Rewards & Recognition
What are the types of abnormality categories and why should I use them?
How to use standard abnormality report categories and subcategories to create insight-driven reporting. Here are the recommended categories and subcategories as well as some helpful considerations for your frontline staff to aid next steps.
100+ year-old syrup manufacturer gets machine rolling faster with Weever
Monin was drowning in paper and looking for a system that would ensure compliant workflows and automate KPI reporting insights to inform continuous process improvement, all without overwhelming operators. Weever started with Production Readiness Reports at one location and within 5 months was used across departments and all facilities in North America. The main benefit Monin realized was time savings, which resulted in a cascading positive impact, including faster production lines and enabling managers to focus less on report administration and more on product quality, abnormality reporting, and overall facility improvement.
6 critical success factors of Behavior-Based Safety Observation Programs (BBSO)
Before you being rolling out your Behavior-Based Safety Observation program, you should consider the following questions. Determining the answers to these questions will ensure a flawless rollout and save time and headaches down the road.
Behavior-Based Safety: A Brief History
The almost century-long history of Behavior-based safety began with research conducted by Herbert William Heinrich in the early thirties. Mr.Heinrich worked for Traveler’s Insurance Company in the early thirties. He reported that roughly 90% of all accidents, injuries, and illnesses were the result of what he called “worker errors.”*
A Digital Do-Over: Transforming a Failing BBSO Program with Tech
Michael is the HSE manager working in a medium-sized factory in New Jersey. He works for a Fortune 100 company that manufactures consumer packaged goods. Michael and his team were looking for ways to enhance their site safety, and after hearing so much about the benefits of Behavior-Based Safety Observations, they decided to take the plunge. They implemented their own BBSO program, rolling out a paper-based system. They built observation cards, trained their staff, and then waited for all the impactful data and culture change promised by BBSO.
GMP Operational Audit Schedule for a Food Company
GMP Operational Audit Schedule for a Food Company Andy Pritchard | Dec 7, 2021 | 5 min read What does a standard Operational Audit Schedule for a typical food company look like? Organizations involved in the manufacturing and distribution of food are required by law to audit their processes and equipment to ensure basic…
5S Audit Checklist Software
We enable digital transformation for some of the best organizations in the world. View Testimonials What is 5S? 5S is a lean methodology that results in a clean, uncluttered, safe, and well organized workstation, which helps to reduce waste and optimize efficiency. A 5S program is easy to implement and is proven to reduce costs and…
7 Tips to ensure successful 5S Audits
Best Practices for creating a 5S Audit Checklist 5S Overview 5S is a workplace organization methodology that uses a list of five Japanese words: seiri (整理) = sort seiton (整頓) = set in order seisō (清掃) = shine seiketsu (清潔) = standardize shitsuke (躾) = sustain 5S is a framework that helps workers organize a…
Weever wins Innovation Award
Weever Apps is proud to be acknowledged as Frost & Sullivan’s “New Product Innovation Award” winner for the North America Enterprise Mobile Forms market. Weever has been recognized by Frost & Sullivan, a world leader in business research and consulting, as the most innovative new product in the category. According to Frost, Weever received…