How to avoid COVID complacency: What it means for manufacturing
17/07/2020 EASE Inc.
The new environment created by COVID-19 has left many manufacturers with a number of potential risks. From downtime costs and legal liability, to customer loss and employee wellbeing, these risks are bigger than anything most manufacturing executives have ever experienced - with pressure increasing from every direction.There is no doubt that manufacturing organisations face significant operational challenges, more so than other industries, as frontline manufacturing staff can't take their work to the relative safety of their homes. Plant leaders are therefore looking for ways to operate through the crisis-€â€all while preparing for a potentially much longer period of heightened uncertainty regarding supply and demand, and a lasting need to maintain enhanced hygiene and physical distancing.
As the effects of coronavirus unfold, organisations are asking what actions they need to take to ensure business continuity whilst demonstrating compliance. With plant shutdowns having already inflicted multi-million-losses on many organisations, manufacturers need to be thinking about how they should prepare for the rebound and how to increase their manufacturing and supply systems' resilience.
As manufacturers reconfigure their operations to keep employees safe and respond to changes in the wider value chain, companies still need to maintain manufacturing performance. Physical-distancing and remote-working policies will render traditional approaches obsolete, compelling companies to find new ways to manage plant-floor performance.
With complacency being a key enemy for manufacturers in the fight against COVID-19, organisations can't afford any lapses. One simple way companies can mitigate their risks is by performing short COVID-19 audits on the plant floor, ideally using a mobile digital solution to capture data in real-time. Documentation is crucial to reducing risk and audits are a key piece of that documentation, helping to protect employee health while demonstrating compliance and reducing liability risks. Companies that can't prove they're following government guidelines and recommendations could leave themselves open to costly lawsuits. Liability costs associated with lawsuits could eclipse downtime costs and extend far beyond the end of the pandemic.
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