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Spotting Workplace Safety Compliance Weak Spots Before Regulators Do and How to Fix Them

Summary: Workplace safety compliance is no longer a “check-the-box” activity. With better-equipped regulators, rising OSHA fines, and increasingly complex workplace hazards, organizations must take a proactive approach to identifying and fixing safety gaps before inspections happen. The most common weak spots — siloed safety data, outdated risk assessments, inconsistent inspections, and poor incident follow-up — […]

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Why Spreadsheets Fall Short for Modern Audits and Inspections

Summary: Spreadsheets are often used for audits and inspections because they are familiar and easy to set up, but they quickly become inefficient as programs grow. For QA Managers, Plant Managers, and Quality Engineers managing ISO 9001, IATF 16949, or FDA cGMP compliance, manual data entry, version control issues, and limited visibility lead to rising […]

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A Mark of Excellence: Certainty Software Achieves Multiple 2025 Recognitions from Capterra, Software Advice and GetApp

What a year! We’re thrilled to announce that Certainty Software has received multiple accolades across Capterra, Software Advice, and GetApp throughout 2025. Certainty is an audit and inspection management platform designed to help organizations streamline and digitize their audit, inspection, and checklist processes. It enables users to collect data, manage corrective actions, and generate real-time […]

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11 Common Mistakes When Building Audit Checklists in Excel

Summary: Building audit checklists in Excel introduces significant risks to quality management programs, including version control failures, data entry errors, lack of real-time visibility, and difficulty maintaining compliance with ISO 9001, IATF 16949, and other standards. These common mistakes can inflate audit completion times, compromise data integrity, and make it nearly impossible to track corrective […]

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