ISO 14001, OHSAS 18001 Solution

Health & safety and environmental compliance requirements
Increasing concerns about employee welfare and the environmental impact of business operations has led to an increasing volume of regulations and recognized industry standards. Regulation affects the way we do business on a day-to-day basis because non-compliance can have serious consequences for a number of reasons: Failure to meet stringent requirements for health & safety management, such as the OHSAS 18001:1999, specification, or environmental standards, such as ISO 14001:1996 can lead to disruption of business, fines or even prison sentences. Bad publicity surrounding incidents or accidents can be very damaging to an organization’s credibility and ultimately adversely affect the long term success of a business through loss of good reputation. Loss of man hours and production as a result of poor management of these issues is an avoidable direct cost and can immediately affect revenue and subsequent profitability.

The challenges
To avoid these pitfalls, you need to be able to demonstrate that you are actively working to meet regulations and standards. You may be starting out on the road to compliance, or you may have a manual or partly automated system in place that is costly, time-consuming and complex to use, especially on an enterprise-wide scale.

At every level of your organization, directors and staff are likely to have concerns about how you manage compliance today, and how an electronic system would fit into the business.

• Costly administrative overheads
• Reduced complexity
• Lack of benefit to the business

Functional management challenges
Time-consuming tasks Disconnected information that’s difficult to find and difficult to manage Difficulty of implementing changes in regulations Loss of time spent completing mandatory reports, such as HSE forms

User challenges

• Difficult to understand and apply
• Temptation to disregard if time-consuming and complex

IT challenges

• Support from the vendor
• Scalability and flexibility
• Integration with existing infrastructure
• Ease of integration

The need for change
An effective solution to many of these issues will not only help achieve compliance by automating the process, but will deliver fast return on investment and continuous business improvement.

To achieve the greatest return, the solution must prove its value fast, smoothing the way to cultural change without causing disruption to the business. Achiever Plus compliance software solutions from Achiever Business Solutions answers these requirements.

Achiever Plus goes beyond simply managing documents more effectively. While Achiever Plus enables organizations to automate costly and time-consuming manual processes, it also offers the opportunity to reassess and redesign processes and procedures in line with business objectives. At the same time, by highlighting potential issues before they arise, Achiever Plus enables companies to become proactive rather than reactive in dealing with regulatory issues.

Your total solution
Achiever Plus is a flexible, modular solution designed to help you to meet health & safety and environmental compliance requirements across the enterprise. Each module addresses key issues in your compliance solution.

Module	Supporting ISO 14001 and OHSAS 18001 compliance
Document Management	Management of the creation, review, approval and distribution of documents such as policies, responsibilities, procedures, safe systems of work, legislation register, impact register and emergency preparedness procedures. Prevents the unintended use of incorrect documents. Automated document protection and retention rules. Integration and cross referencing between risk assessments, safe systems of work and Incident Reports Enterprise-wide involvement in the change process.
Audit and Corrective Action Management	Preparing and maintaining audit checklists for procedures, processes, departments etc Creating audit profiles for any area or process, detailing the frequency and responsibilities of the audit Creating and progressing audit reports, including electronic sign-off by the Auditor and Auditee Creating and managing non-conformances and corrective actions associated with audits
Risk assessment	Documenting hazard identification, risk assessment and risk control Risk classification Managing the actions associated with Risk Assessments Monitoring assessments
Incident reporting	Enterprise–wide incident management Managing records of accident, injury and property damage Record witness statements and accident investigations Complete forms for external bodies Enforce corrective actions to improve processes
Competence and training records management	Determining necessary competence for personnel Maintaining appropriate records of education, training, skills and experience Automate the process for consultation and communication
Audits and corrective action management	Preparing and maintaining audit checklists for procedures, processes, departments etc Creating audit profiles for any area or process, detailing the frequency and responsibilities of the audit Creating and progressing audit reports, including electronic sign-off by the Auditor and Auditee Creating and managing non-conformances and corrective actions associated with audits
Meetings management	Documenting management reviews and other related meetings Managing resulting actions Formal sign-off where required
Equipment management	Managing processes that ensure equipment is calibrated, inspected and maintained as required
Contact management	Demonstrating effective communication with relevant parties, such as suppliers, contractors and regulatory bodies, including managing feedback, non-conformances and complaints.
Gap analysis	Full documentation review of every aspect of the environmental management system
Graphical Reporting	Analysis of the data within Achiever Plus to enable appropriate preventive action and reporting to be completed.

Benefits of Achiever Plus
Achiever Plus compliance software solutions are modular and flexible management systems designed specifically to address the needs of businesses aiming for regulations compliance and business improvement. Achiever Plus helps organisations achieve consistency in the management of information, through the more efficient use of resources and application of systems, and the opportunity to introduce accountability, to ensure that any issues that arise are resolved and do not reoccur.

Achiever Plus:

• Delivers consistency, efficiency and accountability
• Reduces administration through the use of automation
• Demonstrably satisfies legal requirements for due diligence
• Enables transparency across business data and processes
• Provides advanced controls for managers
• Has the flexibility to track requirements and changes in the business and evolve with them
• Can be implemented in just weeks, at low cost and low risk