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Can one system handle both procedure digitization and field execution?

Yes, one system can handle both, and keeping digitization and field execution together fixes a problem that most sites live with today without always…

Feb 18, 2025
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What should a good proof of concept test before a live field rollout?

A good proof of concept tests the parts that are hardest to fix later, which are usually whether the tool handles your real documents and data, whether…

Feb 11, 2025
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Can operating procedures become SCORM compliant training automatically?

The structure of a digital procedure, with clear steps, warnings and critical points, is a good base for training content, and turning it into a SCORM…

Feb 4, 2025
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Should a new AI tool replace an incumbent system or act as an intelligence layer on top?

In most industrial companies it makes more sense for a new AI tool to start as a layer on top, since systems like the CMMS, ERP and document control…

Jan 27, 2025
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How do you replace a 4,000 line inspection spreadsheet with a usable workflow?

A spreadsheet that size usually started as a simple tracker and grew into the place where inspection scope, schedules, results and follow ups all live…

Jan 22, 2025
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Why does vendor onboarding take months when document review takes hours?

The review itself is rarely the slow part, since most of the time goes into waiting, whether that is waiting for the vendor to send documents, chasing…

Jan 18, 2025
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Can you build a useful 3D plant or vessel view from existing 2D drawings?

Yes, and for most operational uses it is the more practical route, since laser scans and full engineering models are expensive, slow to produce and…

Jan 13, 2025
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How do you place a fatal risk warning at the point of exposure, not somewhere else in the SOP?

In a lot of procedures the fatal risk warnings are grouped in a section at the front, which means the operator reads them once at the start and is…

Jan 6, 2025
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Why can a digital permit take longer to approve than a paper one?

A digital permit usually ends up slower when the paper permit was copied field for field into a digital form without rethinking the process, so every…

Jan 3, 2025
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Why do experienced operators work from memory instead of opening a procedure?

Most experienced operators have run the same jobs hundreds of times, and when the procedure is a long PDF that takes longer to find than the job takes…

Dec 30, 2024
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How do you turn a PDF procedure into an editable digital workflow without reformatting it first?

Most sites have hundreds of procedures sitting as PDFs or Word files, and many of them were written years apart by different authors using different…

Dec 24, 2024
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How this founder's unlikely path to Silicon Valley could become an edge in industrial tech

Thomas Lee Young doesn't sound like your typical Silicon Valley founder. The 24-year old CEO of Interface, a San Francisco startup using AI to prevent industrial accidents, is a white guy with a Caribbean accent and a Chinese last name.

Nov 21, 20258 min read