Inspection & Safety Compliance Management - ISCM - Field ID

Happy Holidays Everyone! To give you some insight into our meaningful and intelligent office conversations, I’m going to tell you the hottest topic around here behind safety compliance and inspection software. At the Field ID HQ, there has been an ongoing feud regarding Android vs. Apple. Like many of you, we each have our own choices of phones, and we each have our own opinions of which is better. I seem to be sole loyal fan of Android phones, while most of the office is pretty content with the Iphone. But we seem to all agree that both Iphones and Android phones are pretty great, regardless of which we think is more superior.

This is the holiday spirit that we would like to extend to all of safety compliance industry this season. Regardless of how you are going about your safety compliance procedures, whether you are already a Field ID user or still undecided about inspection software; you have to admit its pretty great. The ultimate goal is to stay safe.   The truth is that we all have the same goal here. We just want to make sure that everyone is staying safe and that safety compliance procedures are properly completed. How do we reach that goal? How do we make sure that everything is done right?

The one thing they never tell you about paper and pen is that it allows unlimited flexibility for your staff.  Most of the time, flexibility is great. The fact that you can fill in just about any detail you want is actually quite perfect. But there are other times where flexibility causes problems. If the serial number is scratched out, then what happens? They may fill in something temporary like “no serial number”, but how do I know which equipment that is, after I go back to the office? How do I find the previous inspections of this equipment if I don’t know the serial number?

With inspection software, questions of flexibility or traceability disappear. We can ensure that even without the serial number, we can identify this asset with RFID tags and will never lose traceability just because the serial number is unreadable. You can also regulate the format of staff-input to avoid any confusion about the content recorded. These are just some of many ways that inspection software can benefit your business.

We may disagree with the best way to go about safety compliance procedures, but ultimately if it was guaranteed that serial numbers will never fade, or if your staff had a system in place to regulate what they write down, this would not be a problem. But we cannot guarantee these things. If you are still unsure about inspection software, your doubts are valid. It is a very different work flow than what you usually do. But certainly, you can see the value, and we definitely see the value. So for this holiday season, let’s stop debating and just agree, Field ID would be a pretty great Christmas present regardless of if you are an Apple or an Android fan.