Summary: Safety and compliance software must turn collected data into reports that show trends, open actions, recurring hazards, and audit readiness across sites. Strong reporting requirements include flexible dashboards, drill-down analysis, scheduled outputs, and clear visibility into corrective action status so EHS teams can act quickly. For enterprise buyers, weak reporting limits the value of […]
Quality Management
Why You Should Implement Multi-Purpose Enterprise Software
We’ve been involved in the design, development, and implementation of enterprise-level software for over 20 years, which is why our team of experts puts together this 10-part series on evaluating Enterprise-level software. We’ll cover topics ranging from security, data collection and reporting requirements, implementation resources, pricing/cost models, and more, to ensure your next multi-purpose enterprise […]
Can Your Enterprise Software Be Customized?
We’ve been involved in the design, development, and implementation of customized enterprise-level software for over 20 years, which is why our team of experts puts together this 10-part series on evaluating Enterprise-level software. We’ll cover topics ranging from security, data collection and reporting requirements, implementation resources, pricing/cost models, and more, to ensure your next customized […]
What Are Your Data Integration Requirements?
We’ve been involved in the design, development and implementation of enterprise- level software for over 20 years, which is why our team of experts put together this 10-part series on evaluating Enterprise-level software. We’ll cover topics ranging from security, data integration requirements, implementation resources, pricing / cost models and more, to ensure your next enterprise […]
How To Evaluate Your Data Collection Needs and Requirements
We’ve been involved in the design, development, and implementation of enterprise-level software for over 20 years, which is why our team of experts puts together this 10-part series on evaluating Enterprise-level software. We’ll cover topics ranging from security, data collection needs and requirements, implementation resources, pricing/cost models and more, to ensure your next enterprise software […]
16 Things To Ask Your IT Department When Evaluating Enterprise Software
A rigorous enterprise software evaluation should always start with your IT department's security and data privacy requirements. Before investing time in demos and feature comparisons, organizations need to confirm that any cloud-based solution meets the technical due diligence standards of their own IT team. Here are 16 critical questions your IT department should address when […]
Get the most out of Business Intelligence Reporting with Certainty!
Business AI Reporting with Microsoft Power BI & Certainty! Business intelligence reporting helps teams turn audit, inspection, and compliance data into clear operational insight. With Certainty and Microsoft Power BI, you can visualize trends, track performance, and share dashboards that support faster, better decisions. Summary: Business intelligence reporting helps organizations move beyond static spreadsheets and […]
How Rocky Brands reduced their time spent on Quality Audits by 70%
Summary: The Rocky Brands Quality Audit transformation shows how digitizing audit collection, reporting, and follow-up can dramatically reduce manual effort across global facilities. Rocky Brands Inc. is a global leader in apparel and footwear manufacturing and until recently collected their Quality Assurance (QA), Layered Process (LPA), Verification, and Lean Manufacturing audit data by hand. Their audit […]
Saving a business money takes effort!
Unless you’re like the retail business manager who once told me that he was ‘making way too much money to worry about cutting costs, cost management simply aims to achieve the most cost-effective way of delivering your goods or services to a given level of quality. Cost management isn’t about reducing quality or short-changing customers. […]
Certainty Software…Protecting your reputation and assets
A safety management system helps organizations protect their people, reputation, and assets through consistent oversight and corrective action. For directors and managers, it also creates a stronger foundation for legal compliance, accountability, and operational resilience. Summary: Protecting reputation and assets requires more than good intentions—it requires a structured safety management system. This post explains how […]
Take the Certainty Software Challenge and Save your Company Thousands of Dollars per Site Every Year!
At Certainty Software, we are proud of one very important thing. Our clients save an enormous amount of time and money using Certainty Software – our audit and inspection management software solution. And that’s why we want to introduce the Certainty Software Challenge! By automating the audit/inspection process with Certainty Software, our clients on average […]
“I don’t need these stupid checklists… because I know this stuff already.”
You may think that you don’t need to use checklists because you already know what to do or because you’ve done it a hundred times before. But even though you may have done so yourself or you’ve told other people what to do, it’s only human nature to make mistakes or to try and take […]
Solving Organizational Resistance to Checklists
Checklist adoption often fails not because the checklist is weak, but because teams resist the change it represents. When organizations address fear, ownership, and communication early, checklists become easier to implement and far more effective. Summary: Resistance is one of the biggest barriers to making checklists work. This post explores why employees may resist checklist […]
How ‘Experts’ can be the Biggest Obstacle to Using Checklists
Checklist implementation often breaks down when experienced employees see checklists as unnecessary or beneath their expertise. In reality, strong checklists improve consistency, reduce errors, and support better performance across high-risk or repetitive work. Summary: One of the biggest barriers to checklist success is resistance from people who believe they do not need one. This post […]
Checklists don’t work….do they? Why Checklists Work
Here are 10 reasons why implementing checklists work in your business’s operations: 1 – Because everyone already knows what we need to do! You may think that everyone knows what to do because they’ve done it a hundred times before. But even though we’ve told them what to do, people often don’t listen and frequently […]
