Shawn Macpherson

Recent Posts

The Easiest Way to Score Items in an Audit

With basic inspections, a simple pass/fail determination by the inspector is all that’s necessary.
2 min read

Topics: risk assessments, audit software

Doing Inspections Isn’t Enough. You Need an Inspection Program.

When we began providing safety consulting and training in the late 1980s, very few companies had a safety manager, or even a safety program to manage.
2 min read

Topics: inspection management, inspection best practices, inspections and profitability

Using your audit/inspection program to look ahead.

Audits and inspections aren’t just for complying with regulations or finding out what isn’t safe or operating optimally at the moment.
3 min read

Topics: inspection best practices

4 Essential Steps for Implementing Audit/Inspection Software

4 min read

Topics: inspection software, inspection best practices, audit software

Implementing Audit/Inspection Software – Part 4: Training & Going Live

In the final blog of this series we will talk about the testing and training elements of implementing audit/inspection software.
3 min read

Topics: inspection software, audit software

Implementing Audit/Inspection Software – Part 3: Configuration & Customization

In parts one and two of our Implementing Audit/Inspection Software blog series, we cover the planning and solution design stages. Part 3 starts with systematically working through your Solution...
2 min read

Topics: inspection software, inspection best practices, audit software

Implementing Audit/Inspection Software – Part 2: Solution Design

Software-as-a-Service solutions like The Checker are available over the web, with no hosting or installation required, and are quite simple to implement. To ensure the greatest success however even a...
2 min read

Topics: inspection software, audit software

Implementing Audit/Inspection Software – Part 1: Planning & Process

Many people believe they can simply install the software like an app and start inspecting. And from the outside it may seem this is all that is required, in actuality the best and most successful...
2 min read

Topics: inspection software, inspection management, audit software

5 Mistakes to Avoid When Implementing Audit / Inspection Software

Choosing to use software to conduct audits and inspections for your business is an easy choice. Implementing it however can be more daunting. To help you, we have summarized what we believe are five...
1 min read

Topics: inspection software, audit software

Using Standard & Customized Inspection Forms – The Best of Both Worlds

The forms organizations use to conduct audits and inspections are an interesting study.
1 min read

Topics: inspection software, audit software, inspection forms

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