OSHA estimates that poor lockout/tagout procedure accounts for up to 10% of industrial safety incidents. While LOTO procedures at process facilities are a federal requirement, many companies may carry legacy inefficiencies or have blind spots in their programs that cause regulatory headaches and could leave your workforce at risk. Using the MobilOps® LOTO Manager application, one […]

Unplanned downtime is the stuff of nightmares for industrial plant management. Process upsets, wasted product, potentially hazardous events, high blood pressure…all potential side effects of unplanned downtime. Add in the costs of remediation — flared product, media management, overtime pay, hot shot fees, increased safety — unplanned downtime costs can easily run past the million-dollar […]

Thoughtful, detailed work permitting doesn’t have to take time and induce headaches. Here are five ways digitized work permitting today can positively impact your business tomorrow. 1. Reduce Your Maintenance Costs Permitting delays are one of the top barriers to time on tools and cause of work-start delays. Electronic work permitting can enhance efficiency by […]

Why can you track your fast-food pizza, but not see everything in your plant? Or where your rideshare driver is, but not your work progress until the end of the day?  Despite investments in ERP and digital control systems, in the era of Industry 4.0 we still have a gap between our plant goals and […]

Digital workflows automate the routing of documents to users and groups per your current business processes of your organization. A digital transformation effort at your facility that incorporates digital workflows ensures your business processes procedures are followed and is shown to improve team productivity, business process consistency, and communication.  Here are some of the key benefits of automated digital workflows:  Digital documents are easily searchable and adaptable to […]

Picture the following scenario. Your car speedometer only shows your speed every ten minutes, your fuel meter only updates twice a week, and you can only see out of your windshield 50% of the time. Yes, you would still be able to drive your car, but you would also unknowingly go over the speed limit, […]

In the world of disaster recovery and preparedness, we have come across many stories related to accidents caused by chemicals, hurricanes, and equipment failures. These situations are made worse by insufficient and inadequate business continuity and disaster recovery plans. When disasters happen, you need a system that provides visibility into scoping, planning, risk assessment, emergency […]

In our June blog post, we discussed the realities of digitization and how, in light of the COVID-19 pandemic, it will continue to be part of the “new normal” of the Industry 4.0 revolution. We also highlighted four practical steps companies can take to prepare themselves sooner rather than later. Suggestion No. 1—“Don’t boil the ocean, start with […]

After months of customer feedback and planning, we enhanced our field mobility product with new features to digitize  and provide more visibility into your site. We renamed the product to “MobilOps FieldVision” . Please check out the video for highlights!