Strategic Focus: Improving Health And Safety With AI
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Executive Summary
The market for artificial intelligence (AI) projects is growing as larger volumes of proven deployments de-risk projects in the eyes of executives and greater use of cloud infrastructure lowers the barrier to entry. Additionally, the COVID-19 crisis has accelerated firms’ AI adoption plans due to its usefulness in managing shift working arrangements, supply chains and consumer purchasing. With AI filtering through into every facet of organizations, Verdantix sought to offer clarity on the growing applicability of AI to EHS. This report will help EHS directors and executives understand AI’s applicability to EHS and support them in leveraging AI to deliver cost savings, enhanced EHS performance and time savings to focus on value-added tasks. This study spotlights high-value EHS use cases of AI whilst also offering guidance for EHS functions seeking to initiate AI projects.Strategic Focus: Improving Health And Safety With AI
Three Machine Learning Subfields Which Will Reinvent Traditional EHS Processes
AI Adoption Will Accelerate As Cost Savings And Quality Improvement Benefits Become Too Great To Ignore
EHS Executives Should Leverage AI To Automate EHS Processes And Improve Analytics
AI Will Automate Time-Consuming Tasks, Reducing The Burden On EHS Professionals
The Intersection Of AI Algorithmic Advances And Higher Quality EHS Data Is Leading To Improved AI Analytics
EHS Executives Must Ensure They Are Operationally Ready To Deploy AI Projects
Figure 2. EHS Use Cases Of AI
Figure 3. Winning Strategy To Implement AI Projects
About the Authors
Chris Sayers
Senior Manager
Chris is a Senior Manager at Verdantix. His current research agenda targets enterprise AI integration and adoption, AI market trends and agentic AI. Chris joined Verdantix in ...
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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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