Manufacturing Writing Workshops
Tackle Writing Challenges, Strengthen Team Writing Skills, and Accelerate Results
Understanding Manufacturing Workshops
Manufacturing relies on precision, not just in production but also in communication. Our writing workshops for manufacturing help teams create clear, concise documents that are usable for their intended audience. Whether SOPs, quality reports, work instructions, or technical proposals, we teach your team strategies that align writing with operational needs. The goal is to reduce misunderstandings, improve compliance, and streamline workflows across the production floor and beyond.
What Sets Our Manufacturing Workshops Apart
Unlike generic training, our workshops are fully customized to your processes, teams, and industry requirements. We analyze your documents, identify gaps, and tailor exercises to address your team’s top concerns. Through interactive sessions, real-world examples, and instructor feedback, your team learns strategies to hone their writing skills and how to write for clarity, compliance, and results. This ensures skills are directly transferable to daily operations.
Course Format That Fits Your Team
We offer flexible delivery options: onsite at your facility, virtually via platforms, or through self-paced online courses. Each format is engaging, hands-on, and tailored to your needs. Participants work with their company documents, receive targeted feedback, and leave with tools to write faster, better, and more consistently, reducing costly errors and rewrites.
Who Can Benefit from These Workshops
These workshops are designed for anyone in manufacturing whose role involves creating, reviewing, or using written documentation. From technical experts to customer-facing staff, our programs build skills that improve productivity, safety, and communication. By targeting clarity, structure, and reader needs, we help every team member contribute to smoother operations.
Engineers
Learn to translate complex technical details into concise, actionable documents without sacrificing accuracy.
Technicians
Gain tools to write clear work instructions, maintenance logs, and reports that keep operations running smoothly.
HR & Operations Teams
Improve the clarity and usability of policies, SOPs, and training materials to ensure compliance and consistency.
Customer Service & Client-Facing Staff
Develop effective communication skills to convey manufacturing information clearly to clients and partners, thereby building trust and minimizing confusion.
Marketing & Sales Professionals
Learn to create proposals and materials that demonstrate product value and align with client needs.
Analysts
Build the ability to present data and findings that support decision-making and drive action.
Workshop Highlights
Our manufacturing workshops are designed to deliver results that stick. Every session combines expert instruction with practical application so participants can immediately use what they learn. From analyzing your existing documents to incorporating real-world exercises, we focus on making the training relevant, interactive, and impactful. The result is a team that writes with more clarity, confidence, and consistency, producing documents that are easier to read and use, and more effective in driving results.
Tailored Content
Every workshop is built around your company’s actual documents, processes, and goals to ensure the training addresses your team’s specific needs.
Hands-On Practice
Participants engage in interactive exercises so that they can apply concepts directly to their work, with instructor feedback to reinforce learning.
Sustainable Improvement
We teach strategies and processes your team can use long after the workshop, creating lasting improvement in writing quality.
Add-Ons
Enhance training with follow-up coaching, document analysis, and access to our digital library for continued skill development.
Next Steps: Improve Your Team’s Communication Today
Our Professional Writing Courses
Our professional writing courses cover a wide range of skills to meet the needs of diverse manufacturing teams. From technical accuracy to persuasive communication, each course is research-based, interactive, and customized to your industry. Whether your team writes SOPs, proposals, reports, or client communications, these courses build the strategies and skills needed to produce documents that are clear, concise, and results-driven.
Exceptional Technical Writing
Teaches teams strategies to produce technical documents that are clear, concise, and targeted for the intended reader.
Better Reviewing Techniques
Helps teams streamline review processes, give actionable feedback, and ensure consistency across documents.
Writing User-Friendly SOPs
Guides participants in creating SOPs that are easy to follow, well-structured, and user-centered.
The 4 Ps Of Presenting
Prepares professionals to plan, prepare, and deliver engaging presentations that motivate action.
Writing Winning Proposals
Shows teams how to craft compelling proposals that focus on client needs and drive positive decisions.
Better Business Writing
Focuses on manufacturing-specific writing challenges, improving clarity and accuracy in production-related documents.
Writing For Financial Professionals
Equips financial teams to write clearly about complex topics for both technical and non-technical audiences.
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Choose Hurley Write Workshops when
Documents taking too long to get out the door
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Poorly written documents that create confusion
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Inconsistent Review
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A logical review process that streamlines the review process.
Frustration among team members with writing processes
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Industries we work with
Pharmaceutical & Biotech
Clients
Pfizer, Genentech, Biogen, Novartis, AstraZeneca
Key Objectives Achieved
A speedier approval process achieved by teaching their teams strategies to focus on clarity and concision.
Energy, Oil & Gas
Clients
Holmes Western, Shell Polymers, Shell Oil
Key Objectives Achieved
Improved SOPs, work instructions, and increased compliance. Achieved by teaching participants strategies based on readability.
Finance & Accounting
Clients
PCAOB, ADP
Key Objectives Achieved
Increased compliance and fewer questions from stakeholders by teaching them strategies to convey complex ideas to non-technical readers.
Engineering
Clients
Raytheon, Dow Chemical, DuPont
Key Objectives Achieved
Less wordy, more focused documents, which resulted in fewer iterations and a shorter review process.
