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Community Partnerships

Building the Workforce Manufacturing Needs to Scale

RELY helps manufacturers expand workforce access, develop production-ready talent, and maintain the operational standards required to support long-term growth.

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Industrial Training Workforce Programs
Multi-Vertical Manufacturing Support
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Community Partnerships

Manufacturing does not have a standards problem. It has an access and workforce development problem.

RELY believes the best person for the job should get the job. What many manufacturers are missing is not accountability or operational standards. It is access to capable people who have not been given the opportunity, training structure, or operational support required to succeed in manufacturing environments.

We do not lower the bar. We build systems that allow more people to reach it.

The Workforce Flywheel




The Engine
Manufacturing Growth
01
Broader Workforce Access
02
Structured Training Systems
03
Production Readiness
04
Operational Stability
05
Manufacturing Capacity

If the U.S. is serious about expanding domestic manufacturing capacity, workforce accessibility and training infrastructure will become critical competitive advantages.

Building the Pipeline

From workforce access to production readiness.

01

Introduction to Manufacturing Programs

Hands-on industrial training designed for individuals with disabilities and non-traditional workforce populations — built around real production expectations, not theoretical instruction.

02

Production-Ready Workforce Development

Visual work instructions, repetition, safety, and real production expectations designed around floor-readiness from day one — so graduates can contribute immediately.

03

Direct Manufacturing Placement

Associates pre-trained by RELY on your product, your equipment, and with your work instructions — so they are effective on day one in your facility.

The objective is not theoretical training. The objective is operational readiness.

School Partnerships

School Partnerships

Creating Early Exposure to Manufacturing

RELY partners with local school districts to give students direct exposure to manufacturing careers and operating environments. Students gain access to facility tours, multiple production environments, supplier and customer operations, and real-world manufacturing career paths beyond the classroom.

Partner Schools
  • 01 Elmbrook High School
  • 02 Nicolet High School
  • 03 Kettle Moraine High School

Show students what manufacturing actually looks like — before they rule it out as a career path.

Startup & Scaling Support

Supporting Growing Manufacturers Before Operational Strain Begins

Supporting Growing Manufacturers Before Operational Strain Begins

In Partnership With BizStarts

How to Cost-Effectively Scale Your Production Process As You Grow

Focused on helping emerging CPG companies understand how to scale production without creating unnecessary operational complexity or downstream cost. Practical, operationally grounded education for founders building real production capacity.
In Partnership With The Water Council

Working with U.S. Contract Manufacturers

Focused on helping international and emerging companies better understand how to navigate U.S. manufacturing partnerships and operational expectations — what good looks like, what to ask for, and how to structure relationships that scale.

The earlier manufacturers build scalable operational systems, the easier growth becomes later.

Investing Ahead of the Work

We Invest Ahead of the Work So Customers Can Scale

RELY helps reduce ramp instability by pre-training customer teams on specific products, quality expectations, paperwork requirements, and operational procedures before production scale-up begins.

01
Product Training
02
Quality Expectations
03
Documentation Familiarization
04
Operational Readiness
05
Faster Scale-Up

Training is not a cost. It is operational infrastructure.

Thought Leadership & Advocacy

Driving Workforce Conversations Forward

RELY leadership participates in broader manufacturing workforce discussions focused on scalability, workforce accessibility, and operational performance — sharing perspectives from RELY and customer operations on what it takes to successfully integrate non-traditional workforces into manufacturing.

  • Breakout WMEP Manufacturing Matters
  • Breakout BizTimes Conference
  • Panel Food & Beverage Wisconsin
  • Panel WisPolitics / UWM
  • Feature Fox 6 Milwaukee
Community Partners

Organizations Helping Expand Workforce Access

Goodwill
Karen American Association
Down Syndrome Association of Wisconsin
Think Ability Wisconsin
BizStarts

Stronger workforce ecosystems create stronger manufacturing ecosystems.

Measurable Impact

The work is producing real workforce capacity.

Forklift Training
500+
Individuals certified over the past four years
01
Production Hours
3,614 Hrs
Production hours by team members with disabilities in 2025
02
Placement
64
Pre-trained associates placed at clients in 2024–2025
03
Multi-Lingual Leads
8
Multi-lingual leads assist with training
04
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2024 Recognition

RELY was part of the collaborative group recognized with the 2024 Nonprofit Collaboration of the Year Award through the Think Ability Wisconsin initiative at the BizTimes Nonprofit Excellence Awards.

A Workforce Model Built for Manufacturing Growth

You don’t have to build the infrastructure internally to benefit from it

Not every manufacturer has the internal infrastructure, bandwidth, or operational structure to recruit, train, and scale non-traditional workforces internally. By partnering with RELY, manufacturers can support workforce expansion while leveraging systems, training structures, and operational models that have already been developed and proven within production environments. RELY helps manufacturers expand workforce capability without building the entire infrastructure internally.

Without Workforce Infrastructure
  • Limited labor scalability when programs ramp or volume swings
  • Inconsistent onboarding across hires, shifts, and programs
  • Internal operational strain absorbing training and certification work
  • Reduced flexibility to chase growth opportunities
With RELY
  • Structured workforce systems already operating at scale
  • Broader labor access through proven training pipelines
  • Production-ready support that integrates with your operation
  • More scalable operations without internal infrastructure build-out

RELY also opens its facility to other manufacturers interested in learning how non-traditional workforces can be deployed successfully — visual work instructions, training structures, production support systems, and integration approaches.

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Let’s Build It Together

Ready to Build a More Scalable Workforce Model?

RELY helps manufacturers expand workforce capability while maintaining the operational discipline and production performance demanding manufacturing environments require. Tell us what you’re trying to accomplish, and our team will help determine the right next step.

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