AskDave / On-site knowledge capture
Let Dave retire.
Keep his know-how.
A retirement date shouldn’t become a production problem. We spend a week alongside your expert, then turn his explanations and demonstrations into a searchable assistant your crew can ask at 2 AM.
For small manufacturers with a retirement on the calendar.
The knowledge worth keeping
“Why do we run this titanium job at 80%?”
Not just the setting. The reason behind it.
Our commitments
No SOP-writing homework.
Capture the work, not just the checklist.
Agree on privacy before recording.
01 / From shop floor to second shift
Thirty years of judgment.
One week to start saving it.
Your expert doesn’t need to become a technical writer. He does his work and talks us through it. We do the interviewing, organizing, and building.
It’s a legacy, not another mandate.
Make room for the tricks, exceptions, and customer-specific checks that never made it into the manual.
Pick the knowledge at risk
Together, we identify the expert, the retirement date, and the jobs where losing his judgment would hurt most. We agree on access, confidentiality, and capture scope.
Ride along for a working week
On-site recording captures explanations while the work happens: setups, troubleshooting, inspection habits, and the reasons behind the decisions.
Give every shift a way to ask
We organize the captured knowledge into a searchable assistant, with answers grounded in your expert’s words and clips showing the work. Hosting keeps it available after he leaves.
02 / A service, not another software project
Start with one expert.
A focused, done-for-you engagement. Start where the retirement risk is highest, then scope additional experts when you’re ready.
Confidentiality comes first. NDA terms and private-hosting requirements are agreed before any process is recorded.
On-site capture week · per expert
$15–25k
Planning, a week alongside your expert, and a searchable assistant built from the captured knowledge.
Ongoing assistant hosting
A few hundred dollars per month. Final capture and hosting costs depend on scope and privacy requirements; confirm them before booking.
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03 / Before the retirement party
Who’s your Dave?
Start there.
Think of the person everyone calls when the job goes sideways. Let’s keep that knowledge on the floor, even after they clock out for good.