Best Practices: Reducing EHS Costs By Digitizing Compliance
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Executive Summary
This report outlines best practice advice for the efficient and effective digitization of EHS compliance requirements, providing input to managers to enable them to overcome common challenges on the path to digitization. The report leverages EHS experts' responses regarding their EHS software implementation goals, expectations and projections for 2021. Verdantix research finds that there can be significant challenges to digitizing EHS compliance, stemming from internal resistance, management of change issues, nebulous project scope and uncertainty about time to value. This report presents best practices that can help alleviate these difficulties.Customers Are Recognizing Digitization As A Key To Optimizing Business Processes And Managing Worker Risk
Firms Perceive Digitization As Essential To EHS Success
Digitizing EHS Compliance Offers Cost Savings Via Saving Time, Safeguarding Health And Property, And Improving Productivity
Firms Leverage Digital Compliance Technologies For Direct Cost Savings And Business Optimization
Firms That Digitize Compliance Also Enjoy Indirect Cost Savings
Understanding And Overcoming Challenges To Digitizing Your Compliance Objectives
Cross-Functional Communication, Concrete Scope And Stakeholder Buy-In Aid Success
Project Management Best Practices Ensure Successful And Cost-Effective Implementation Of Digital Compliance Solutions
Best Practices Ensure Firms Derive Maximum Value From Digitizing EHS Compliance
Recent Trends Are Adding Significant Value To Digitization Efforts
Figure 2. EHS Software Market: 2021 Investment Plans (Respondents Currently Using Software)
Figure 3. EHS Software Market: 2021 Investment Plans (Respondents Currently Not Using Software)
Figure 4. Direct And Indirect Cost Savings Of Digitizing EHS Compliance
Figure 5. Common Project Pitfalls And Their Mitigation
Figure 6. Process-Based Approach To EHS Compliance Digitization
Figure 7. Digital EHS Compliance Usage Scenarios
About the Authors

Kel Udeala
Industry Analyst
Kel is an Industry Analyst at Verdantix. His current agenda focuses on EHS, Industrial Hygiene and Occupational health software. He has a background in oil and gas, rene…
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Bill Pennington
VP Research
Bill is VP Research at Verdantix, where he leads analysis on the evolving and interconnected landscapes of EHS, quality, AI and enterprise risk management. His research helps …
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