Checks
Frontline workers distaste for audits & inspections has nothing to do with busywork or poorly designed checklists. The frustration stems from the fundamental lack of transparency associated with these compulsory activities. Workers are asked to conduct an audit, the checklist is completed, then nothing happens. They get no feedback on what their work has uncovered, nor visibility into what their peers doing the same job are seeing. Rather than making workers lives easier, audits and inspections tend to breed cynicism. Ask any CEO: you cannot execute your way out of negative professional culture.
Checks from Corvex Connected Worker flips the tired inspection status quo on its head. It’s not another budget killing IoT solution or SaaS subscription that never gets adopted. Checks is a tool – something that workers intuitively grasp. It quickly becomes as indispensable as any other tool in their kit. It’s elegant in its simplicity, intuitive in its use, and exponentially powerful in its capacity to learn. |
FROM THE FRONTLINE
“In the pursuit for transparency, this digital format encapsulated everything we have ever wanted in an environment where safety, quality, and compliance drive our success. The data captured can be used to identify hot spots and develop root/cause to drive improvement on the manufacturing floor. If there was ever an easy button built for monitoring our internal success-this is it.”
- Manufacturing Plant Manager
OPERATIONAL CONFIDENCE
Building a Culture of Accountability.Like any professional, frontline workers crave the authority to make changes that lead to safer and more fulfilling jobs. They want real accountability. The stakes in our new post-Covid-19 era could not be higher.
Imagine a machinist on the nightshift. As she goes through her daily shut down routine, she notices a small problem that could lead to serious consequences down the road if not addressed. Under the current status quo, she makes a note in form and submits it per policy. What are the chances the issue is investigated immediately? Is it likely that this critical discovery will be communicated to every other worker at all job sites quickly and effectively? With Checks, the second the worker captures an issue with a machine, procedure or process, everyone in the loop is altered. A fix is immediately identified and communicated back to the entire workforce through the same device workers use to capture and log defaults. Every worker is empowered and enabled to make the change. That’s auditing and inspection through Checks. |
All data captured can be transparently communicated in various ways.
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CHANGING BEHAVIOR
Transparency, Accountability, Action.If you’re a manager at an industrial plant, you know how much data pours in from the frontline every week (a lot of it from mandatory audits and inspections). It’s on you to parse all that data, analyze it, develop a plan of action, and build a change management plan for all your workers. It’s heavy lift. If you’re a lone worker with little visibility into what management does post-inspection (and no connection to your peers across the business) you’re probably not going to take proactive action to correct a faulty process. It’s all risk and no reward.
Checks delivers what both constituents need to act – with no fear of repercussions. Problems uncovered by audits are immediately flagged. Checks machine brain determines a proper course of action that is immediately communicated to every and all field workers. Armed with new knowledge, workers correct the problem. Not because they know management is watching. No, the action is motivated by the desire to help their co-workers. The transparency Checks delivers makes everyone accountable to each other. |
PREDICTIVE VS. REACTIVE
Machine Learning & AI: Creating a New Breed of Worker.AI and machine learning have become part of the business zeitgeist. Industrial companies are not immune to this development and spend billions every year to try to find that digital competitive edge. Checks powerful machine brain is built upon best-in-class engineering. But more important, it’s a reflection of what our customer’s workers want. It’s what separates us from our competitors.
Checks AI mines thousands of daily interactions, company databases, industry feeds, and other enterprise systems through a robust series of APIs to present the insights, training materials, and product specs workers need to correct a problem. The tool delivers what every constituent group needs to act with no fear of repercussions. Problems uncovered by audits are immediately flagged. Checks machine brain determines a proper course of action that’s immediately communicated to every and all field workers. Armed with new knowledge, workers fix the problem quickly. Not because they know management is watching. No, the action is motivated by the desire to help their co-workers. |
Contextual, system-generated checks based on tunable criteria.
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What if your audit and inspection system knew the right questions to ask before an issue is even found?
Companies live and die by data-driven decisions. The level of effort can be daunting. And that’s why so much data becomes white noise in the background. Now imagine a system that’s able to separate the white noise from truly relevant and insightful data in real time. Push those insights back to the frontline in real time – along with the information needed to effect positive change – and you have created the foundation for a connected workforce.
Checks takes what had always been a standard question model for audits and inspections and replaces it with risk-based question model (one backed by machine brain that learns at the speed of work). The images below demonstrate the difference in the Checks approach.
Companies live and die by data-driven decisions. The level of effort can be daunting. And that’s why so much data becomes white noise in the background. Now imagine a system that’s able to separate the white noise from truly relevant and insightful data in real time. Push those insights back to the frontline in real time – along with the information needed to effect positive change – and you have created the foundation for a connected workforce.
Checks takes what had always been a standard question model for audits and inspections and replaces it with risk-based question model (one backed by machine brain that learns at the speed of work). The images below demonstrate the difference in the Checks approach.
Our risk-based approach allows for hierarchy and frequency nuances.
FROM THE BLOG
The Dirty Secret Around Why Frontline Workers Hate Audits and Inspections
The Data Goes In. Nothing Ever Comes Out.
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DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION ENGINE
Corvex Can Help.Contact Corvex today to learn more about how our technology can help drive your digital transformation journey from the frontline worker to the CEO.
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