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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EHS Software Problem #1 – Too many action items

In our work with companies implementing or changing their EHS Software, we regularly hear some version of this quote: “I have 8 system that give me action items. I have 3 managers that demand I close items from these 8 systems. I spend all day logging into systems to close action items.” Other things we hear about the action item problem: • The action items are repeated in multiple systems • The different systems sending out action items are inconsistent in how they prioritize them • The processes and notifications are all over the place • There is a general [...]

By |March 9th, 2017|EHS Software Services|0 Comments
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Top 10 EHS Software Problems Companies Have

In our work with EHS software systems, these are the top ten EHS software problems we hear from our clients: 1) Invested in an EHS enterprise system and are only using part of the functionality – for some companies, the investment in an EHS software package can exceed $10M just to get started. It is not unheard of to have an annual total maintenance cost over $2M a year. That is a lot of money, even for big oil. Are companies getting the full benefit when the processes reflected in the software were accurate 4 years ago, but no [...]

By |February 22nd, 2017|EHS Software Services|0 Comments
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