5 Trends in Industrial Supply Chain Management We ll See This Year
This year will be one of transformation for supply chains, and this change will be for the better.
By Devin Partida
Mar 05, 2021
The mass disruptions brought by 2020 will likely inspire substantial changes across industries in 2021. Industrial supply chains have experienced some of the most significant challenges, so they’ll likewise experience some of the most dramatic shifts in 2021. This year will be one of transformation for supply chains, and this change will be for the better.
The pandemic highlighted areas throughout supply chains where they could use improvement. In general, companies have found that resiliency, visibility, and worker safety are not where they should be. Here are five trends that will emerge in industrial supply chain management to correct this.
Real-time remote collaborations with SMEs enable effective hardware and software installations.
By Chris Kourliouros
Mar 03, 2021
The impact of COVID-19 on manufacturing facilities has been significant. While offices across America have largely pivoted to online platforms for web-based collaborations between colleagues, the industrial sector has also had to contend with how to safely startup and commission process control systems in their facilities which have traditionally required timely on-site interventions and communications with product experts.
Commissioning a process control system requires extensive collaborations between an on-site field team and their vendors whose engineering support teams have been largely working remotely. The challenge for vendors has been how to continue to support their customers with effective training and mentoring. According to ARC industry reports, human error is the primary cause of 42% of abnormal events and a secondary contributing cause
Taking a Wider Look - Eye Protection in the 21st Century
While many people think that the eye protection regulations and standards referenced by OSHA represent the best practices for the protection of employees and their eyesight, we do not have to look very far to see that in fact the U.S. requirements for workers are starting to lag behind much of the world.
This “eye opening” webinar will review the existing OSHA requirements for eye protection in the United States and compare them to the eye and face protection standards used by our own military, the Canadian Centre for Occupational Health, and the European Nations (EN).
We surveyed over 550+ safety professionals, executives, and more to find out how exactly organizations are addressing safety in their leadership roles. It was noteworthy that over one-half of participants agreed or strongly agreed that their employees generally comply with safety rules and policies, but view workplace safety as “someone else’s job.” This speaks to a key component of safety culture employee engagement.