Plant-level attrition modeling, skilled-trades headcount planning, and safety-tied engagement signals. Built for the data and operational realities of manufacturing HR.
Predict 90-day exit risk by plant and by line, with features that recognize the distinct attrition dynamics of production workers versus skilled trades versus salaried plant staff.
Plan headcount with full visibility into certification status, apprenticeship pipelines, and the long lead times required to backfill skilled-trades positions.
Correlate engagement scores with safety incident rates at the plant and line level. Identify the engagement gaps that show up as safety performance before they show up as attrition.
Manufacturing HR teams operate at the intersection of safety, production planning, and labor relations in a way that general-purpose people-analytics tools rarely account for. Skilled-trades pipelines have year-plus lead times. Plant-level dynamics are sharper than corporate-level ones. Safety performance and engagement are linked in patterns that show up earlier in safety data than in retention data. Kestrel was tuned to these dynamics through engagements with mid-market manufacturing customers.
Customers in manufacturing include discrete manufacturers, process operators, and industrial services firms in the 500 to 5,000-employee range. The median manufacturing customer has 2,100 employees across 4 to 8 plants. Read our working guide to attrition modeling for more on the methodology.