3 Signs Your Safety Audit Software is Lacking
Safety audits evaluate your compliance to Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) standards. Safety audit software replaces paper based audits with digital forms which optimizes the audit process from data collection to reporting. However, assessing how your safety audit software is performing can be difficult. The following are 3 signs to look for to asses […]
6 Maintenance Planning Principles for your Preventative Maintenance Program
Preventative maintenance (PM) software is critical for the ongoing success of a business that relies on equipment. There are two common types of maintenance strategies used by these types of companies – reactive maintenance and preventative maintenance. Reactive maintenance (also known as “run to failure maintenance”) occurs when the equipment has already broken down. Reactive maintenance […]
4 Inspection Technologies You Need to Adopt
Technology is making field reporting and inspections more efficient and accurate with greater data intelligence. Inspection technologies can streamline manual processes, allow for the gathering of more accurate data, and generate reports faster so that management can make quicker actionable decisions. Inspection technologies keep assets running because with the data collected it is possible to […]
Why is Risk Based Maintenance Important?
A Risk-Based Maintenance (RBM) approach determines the most economical use of maintenance resources with the end goal of minimizing any risk of failure. Assets that have a greater risk and consequence of failure are maintained and monitored more frequently while assets that carry a lower risk are subjected to less stringent maintenance monitoring. The first […]
Benefits of Equipment Asset Management Software for Governments
Government organizations manage a large spectrum of assets: from roads to parks, to buildings, to fleet vehicles, to military bases. With so many assets, it is important to keep good records to avoid superfluous spending and ensure regulatory compliance. Using paper forms and folders to manage large amounts of data is plagued with inaccuracies and […]
Advantages of a Digital Site Inspection Checklist
Mobile applications have become more and more important in our daily lives and many businesses have realized the benefits that mobile apps can help to achieve. Replacing paper based site inspection checklists with digital forms will help optimize internal business processes. The digitization of site inspection checklists has many advantages: Converting your pen and paper […]
How does Punch List Software Work?
A quick Google search teaches you that the term “punch list” takes its name from the old process of actually punching holes on a list with items in need of fixing. These days, a punch list can be created with software. For inspection software, a punch list report details all the deficiencies found during the […]
5 Reasons to throw out your Clipboards
A new day is dawning in Field Service with the advent of Mobile Devices The clipboard was patented in the late 1880’s and has served the world commendably for well over a century. Most field service processes prominently feature a clipboard, a form, and a pen. Millions of forms have been completed over the years. […]
5 Ways a Mobile Inspection App Increases Safety
Inspections done with paper & pen are prone to data errors from things such as poor handwriting or incomplete fields. The result? An increased risk of health and safety incidents, and in turn, monetary loss. Inspections done on a mobile device such as a tablet or smartphone allow inspectors to collect accurate and detailed inspections […]
What is a Risk Based Inspection?
Risk-based inspection (RBI) is the process of developing an inspection plan based on knowledge of the probability of equipment failure and its consequences. Risk Based Inspection involves the ranking of site-acceptable risk levels and operating limits. Assessed risk levels are used to develop a prioritized inspection plan. Inspections of this nature can be qualitative (items […]
