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Walter
Company size: 501-1,000 employees
Industry: Food & Beverages
Time used: Less than 6 months
Review Source
May 2021
Intertek Alchemy Initial Review
I've really enjoyed getting to know and use this product.
Pros
Building learning groups are the easiest I've expereinced. Also, Tech support has been fantastic. Help is a phone call away.
Cons
I would like to be able to create nested learning paths, a feature that's curently in development.
Reasons for choosing Intertek Alchemy
Observation tool and ease of creating content
Reasons for switching to Intertek Alchemy
ETQ was extremely cumbersome and did not offer Observation tool
David
Company size: 501-1,000 employees
Industry: Food & Beverages
Time used: More than 2 years
Review Source: Capterra
May 2020
Its good, but missing a few key components to make it great.
Its good, but lacking in simple functions to make it great. Im sure it would save myself and other trainers that use California's ETP hundreds a of hours of work, if they would just add the ability for 2 facilitators and create an iPad app.
Pros
Its easy to use. It used remotes the answer questions and they provide at least 50% of the classroom material we use (high quality). The provided classes are easy to download and customize. They do allow you upload several formats and you can account for live classrooms. The personnel management side is pretty good and allows for grouping, hire and fire dates and more. Their customer service answers right away and are awesome.
Cons
There is no iPad app at all. This is probably my biggest gripe. Everything after this is not a deal breaker, but with the COVID-10 pandemic, we are needing a mobile device solution. Yeah they have e-learning, but for the average production worker they dont want to have to remember another username and password. Taking their Kiosk mode, and placing it on an iPad would be great. Instead its just for windows and uses windows tablets (kiosk) anymore? ipad is by far more popular. Probably my second biggest complaint is that it only allows for 1 facilitator. I am in California, and with the ETP program I need the ability to have 2 facilitators for electronic sign in (RFID). But since it only allows for one, I have to have everyone use a sign in sheet, then use the RFID reader to sign into Alchemy. Not a deal breaker, but it causes me lots of extra paperwork. Also the different formats you can upload, can only go to certain areas. For example, if I want to use SCORM format, I can only do so for e-Learning and not classroom settings. Also, there is no SCORM converter. Instead they have PowerPoint add-on to create training, but that seems to lockup a lot when adding audio and video. You are forced to save, close and reopen PowerPoint every 10-14 slides if you are using audio. Its a pain, but workable.
Krista
Company size: 201-500 employees
Industry: Food & Beverages
Time used: More than 2 years
Review Source
April 2021
2 Years of Alchemy Systems
Alchemy has very good customer support and is constantly embarking on improvement opportunities. Overall experience is very positive. The growth of the platform and expansion of capabilities is not always smooth, we would like to continue to see expansion of capabilities with focus on streamlined system processes.
Pros
The group based learning with real-time comprehension checks using the remotes is very valuable for our manufacturing teams. Alchemy has provided much needed visibility to potential training gaps so they can be addressed. Utilizing Alchemy has helped streamline and standardize our new hire onboarding processes, and has enabled more ownership of safety and food safety program training at a department level. It was easy to sync with our HRIS to minimize duplicate data entry between the systems.
Cons
The admin responsibilities could be more streamlined - there is often the need for redundant processes to ensure users have the right content/access. More integration between the different Alchemy modules is needed for easier utilization for both admins and users. The ability to use purchased content via Player and not just e-learning would be very beneficial for our organizational structure.
Alternatives Considered
Reasons for choosing Intertek Alchemy
Group-based training, focus on learner experience, best suited for manufacturing environment.
Reasons for switching to Intertek Alchemy
We needed more of an LMS, and the group-based training option.
Lisa
Company size: 501-1,000 employees
Industry: Food Production
Time used: Less than 2 years
Review Source
April 2021
Alchemy Easy to Use
Once we began to use alchemy we now have a consistent record of compliance training across all our worksites. Reports can be generated at anytime we need them. Integrating alchemy has been a smooth transition with positive results.
Pros
Alchemy is easy to use from creating and publishing a course to tracking completion. The remotes that are assigned to each employee for group training makes completion of the course fun and engaging and allows us to track the results by each individual employee for compliance. The Coach Observation tool adds a layer of follow up and reinforcement to the training. It is helpful to be able to observe the employee on the job performing the task correctly.
Cons
While creating the course is easy I would be helpful to have more options to customize the training in different formats. I would also like to see a report on users by worksite so I can audit them to ensure employees are in the correct group within a worksite.
Reasons for choosing Intertek Alchemy
We selected alchemy for its ability to track individual employees in group training classes and that the courses came in and are able to be created in multiple languages. The reporting function was important to us so we can get the data we need when we need it with ease.
Mary
Company size: 501-1,000 employees
Industry: Food Production
Time used: More than 2 years
Review Source
April 2021
Make Compliance a Breeze
Alchemy has been easy to use and the support staff have been amazing and extremely responsive.
Pros
Alchemy Products help ensure we stay compliant and makes developing and administering training a breeze. Go paperless and never have to worry about tracking down a training sign-in sheet again.
Cons
Playbook is new but it would be nice to have courses built in playbook be available through e-Learning as well.
Reasons for choosing Intertek Alchemy
Cost and the ability to administer trainings over multiple platforms.

Response from Intertek Alchemy
Thank you for this product suggestion, Mary. We acted on it and introduced this feature which makes Playbook-created courses automatically accessible for eLearning within Alchemy Manager. Learn more here: https://productupdates.alchemysystems.com/playbook-advances-to-support-elearning-and-instructor-led-training
Replied September 2021