January 26th, 2012
We can all agree that miners work in out-of-the-box situations; as a result, the industry has often been characterized as inherently hazardous.
That threat becomes even higher when the workforce is largely contractor based, as contractors are not as familiar with the same standards, policies and procedures as employees.
Despite this fairly typical categorization, according to the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA), “Mining deaths are preventable.”
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December 28th, 2011
Risk
It’s a daily reality, faced by those who rely on contingent workers. The firms without contractor management services to mitigate risk roll a dice every time they hire outside for a job.
In today’s economy, employees are an expensive proposition. As a result, many of the world’s largest organizations are leaning more heavily on their contractor workforce to get the job done.
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November 29th, 2011
What if I told you that contractor screening was simple?
Would you be more likely to implement a few pre-emptive measures, to potentially save millions of dollars? Nearly 6.5 million people work at approximately 252,000 construction sites on any given day across the United States [1].
It should be no surprise that effective contractor screening at these sites can result in a reduction of incidents. It’s not enough to assume contractors are safe.
Avoid Accidents
Take scaffolding as a perfect example, OSHA lists scaffolding as the top fall hazard craft with 4,500 injuries and 50 fatalities a year [2]. It’s closely followed by fall protection, excavations and ladders. Interestingly enough, many of the solutions that OSHA defines to avoid these fall hazards, can be performed with effective contractor screening. Prequalification ensures that the right equipment is used and precautions taken, to avoid accidents.
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November 29th, 2011
While many companies have harnessed some of the great Enterprise Resource Planning tools out there in search of a perfect supplier management system, few take the time to set up an effective supplier scorecard, to gauge efficiency in performance metrics.
As we will discuss, it is no longer enough to just create a lean supply chain. You must look further into supplier management and supplier performance to maximize value, reduce risks, and associated costs.
Creating an effective supplier management system involves more than cost cutting alone. It’s wider-reaching than simply effectively sourcing, and requires that you monitor and measure the performance of your suppliers.
A Global Supply Chain
We are doing business in a world that is increasingly reliant on a global supply chain, and supplier performance must be effectively calculated and evaluated for efficiency. Global trading options are certainly not getting any smaller, and with countries like China and Russia rapidly expanding their footprint in the free market economy, supplier performance and supplier management are reaching a critical point.
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