Safety is a prime consideration for any process industry. The adage "nothing is so important that it can't be done safely" is one that underpins any operation.
It is important to record, monitor and control all activities that have a potential effect on any HSE related issue. From an operational perspective this includes:
- Ensuring all operational activity is logged in a structured manner
- Highlighting safety critical information
- Sharing information between disciplines/departments
- Closely managing the Shift Handover process
- Escalation paths for issues
Opralog is built on several fundamental principles that help ensure all the appropriate information is captured, monitored and acted upon.
The Opralog philosophy is built around simplicity, flexibility and ease of use. This encourages the creation of quality logs that become an important asset for the organisation. This philosophy ensures:
- One version of the truth: single entry of information, whether originating from people or plant, ensures efficient, accurate recording of events.
- Capturing the What and the Why: logging what happened is useful, recording why it occurred is essential and provides the real value.
- Information is highly visible: Important information is visible across teams, departments and shift changeovers. Issues are easily escalated through the management chain.
- Continuous learning: quick, easy access to historic information allows for a culture of continuous improvement. Historic information is turned into shared experiences that helps retain and manage organisational knowledge
- Simplicity of use: capturing information from people is always a delicate task. Any logging system (whether paper based or electronic) places an imposition on the user. The single most important consideration of Opralog is to ensure the entry of information is always as simple and intuitive as possible. Without quality input any logging system is seriously compromised.
Opralog provides the ideal framework to capture, analyse and act on operational information to manage of Health, Safety and Environmental issues.