Manufacturing
Clients
Stryker, Calumet Refining, Cambrex Pharmaceuticals
Key Objectives Achieved
Technical reports focused on key objectives, resulting in greater adherence to policies/guidance, fewer questions, and a higher compliance rate.
Technology
Clients
Intel, DNV GL Energy USA, RJRT
Key Objectives Achieved
Targeted presentations and reports that resulted in greater buy-in from management.
Industries we work with
Pharmaceutical & Biotech
Previous Clients
Pfizer, Genentech, Biogen, Novartis, AstraZeneca.
Key Objectives Achieved
A speedier approval process achieved by teaching their teams strategies to focus on clarity and concision.
Energy, Oil & Gas
Previous Clients
Holmes Western, Shell Polymers, Shell Oil
Key Objectives Achieved
Improved SOPs, work instructions, and increased compliance. Achieved by teaching participants strategies based on readability.
Finance & Accounting
Previous Clients
PCAOB, ADP
Key Objectives Achieved
Increased compliance and fewer questions from stakeholders by teaching them strategies to convey complex ideas to non-technical readers.
Engineering
Previous Clients
Raytheon, Dow Chemical, DuPont
Key Objectives Achieved
Less wordy, more focused documents, which resulted in fewer iterations and a shorter review process.
Manufacturing
Previous Clients
Stryker, Calumet Refining, Cambrex Pharmaceuticals
Key Objectives Achieved
Technical reports focused on key objectives, resulting in greater adherence to policies/guidance, fewer questions, and a higher compliance rate.
Technology
Previous Clients
Intel, DNV GL Energy USA, RJRT
Key Objectives Achieved
Targeted presentations and reports that resulted in greater buy-in from management.
Pharmaceutical & Biotech
Clients
Pfizer, Genentech, Biogen, Novartis, AstraZeneca
Key Objectives Achieved
A speedier approval process achieved by teaching their teams strategies to focus on clarity and concision.
Energy, Oil & Gas
Clients
Holmes Western, Shell Polymers, Shell Oil
Key Objectives Achieved
Improved SOPs, work instructions, and increased compliance. Achieved by teaching participants strategies based on readability.
Finance & Accounting
Clients
PCAOB, ADP
Key Objectives Achieved
Increased compliance and fewer questions from stakeholders by teaching them strategies to convey complex ideas to non-technical readers.
Engineering
Clients
Raytheon, Dow Chemical, DuPont
Key Objectives Achieved
Less wordy, more focused documents, which resulted in fewer iterations and a shorter review process.
Manufacturing
Clients
Stryker, Calumet Refining, Cambrex Pharmaceuticals
Key Objectives Achieved
Technical reports focused on key objectives, resulting in greater adherence to policies/guidance, fewer questions, and a higher compliance rate.
Technology
Clients
Intel, DNV GL Energy USA, RJRT
Key Objectives Achieved
Targeted presentations and reports that resulted in greater buy-in from management.
Your Workshop, Your Choice
Onsite
One of our coaches will deliver our course at your facility.
Virtually
Our courses are taught via a virtual platform.
No matter what you choose, every workshop includes:
Completely Customized, White Glove Experience
Group Breakout Sessions Where Participants Practice And Apply Concepts
Instructor Feedback
Team Writing Exercises
Rewritten Examples
Long-Term Retention Options
Don't take our word for it, see what our clients have to say.
For 35+ years, we’ve shown organizations how to improve their communication, whether that involved designing and teaching writing and/or reviewing workshops, improving their writing and/or reviewing tools, offering individualized coaching, or helping them put processes in place.
And we can help your team of professionals, too!
Aylia Thomas
Orica US
William Walters
IDA
Mike Brett
conEd
Jacueline Davis
IDA
David Anderson
DTCC
Mike Brett
Raytheon
Judy Lettington
PaxVax
Dan Littlefield
Genentech
Gregory Marshall
D & H Global Tax Group
Simon Matthews
Raytheon
Andrew Charles
Bristol Myers Squibb
Aylia Thomas
John Deere
Next Steps: Improve Your Team’s Communication Today
Let’s discuss your team’s unique communication challenges.
Frequently Asked Questions
What types of professionals benefit most from a writing workshop?
Our workshops are ideal for engineers, technicians, operations staff, analysts, customer-facing teams, and managers who create or review technical or operational documents. Any professional responsible for communicating processes, results, or instructions can benefit.
Can the workshop content be customized to our industry or team’s writing samples?
Yes. We use your team’s actual documents and industry-specific examples to make every exercise practical, relevant, and immediately applicable.
Do you offer virtual options for remote or hybrid teams?
Yes. We provide engaging, interactive virtual workshops through platforms like Zoom or Teams, designed to offer the same level of interaction and customization as our onsite sessions.
How long are the workshops, and can they be adjusted to fit our schedule?
Workshops can run from a few hours to multiple days. We work with you to design a schedule that fits your team’s availability and training goals.
What kind of communication skills will participants learn?
Participants learn to write with clarity, structure, and precision. Skills include planning, audience targeting, logical organization, and using language effectively to improve readability and impact.
Do participants receive feedback during the workshop?
Yes. Instructors provide real-time, constructive feedback during breakout sessions and exercises, helping participants immediately improve their writing.
What makes Hurley Write’s workshops different?
Our workshops are completely customized, built on decades of research-based strategies, and focus on practical application. We ensure teams leave with tools they can use right away for measurable improvement.