Market Insight: Using Technology Effectively For Holistic Contractor Safety Insight
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Executive Summary
Firms use contractors for multifarious reasons – to reduce employee cost, access external subject-matter expertise, or stay on top of surges in resource requirements. Organizations taking on contractors often expose themselves to higher levels of safety hazard, and must put in place a series of risk barriers throughout the life cycle of third-party operators. The mitigation of contractor safety risks pivots around three key aspects: 1) provision of accessible tools for contractors; 2) gathering of granular contractor information; and 3) use of digital workflows that leverage contractor information during operations. For procurement, EHS and operational managers, this report outlines several aspects of the digital functionality offered by safety and supplier management software vendors that can help raise the bar for contractor safety.Firms are realising the benefits of having full visibility of the contractor life cycle
Digital tools improve individual worker insight throughout contractor operations
Figure 2. Prioritization of contractor management and visibility by EHS corporate functions
Figure 3. ‘One to many’ vs ‘many to many’ contractor management
Figure 4. Stages of the contractor life cycle
About the Authors
Tom Brown
Senior Consultant, Advisory Services
Tom is a Senior Consultant in the Verdantix Advisory Services practice, where his focus is on delivering client solutions for EHS and sustainability digitization. Tom joined V...
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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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