What is a Safeguard? Safeguards are vital for businesses to safely control the work environment for risk reduction and failure prevention. Rather than being reactive and reflective of failures in safety, safeguards are conscious plans in place which identify these potential risks and hazards and implement the controls necessary to prevent the negative instance from […]
Personal Protective Equipment (PPE): What It Is and Why It Matters for Safety on Your Site
Construction sites come with risks. As noted by Industrial Safety & Hygiene News, one in every 10 employees is injured annually on worksites, leading to a non-fatal injury rate 71 percent higher than in any other industry. Taking steps to prevent these injuries such as prioritizing proper Personal Protective Equipment offers multiple benefits for companies: Staff […]
Essential Ingredient in Food Safety: Making the Most of GMP
Informed by the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA), manufacturers are required to implement processes that actively reduce the risk of foodborne illness, both from known pathogens and unknown agents. These processes are critical to track the type and nature of these illnesses and mitigate their impact — according to the CDC, 48 million Americans fall ill […]
Certainty Version 4.1 Ready for Release!
We are now planning the release of version 4.1 of Certainty Software which is scheduled for a phased rollout beginning November 20th. This release sees the addition of the Checklist Workflow tool to the system and brings an improvement to the user interface of the recently added Action Workflow tool. There are also a few […]
DNV Selects Certainty as Their Global Supply Chain Management (SCM) Software Solution
Certainty Software, Inc. is excited to welcome DNV as a client. DNV is now using the Certainty platform for their supply chain management (SCM) and assurance services globally. Founded in 1864 and headquartered in Høvik, Norway, DNV (DNV Holdings AS) is the world’s leading classification society and a recognized advisor for the maritime industry. DNV is […]
The Pros and Cons of Behavior Based Safety
The corporate world is full of business improvement programs. Sometimes their adoption is a must to survive in a competitive industry or market, other times they are a passing phase better avoided. In this post, we look at the pros and cons and Behavior Based Safety (BBS). What is Behavior Based Safety (BBS)? Before jumping […]
The 5 Biggest Challenges When Building a Safety Observation Report (Solved)
Workplace safety is critical to ensure both employee protection and productivity — staff missing work because they’ve suffered injuries on the job can negatively impact both staff morale and overall output. As noted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, however, workplace safety remains a challenge: In 2019 alone, more than 880,000 workers suffered nonfatal […]
SourceForge names Certainty Software as the 2021 Top Performer
Certainty Software is honored to be recognized as a best-in-class category leader announced by the SourceForge Top Performer Award for 2021. Certainty Software today announced that it has been awarded a Summer 2021 Leader Award by SourceForge, the world’s largest software review and comparison website. This award recognizes companies and products with outstanding user reviews […]
How Certainty helped an award-winning grocer’s Covid-19 response
Longo’s Brothers Fruit Market (“Longo’s”) is a family-owned Canadian grocer that started in 1956 when three brothers, Tommy, Joe, and Gus opened their first fruit market. What began as a small family-run store has since grown to a company that operates 36 stores in communities across Toronto and the Greater Toronto Area, as well as Grocery […]
Certainty Software Named as Rising Star for Environmental, Health & Safety Software
Certainty Software has been named a Rising Star in the Environmental, Health & Safety Management Software category for the Summer 2021 Customer Success Report published by FeaturedCustomers. FeaturedCustomers is the leading customer success content marketing platform for B2B business software & services helping potential B2B buyers make informed purchasing decisions through vendor-validated customer success content […]
