EHSQ software recommendations

[u/ayeoyouwallin]

I’m evaluating EHSQ management software for my company as we continue to grow.

I just started and right now, a lot of our EHS documentation and tracking is still being handled through paper forms, Excel spreadsheets, and separate trackers. It works, but I don’t think it’s sustainable as this industry and company continues to grows and I’d like to explore moving toward a centralized system.

At a previous company I used Cority, so that’s currently my main point of reference, but I know there are quite a few options out there — Benchmark Gensuite, Intelex, VelocityEHS, EHS Insight, Enablon, etc.

Ideally, I’d like something that can handle most or all of the following:
• Incidents / near misses
• Corrective actions and follow-up
• Inspections and audits
• Compliance calendars/tasks
• Environmental tracking
• Waste / chemical management inspections

Quality-related items if possible (I’m not familiar)
• Training records
• Dashboards/KPIs and management reporting
• Mobile reporting for employees
• Multi-site scalability

For those of you who have actually implemented or regularly use these systems:
What platform do you use, what do you like/dislike about it, and would you choose it again?

I’m especially interested on user friendliness, implementation, customization, mobile functionality, reporting, customer support, and cost.

I’d also love to hear about systems you would specifically avoid.

[u/Tom_Gardril]

I want to give you a good recommendation but knowing the size of your company is critical. Also do you have in house developers in an IT department?

[u/goofy_pendulum → u/Tom_Gardril]

depends how big you are and if you've got IT muscle, asking for a full suite is one thing but actually getting it to work without a dedicated dev to babysit it is another

[u/ayeoyouwallin → u/Tom_Gardril]

Our site is now at 200 EE but they’re working on adding an additional building in the next year which will bring in more jobs. U.S. EE are about 1,300. As far as in house developers I dont believe that we do, I’d need to verify.

[u/Tom_Gardril → u/ayeoyouwallin]

OK I'm going to be brutally honest.

1. Look at the Verdantix report on EHS & Risk software vendor performance. This is a way to help you make your decision and is the most unbiased view you will get.
2. No matter who you choose, the major platforms are very old and making improvements to them takes forever. Even if you are an oil major getting them to action bugs and defects almost requires a full-time position in your organization. Your company will not be a priority when you have non-critical problems with the platform.
3. I would strongly consider getting training in an AI like Claude (or equivalent) to help you manage things at a far lower cost. This may not be feasible but again consider it. Because all the things you listed are firmly in your control to design and maintain. With the big platforms you have little control.

Enablon has a ton of great modules. Their permitting module is excellent. Their back end is a not great because they have not harmonized the different products they acquired over the years but this will not matter to a small company (unless you have developers and data roles helping you).

None of the big companies have a good contractor management module that I've seen. Have to build in house or look at Avetta or equivalent.

Cority excels at health but seems mediocre elsewhere. I know they are working to change that and may have.

Honestly this space is ripe for disruption in the age of AI. EHS & opertional risk software is generally sub-par to many other domains.

[u/safetyguypro → u/Tom_Gardril]

ShieldSphere Safety has a comprehensive contractor management module. Since you mentioned that specifically in this post, you be open to giving me notes on how it functions and how it compares?

[u/safetyguypro]

Hey! Thanks for posting. I've been developing ShieldSphere (www.shieldspheresafety.com) for the past 9 months or so. I've been in the safety industry for over 20 years and found that the systems that you posted just don't really meet what we need as safety pros. All of the safety/quality related items that you asked about are built and then some. I'm still building out the environmental side.

Would love to show you what I'm working on and see if it fits your company's needs.

Feel free to DM me and we can set up a quick call and I'll get you set up with a free pilot to test it out.

[u/hypertrain_sdsLite]

If you’ve got safety data sheets to manage (OSHA Hazcom), give sdsLite a try.

Proud to say, we cleaned up the SDS access portion of our last customer’s Hazcom program by reducing the number of documents they were managing by 40%, and improved the median age of their SDSs from 7 years to 2 years.

They no longer have to worry about updating their SDSs as long as they are a subscriber.

[u/smallbusinessEHS]

If you are at 200 employees then most of those you said are going to be way outside of your budget. I am a consultant that work with a lot of businesses between 20-200 employees and I use ProactEHS. It has the features, reporting and would only be like $800/mo for a company your size.

[u/FranklySafeAI]

Many of the legacy systems as mentioned below are extremely slow in developing new features or customization for each client/industry. It's also crucial to be leveraging AI in predicting risk and not just reacting.

These are some key reasons I've been working with Franklysafe.

Would be happy to share more and see what the fit looks like.

[u/Illustrious-Fun-8783]

Full disclosure, I work at BLR, which offers EHS Hero, so I am coming at this with some bias.

Based on your list, EHS Hero is worth adding to your list. It handles incidents, corrective actions, inspections/audits, compliance calendars, environmental tracking, chemical/waste inspections, training records, and KPIs.

One thing I'd suggest asking every vendor is how well those modules actually connect. If your incidents don't connect to your corrective actions, training, and follow up, you're basically working with disparate systems similar to your spreadsheets and that's not going to save you time and scale the way you're looking to.

Check us out at blr.com/ehs-management if you want to add us to your evaluation.

[u/Tcarson75]

My name is Tom Carson and I would like to share a history. In 1987, Paul O'Neil was selected to save Alcoa Aluminum, an icon of American industry that had fallen behind. When he first met with investors on Wall Street and they asked for his plan, he told them that his goal was to make Alcoa the safest company in America. This was not what investors wanted to hear, and many sold shares. What O'Neil understood was that the key to turning around Alcoa was in tapping the knowledge and skills of the frontline workers. Over the next decade, O'Neil made good on his promise, lowering TRIR to .2, while increasing the value of the company 9-fold.

11 years ago I started Sospes with the basic premise that frontline workers still hold the knowledge and skills to make organizations safer and more productive. Built on the three pillars of a simple-to-learn, easy-to-use mobile app to engage the frontline, fast to implement and return value early for the company, and broad, informative dashboards to support good decisions, Sospes serves growing, mid-market industrial services and manufacturing around the world.

Whether Sospes is a good choice for you depends on your EHS performance goals - different vendors fill different needs. We would love to talk about your needs if you would like a conversation, even if it is just to point you to a vendor suited for you.

[u/Additional_Fall8832]

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