My column in this months' Inc. Magazine discusses two critical issues many companies struggle with: safety and quality. This struggle recently gained worldwide attention with the Boeing 737 crisis, in which missing door bolts resulted in a mid-air equipment failure. While Boeing is a massive global leader working with regulatory agencies like the FAA, there are lessons that smaller businesses can take away from the aftermath.
"5 Tips for Creating a Safer Workplace: What to Learn From Boeing" explores the steps companies can take to ensure the higher levels of safety and quality in their operations. The article outlines 5 key ways to make improvements, including:
- Rolling out digital solutions that can respond and adapt faster than traditional methods.
- Investing in employee training and education to empower employees to think outside the box about safety and quality.
- Monitoring of systems and data on an ongoing basis to identify opportunities and threats in a timely manner.
- Conducting routine audits to ensure consistent performance.
- Instituting a culture of safety that makes people's welfare and product quality a number one priority.
These are lessons we've taken away from our work with manufacturing customers with similar challenges in their quality control, quality assurance and safety departments. They've used Alpha Software solutions to replace paper forms with apps and digitize their data for faster analysis, insight, response and continuous improvement.
Read the full Inc. article or learn more about our manufacturing solutions for safety and quality improvement.
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