What Do You Get Out Of Inspections?
Sometimes it’s difficult getting buy-in to complete inspections. They are time consuming and one could argue that the majority of the time, nothing bad happens. But there’s actually a lot in it for you and your organization in terms of inspections. Inspections provide a lot of benefits including:
- Documented due diligence
- Compliance to legislation, codes, by-laws etc.
- Avoidance of fines
- Defense against liability in the event an incident/accident occurs
- Management of reputational risk and avoidance of negative media coverage
- A safer workplace – less injuries and fatalities
- Less accidents = better insurance premiums
- Reduced loss time or work delays due to injury
- Reduced costs associated with loss time or work delays due to equipment malfunction/breakdown
- Asset protection
- Proactive fixes before they become a huge problem – and a burden on the pocket book
- Improved equipment reliability and optimization
- Increased equipment and system efficiency
- Peace of mind that everything is functioning correctly
- Improved employee morale because issues are being identified and addressed
The type of inspection method used also provides a unique set of benefits. For example, newer solutions that leverage technology provide additional benefits such as:
- Accurate and organized inspection records – satisfying record retention policies
- Property dashboards and overviews
- Automatic workflow and notification of deficiencies
- Environmentally friendly solutions – less paper consumption (bonus: also saves money and storage space)
- On the spot guidance for inspectors through customized check lists
- Analytics
- Ability to see trends
- Staffing, budget and schedule forecasting capabilities
So get out your trusty pro and con list. What makes more sense – doing inspections or not doing inspections? I think we can all agree that doing inspections has a lot more pros than cons!