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Increased focus to comply with regulations and the need to manage risk is causing companies to adopt new strategies to streamline Environment Health and Safety (EH&S) programs. Companies are looking for ways to reduce the cost of compliance, improve the safety of people, product, and processes while at the same time surpass corporate goals around brand equity and shareholder value. As new regulations evolve, internal and external stakeholders are increasingly directing their attention to sustainable business.
"The consequences of not being in compliance with EH&S regulations are drastic. It can result in penalties, fines, damage to the brand image, erosion of shareholder value, plant shutdowns, and in some cases even fatalities. Indeed, EH&S risks not only threaten an organization's people but also its business," explains Mehul Shah, research analyst with the Aberdeen Group's Global Manufacturing Practice. "The most successful firms are responding to these pressures by enabling visibility into key data related to energy, environment, safety, and compliance and utilizing this information to prefect processes," explains Nuris Ismail, research associate, Aberdeen Group. By creating visibility into this key data, these top performers are impacting their operations by reducing emissions by 10% and realizing an OEE rate of 87%. This report will identify the strategies used by the top performers to manage risk and compliance in manufacturing operations.
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