case study
Doing More with Less Across 600+ Employees
Curbell Plastics is a national supplier of plastic sheet, rod, tube, and related materials, serving a wide range of industries. With 600+ employees and a four-person L&D team, Curbell faced growing demand for consistent, high-quality training—without a scalable operating model to support it.
Ashley Riley, Training Manager, set out to solve a familiar challenge: increasing L&D’s output without increasing headcount.
THE CHALLENGE
— Ashley Riley, Training Manager
Ashley adopted Cognota to build an efficient, scalable learning operations engine—designed to support the entire L&D lifecycle from intake to delivery.
All training requests now come through a single portal. This streamlined intake enables faster prioritization and clarity across departments.
The team uses Cognota to split tasks and manage workloads effectively—keeping projects moving and preventing bottlenecks.
Each team member can track their work in one system, while leadership gets real-time updates on progress and capacity.
By consolidating tools and eliminating duplicate efforts, the team dramatically reduced their revision backlog.
The Results
Since implementing Cognota, Curbell Plastics has made major strides in learning efficiency and effectiveness:
Ashley is expanding Cognota usage across departments to strengthen cross-functional collaboration and support future growth.
“Cognota gave us the structure we needed to scale. Now we’re focused on delivering even more value to the business—with the team we already have.”
