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Outcome-based Specifications

The focus on value-based outcomes has become a dominant approach in the health care sector over the last few decades. It has also made...

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Agile Compliance

Organizations of all shapes and sizes utilize systems to ensure that the right work gets done at the right time in the right way. In fact...

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Better Compliance Done a Better Way

According to Albert Einstein: Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. And yet, that is...

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Are You Auditing What Really Matters?

Audits have been used for many years to confirm the integrity of financial statements and that proper accounting procedures have been...

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Risk Based process Safety During Disruptive Times

The Center for Chemical Process Safety (CCPS) recently published a monograph that provides insights for managing Process Safety during ...

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Total Safety Management

Many companies will be familiar with the terms Total Quality Management (TQM), or Total Production System (TPS). They began initially to...

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Rasmussen's Risk Management Framework

At a fundamental level compliance programs protect the value stream from threats that hinder the creation of value. Each program...

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Process Safety Management for the Digital Factory

With the increases in the number and severity of security breaches, digital factories could benefit from risk-based process safety...

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How Structures Create Cultures

Professor Andrew Hopkins shares his insights on how organizational structure, communication, and habitual practices advance safety...

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What is Management of Change

Change can be a significant source of risk. That is why compliance programs include a risk-based process for managing planned changes....

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The Two Towers of Safety: Be Safe, Act Safe

When it comes to safety there are two schools of thought. The oldest one is focused on behavior and its by-line is, "Act Safe." This is...

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Regulatory Compliance Not Enough

In a recent decision of the Ontario Court of Appeal they stated that the general duty clause in the Occupational Health and Safety Act,...

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Tyrannical Compliance

Companies often consider compliance as a "necessary evil" rather than a "necessary good." They sometimes feel they are forced to comply...

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API RP 1173 – Taking Ownership of Your Obligations

"Pipeline process management includes determination of needs throughout the pipeline life-cycle, provision of sufficient human and...

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Four Misuses of Audits

Audits were first adopted by financial institutions to identify and prevent fraud. Their focus was to test the integrity of accounting...

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Managing Risk During Lean Improvements

LEAN approaches have been used across many industries for decades with great success. However, there are some industries were using LEAN...

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How To Conduct Scoping Interviews to Manage Personnel Changes

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

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Critical Defeats - Managing the Last Line of Defense

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

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To Maintain Safety it is Necessary to Properly Transition Safety-Critical Roles

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

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Can Research into AI Safety Help Improve Overall Safety?

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

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Where is the latest Standard Operating Procedure (SOP)?

Using up to date procedures and safe work practices is essential for maintaining safety of your workforce. Document management systems...

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How to Manage Risk during Organizational Changes

Safety regulations and guidelines across North America call out for the need to manage risk due to organizational changes. Ensuring that...

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