What got us to where we are today will not get us to where we want to be tomorrow. Decades of awareness building, training, and record keeping on Occupational Health and Safety – spearheaded by private and public enterprises and prodded along by governments – have got us to where we are today. These efforts have moved us incrementally along a path over the past four decades from literally dozens of deaths per day in the US alone, to a quarter of this number today.
Read More →ISO 45001 May Be Particularly Beneficial To Manufacturing
ISO 45001 will heap a whole lot more responsibility on to the already full plates of top managers. The standard puts business management on the hook to create, orchestrate, maintain, monitor, develop and actively promote a system that takes occupational health and safety (OH&S) policies and embeds these into the culture and operation of a business’s everyday activities. The corollary to this is that leaders will need to find a way to ensure sufficient financial, personnel and time resources are devoted to the successful implementation of a management system for OH&S. At the heart of the ISO 45001 standard is a need for worker involvement through participation in decision making, evaluation procedures, implementation and feedback mechanisms.
Read More →Saving Lives and Limbs With Big Data – A White Paper by Intelex Technologies
In almost all cases, workplace injuries and casualties are preventable. Intelex Technologies, the leading software provider of Environment, Health, Safety, and Quality Management, has been capturing data on the events leading up to workplace incidents, the circumstances surrounding them, and the after-effects for over a decade, to provide data that can prevent workplace incidents from occurring. “In the white paper “Saving Lives and Limbs With Big Data,” Intelex Data Science Advisor Dr. Gary Edwards, challenges the traditional Safety Triangle as the ultimate guide to safety and explains their Data Science findings that have the potential for eliminating the most catastrophic incidents.” Learn about their findings and access their white paper here, http://bit.ly/2rkSMgU.
Read More →Best Business Books: Recommendations from Generis Thought Leaders
From time to time, our thought leaders will mention books that stuck with them for some reason or another and have influenced the way they approach their organization and their own careers. If you are looking for a great gift for a business-minded person, try one of these titles!
Read More →nMetric Smarter Scheduling
nMetric’s Smarter Scheduling system eliminates common problems that arise from using excel as an alternative. Challenges include: Continuous Churn Limited Visibility Constant Expediting Out of Date Technology nMetric’s Smarter Scheduling technology embraces constant change of complex, high-mix environments by introducing real-time, dynamic scheduling. For more information, click here.
Read More →How Real-time Dynamic Scheduling Can Change the Game
In most high-mix discrete manufacturing, the concept of plant floor management can be misleading, as schedules cannot be carried out, production analysis is often too late to create impactful changes, and there is no visibility into bottlenecks, WIP or order status. Fortunately, Real-time Dynamic Scheduling is now available and can create improvements in plant floor management by coordinating among four functions: production planning, execution, tracking, and analysis.
Read More →Flexible Circuit’s Ebook: Information and Applications for the Medical Device Market
Flexible Circuit’s ebook explores and identifies solutions to the following industry challenges: How have intelligent devices(and the ability to share realtime data) driven significant growth of electronics within the medical device market? What is driving the significant use and growth of Flexible Circuits (FPCs) in the medical device market? What are the key considerations in choosing an FPC manufacturer? How can organizations attain cost savings when using flexible printed circuits? To view their full e-book, click here.
Read More →The Cognition Cockpit Platform as Saas Whitepaper
Cognition Corporation‘s “The Cognition Cockpit Platform as Saas‘” white paper identifies “key features of enterprise-level SaaS solutions and how the Cockpit platform implements them. The white paper reviews the benefits of Cockpit SaaS for product development teams, including: – Low cost and flexible payment options – Cloud security measures that meet or exceed SSAE 16 and electronic signature controls that comply with 21 CFR Part 11 – Capabilities for remote team management.” For more information on their white paper, click here.
Read More →Case Study: How to lead progressive changes through project leadership
“Big new legislative requirements mean big changes at even the most efficiently run companies. But when the company uses project leadership to incorporate those changes into its larger business strategy, the benefits go far beyond compliance.” To learn more about the benefits from project leadership, check out the case study by Integrated Project Management, click here.
Read More →Managing Complex Pharma Projects
As the pharmaceutical landscape is evolving to adjust to external effects, the demand for efficiency within the internal pharma industry is at a high. Praxis Life Sciences, who is reputable for analyzing challenges within an industry workforce and creating solutions based on quantitative and qualitative research has just released a new beneficial case study to the pharma industry. Their consultation within the life sciences field has a track record of proven results, and their most recent study, Managing Complex Pharma Projects, is no exception to this. The challenge that most pharma companies are currently facing is the inefficiency created by having a large project team with “disparate decision makers.” Praxis Life Sciences has analyzed this problem, and created solutions ensuring that ” decisions and progress are made in a timely fashion.” To learn more about the results of their case study, click here.
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