EHS Software Services entries

AGILE EHS – IS SAFETY ALREADY AGILE?

One of the things we have encountered delivering Environmental, Health & Safety (EHS) software solutions is how safety professionals have been working Agile for a very long time.  Things that are new to the software delivery sector have been in practice for decades in the safety world.  If you look at the four-point workplace program delivered by OSHA in 1989, there is a lot of common threads to what is Agile today. MANAGEMENT COMMITMENT AND EMPLOYEE INVOLVEMENT Agile is all about empowering team member to keep developers developing, testers testing and analysts writing requirements.  From an EHS standpoint it [...]

By |January 25th, 2018|EHS Software Services, Thought Leaders|0 Comments
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Apply Agile Methodology to Environment, Health & Safety (EHS) Projects

Navigating the rough waters of keeping a EHS job site safe is a complicated and difficult undertaking. Managing the communication across departments, risks, audits and action items can make staying organized difficult and slow down EHS initiatives.  And when an accident happens, the reactive nature of fixing the cause of the accident throws off all the proactive efforts that are done to prevent accidents in the first place. Interestingly, Agile methodology. long favored by the software development community, lends itself well to the EHS process. You don’t have to go into a safety project hoping and praying that accidents won’t [...]

By |January 4th, 2018|EHS Software Services|0 Comments
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EHS Software Problem #4 – That’s Not How We Do It Anymore!

In our work with companies implementing or changing their EHS Software, we often hear this quote or a variation of it: “We used to do that, but now all incidents are required to be reviewed by the plant manager before being closed out.” When we hear this, we very quickly hear some combination of the below: We have changed our investigation methodology We have changed our incident management process We have changed our action item process Our tracking system/software is inflexible and cannot be changed to match our evolving safety culture We have identified new processes that we want to [...]

By |June 19th, 2017|EHS Software Services|0 Comments
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EHS Software Problem #3 – There are Still Manual Processes

In our work with companies implementing or changing their EHS Software, we often hear this quote or a variation of it: “We have millions of dollars invested in EHS Software, but so much of our data about incidents is still in spreadsheets and email attachments” Here is the typical scenario: A company invests millions of dollars in an EHS software package. This includes license fees, training, setup, configuration and change management. A lot of time and effort were invested by employees and high priced consultants. Rollout and adoption were a bit rocky. Now you have had the system in place [...]

By |March 31st, 2017|EHS Software Services|0 Comments
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EHS Software Problem #2 – What are the real root causes?

In our work with companies implementing or changing their EHS Software, we often hear this quote or a variation of it:“I can’t figure out my REAL trending root causes. I have a hundred root causes from various processes from multiple systems. Not everything translates”When we hear this, we very quickly hear some combination of the below:The incidents are recorded in multiple systemsThe different systems record data with varying degrees of granularityInvestigations are captured in multiple systems, and not with IncidentsDifferent business units use different root cause methodologiesCannot follow my root causes through to my action itemsYour organization is not alone [...]

By |March 21st, 2017|Business Process Mobilization, EHS Software Services|0 Comments
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