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Changes to safety-critical positions in regulated industries must follow a process to manage risks associated with transitioning a new...

In a previous blog, I outlined 5 threats to compliance. In this blog, I will look at how to address them. At first glance, it may seem...

Meeting compliance is critical to those that work in highly regulated industries and specifically to those that are responsible for...

Many organizations are required to have a Management of Change (MOC) procedure to manage risks introduced by planned changes to assets,...

Business processes require information to produce the desired outcomes. This information comes in various forms and is used in a variety...

In a world that values specialists, individual workmanship and personal accountability the LEAN culture can seem foreign, threatening and...

Process safety refers to a systematic approach within industries to prevent and mitigate the occurrence of hazardous incidents and...

A simple yet powerful way to discover causes to process problems is using the LEAN 5M+E (or 6M Six Sigma) analysis technique. This...

Keeping people, processes, and the environment safe during facility changes is important to most companies and is a central part of every...

The use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) to drive autonomous automobiles otherwise known as "self-driving cars" has in recent months...

Continuous improvement is important and necessary to maintain sustainable programs. However, all too often, the pursuit of improvements...

Maintaining a facility, pipeline, or process is essential to operate safely. A key component of this is to choose the right maintenance...

Today's business climate is very competitive and there are demands coming from everywhere and everyone. There is constant and unrelenting...

Compliance programs depend on up to date technical information to support each process. This information includes such things as: process...

Recently, I spoke with a client who answered this question by saying that technology can, when introduced too soon, short circuit the...

Effectively managing risk is essential to every business. To achieve this, companies will typically have several programs to address...