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Recently, a leading Chinese FMCG enterprise partnered with YXT.com Group Holding Limited ( $云学堂(YXT)$ ). Based on YXT’s AABL (AI-Augmented Blended Learning) program, the company has integrated AI into the full process of mid-level talent identification, development, assessment, and insights, advancing its talent development system toward a more data-driven and intelligent model.

For an FMCG enterprise with annual sales exceeding RMB 10 billion, middle managers play a critical role in connecting business strategy with frontline execution. As businesses expand and organizational needs evolve, companies need not only to develop existing managers, but also to identify leadership potential, understand capability gaps, and establish sustainable talent development mechanisms.

From “Developing People” to “Identifying Talent”: AI Enters Key Talent Management Processes

Traditional management training often faces two challenges: difficulty in continuously measuring training effectiveness and a disconnect between learning outcomes and talent decisions. What employees have learned, how much their capabilities have improved, and whether they have the potential for future management roles often rely heavily on managerial judgment.

To address these challenges, YXT has integrated AI throughout the entire program lifecycle. On one hand, the program designs practical assignments and simulated scenarios based on real management tasks in the FMCG industry. Through AI-based analysis of learner behaviors, the program provides evaluation, feedback, and improvement suggestions, helping employees transform management knowledge into practical problem-solving capabilities.

On the other hand, the program incorporates an AI + BEI (Behavioral Event Interview) assessment approach. Based on the company’s key competency model, it establishes task standards and continuously collects performance data throughout the learning and practice process.

By combining AI analysis of learning activities, assignments, simulations, and behavioral performance, enterprises can develop more comprehensive talent capability profiles. Talent development can therefore move beyond focusing on “what employees have learned” toward understanding “what they can do” and “how they perform.”

AI-Powered Practical Training Makes Capability Growth Observable and Measurable

For middle managers, true effectiveness comes not only from understanding management concepts, but from making sound decisions and taking effective actions in complex business situations.

Based on this need, the program transforms high-frequency management scenarios into immersive simulation tasks, allowing participants to repeatedly practice in environments close to real business situations while receiving instant AI feedback and recommendations for improvement.

At the same time, AI supports behavioral performance assessment, making an evaluation process that previously relied heavily on trainer experience more data-driven and standardized. Continuous data collection also enables more structured analysis of learning outcomes.

During the program, the enterprise developed 40 personalized talent insight reports, providing data-based support for identifying leadership potential and designing future development plans. Training has gradually evolved from a one-time course delivery model into a continuous capability development cycle of “practice–feedback–optimization–retraining.”

From a Single Program to an Organizational Capability System

As the program progressed, the AI-driven talent development model was expanded across multiple departments, extending from an individual development initiative into a broader organizational capability-building system.

The program gained recognition from four business departments and more than 10 senior executives, while the AI-enabled talent development approach continued to expand into additional business scenarios.

This practice reflects the core direction of YXT’s Intelligent Productivity strategy: AI is not only improving training efficiency, but also connecting enterprise knowledge, role capabilities, and business workflows to enable continuous organizational capability development.

Through intelligent knowledge systems and AI capabilities, enterprises can further capture, understand, and apply accumulated experience, methodologies, and business standards, enabling talent development to evolve from knowledge transfer toward capability building.

AI Is Driving the Intelligent Transformation of Talent Development

From talent identification and capability development to assessment and growth insights, AI is reshaping how enterprises manage and develop talent.

For industries such as FMCG, where business conditions change rapidly and workforce scale is significant, organizational competitiveness depends not only on individual high performers, but also on whether companies can continuously identify talent, develop capabilities, and replicate successful practices across larger teams.

Going forward, YXT will continue to deepen the integration of AI with talent development, knowledge systems, and business workflows, helping enterprises build intelligent talent development systems and transform workforce capabilities into measurable and sustainable organizational productivity.

About YXT.com

YXT.com (NASDAQ: YXT) is a technology company focusing on enterprise productivity solutions. With a mission to "Empower people and organization development through technology," the Company strives to become the supreme provider in building and boosting enterprise productivity by combining over a decade of experience in tech-enabled talent learning and development and with AI-augmented task copilots and unleashing the power of knowledge and synergy. Since its inception, YXT.com has supported and received recognition from numerous Global and China Fortune 500 companies.