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Seneca writes the SOP for a job from a video of it, turns that SOP into training led by an AI trainer, and puts it on the associate's phone as a step by step guide while they do the work.
Someone who knows the job films it once, on a phone or smart glasses, talking through each step as they go. The video is uploaded to Seneca. About an hour later the SOP and the training course are ready to review, edit and send to the field.
Filmed once by the person who knows the job, on a phone, a tripod or smart glasses, explaining what they are doing as they do it. Upload it to Seneca. Videos already recorded, such as the pallet tool footage or the PPE video, upload as they are.
Ready in about an hour. Overview, PPE, tools and hazard categories, then every step with a clip from the video, an annotated image, a warning, and the hazards and controls for that step.
An AI trainer takes the associate through the SOP one step at a time, asks a question at each step, checks the answer, and records a score and a sign off.
The SOP on the associate's phone, one step at a time, while they do the job. Set steps ask a question or need a photo. The associate can record the job, and Seneca checks the recording against the SOP.
Input: the development video of the pallet removal and transport tool for conveyor dish machines, uploaded as it was. Output, about an hour later: the SOP and the training course shown in this walkthrough.
Walkthrough of the output. Also online at screen.studio/share/O2brkk9E.
Every step, image, warning, PPE line and hazard can be changed. Goggles in place of glasses, a maximum load from engineering, a pinch point callout on the step it belongs to.
Seneca clips the video to each step and annotates the stills. Clips can be trimmed, replaced or removed, and Ecolab's own images and annotations added.
Draft, in review, complete. Reviewers are assigned and notified, each approval creates a new version, and the history is kept.
Every SOP in Seneca is also a training course. The course is a conversation with an AI trainer, taken on a laptop or a phone, at home or on site.
The field tool is the Seneca app on the associate's phone. Associates use it as a knowledge tool, pulling up the SOP for the job in front of them. They also use it to record how the work was done. Seneca then uses those recordings to help Ecolab improve the job over time.
Walkthrough of quality and continuous improvement. Also online at screen.studio/share/x3lZtAdz.
The associate opens the SOP for the job on their phone and pulls up the step they need: the description, the clip, the image, and the hazards and controls.
The associate records the job on the phone or on smart glasses. Set steps can ask for a photo or an answer. Each recording is stored against the job, for quality, improvement or job tracking.
Seneca uses the recordings to highlight safety issues, compare how different associates do the job, measure step times, and recommend changes for the next revision of the SOP.
All figures in US dollars.
The annual subscription begins only on Ecolab's decision after the pilot. There is no commitment beyond the pilot.
Engineering, training and tech services give written feedback on the sample SOP and course.
The business case and this page go to the approving vice president. Seneca joins a demo call if further stakeholders need one.
The pilot purchase order is raised. A 30 minute call sets the success criteria, the jobs to film and the agenda.
A Seneca founder is on site with the Institutional safety team for the first week, then the pilot runs for two months.
Results are reviewed against the success criteria and the subscription decision goes into the 2027 budget.