Case Study: Polaris Industries achieves 70% first-month activation and rapid upskilling with Degreed

How Polaris Manufacturing Powers Personalized Learning

Polaris, a global manufacturer of recreational and utility vehicles, faced a fragmented learning stack and a rigid LMS that couldn’t support just-in-time training or upskilling for its manufacturing workforce. To formalize role-specific plans and a unified knowledge catalog for roughly 1,500 leaders and 5,000 manufacturing employees, Polaris partnered with Degreed and deployed its learning platform using Pathways, Skill Ratings, provider integrations and reporting APIs.

Degreed integrated Polaris’ systems, built customized Pathways and Skill Ratings, and delivered a personalized user experience that drove rapid adoption—70% activation in the first month and 1,000+ employees learning on the platform. Degreed’s solution accelerated pathway completions, enabled data-driven manager-employee skills conversations, replaced costly in-person supervisor training with on-demand Pathways, and created a scalable foundation for leadership programs and internal certifications.

Polaris Industries

Naomee Lazo

Global Manufacturing Training Manager