Is Safety Compliance a Requirement?
Safety Compliance becomes a requirement. As it should be. Even though OSHA has some strict adherence requirements, some employers wilfully fail to comply with the regulations or protocols that have been mandated. In order to help ensure compliance, OSHA requires businesses to have a designated safety officer whose duty it is to perform routine safety […]
Failure to Perform Routine Safety Inspections Jeopardizes Workers
While the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) would have all businesses perform routine health and safety inspections… … not every employer is required to. Businesses which have employees perform more dangerous job functions or work with hazardous machinery or materials may be required to comply with more strict regulations and perform regular inspections […]
Application Spotlight: UR-TECH Notes
UR-Tech Notes Functionality Today’s Focus: The “Needs Attention” Piece How is it used? How should it be used? I am at the customer’s site and I see that the tires are somewhat worn but not quite, as I know the customer wants to get all the “goody” out of the tires and are not […]
End of Life For Certain Windows Devices
How are you going to prepare for the Windows CE and Embedded Mobile End of Life? Major enterprises are facing a new critical decision: How to prepare their handheld devices for a major operating system (OS) transition. Microsoft has been gradually ending support for Windows CE and Windows Embedded Handheld. What does Windows End […]
What is Lean?
… and how does it relate to Kaizen? We touch up on another Business Process Improvement (BPI) method in relation to KAIZEN. Kaizen talks about improving through various ways one of which is by eliminating wastes. Wastes refer to the work that takes up too much of your effort and time and can actually be […]
Safety and Compliance: Proof of Work and Labor
Let’s be realistic about safety. A lot of us space out when safety is being talked about or when listening to it is made compulsory. When things are going along in your business day to day, safety is rarely a thought on the mind of business owners, field technicians, and dispatchers. But this also hold […]
How To Apply Kaizen On A Personal Level
There are ways to apply KAIZEN into your day-to-day life. Improvement, especially the Kaizen philosophy, may seem daunting at first but is actually very simple. Kaizen play into the human intuition and the desire to constantly seek improvement. We list down three ways you can start implementing the Kaizen approach in your work life right […]
What is KAIZEN?
Every company out there has it’s own business process. That means, each company has its own way of getting the job done, communicating, and interacting with customers. It’s the different processes involved which make your company run smoothly to deliver the work or service that you provide. A business process is well thought of – […]
Safety Inspection – The Ticket to a Safe Work Environment
By: ERIC DOBBINS Workers Compensation Insurance too high? Are injuries plaguing your organization? Are you just looking to create a safer environment for your employees? Maybe it is hard to get people to think about safety, but it shouldn’t be. During my first day at work, on which I was transitioning from a […]