data can predict equipment failure, reduce unplanned downtime, and optimise maintenance scheduling in manufacturing contexts.
That academic rigour, combined with 10+ years of precast production planning experience, means this training covers digital twins as they are actually implemented in manufacturing — not as they appear in vendor brochures or conference keynotes.
Awareness Level
For management and commercial teams — what digital twins are, what they cost, what they deliver, and how to evaluate vendor claims. Suitable for decision-makers who don’t need to build the system but do need to commission and assess one.
Practitioner Level
For engineers and production managers — data architecture, system design, KPI selection, and dashboard development. Participants leave able to specify a digital twin system for their plant and assess implementation proposals.
Implementation Level
For teams actively building or deploying a digital twin — covering data integration, Power BI development, sensor connectivity, and predictive maintenance model design in a precast production context.
Bespoke Programmes
Training designed around your specific digital twin project — using your data, your production environment, and your implementation objectives as the working material throughout the programme.
Training That Sticks — Because It’s Built for Your Operation
Generic training is delivered once, ticks a compliance box, and is forgotten. Effective training is designed for a specific context, delivered where the work happens, and followed up until adoption is confirmed.
Every LPS training programme is built around your specific operation — your products, your workflows, your team, and your existing systems. We don’t deliver the same programme twice, because no two precast plants are the same.
Role-Specific Content
Separate sessions for engineers, detailers, production staff, and management — each covering only what’s relevant to that role. No one sits through training that doesn’t apply to their job.
On-Site Delivery
Training delivered in your environment, using your systems and your production examples. Removes the gap between “how it worked in training” and “how it works here.”
Follow-Up Support
Post-training support during the adoption period — answering questions, troubleshooting problems, and reinforcing learning when it’s being applied to real work rather than training exercises.
Change Management Integration
Training delivered alongside a structured change management approach — ensuring resistance is understood and addressed, not dismissed, and that adoption is measured and confirmed rather than assumed.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can training be delivered remotely or does it need to be on-site?
Both are possible depending on the training type. Digital twin and digital systems training can be delivered effectively remotely for motivated learners with good screen-sharing capability. Lean manufacturing training and change management work are most effective on-site — because the factory floor is part of the training environment. For initial engagements, we generally recommend at least one on-site session before transitioning to remote support.
How do you handle resistance to change from experienced staff?
Resistance from experienced staff is almost always a signal, not a problem. People who have worked a system for years usually have valid reasons for how they do things — and dismissing those reasons creates the resentment that kills adoption. Our change management approach starts by genuinely understanding why the current approach exists, what the new approach changes for affected people, and how to address those concerns rather than override them. We involve experienced staff in the design of new processes wherever possible.
Do you offer ongoing advisory support after training?
Yes. We offer an ongoing advisory retainer for organisations that want continued access to LPS expertise after the initial training engagement — covering questions, troubleshooting, process review, and strategic input as your operation evolves. This is particularly valuable for teams embedding digital twin systems for the first time and for those embedding lean practices across their production operation.
Can you train our internal trainer rather than training all staff directly?
Yes — train-the-trainer programmes are available for all our standard training content. This is particularly effective for larger organisations where ongoing training of new starters is a recurring need. We train and accredit internal trainers, provide training materials and structured programmes, and support the internal trainer during their first independent delivery sessions.