Workplace Culture

VelocityEHS recently hosted its third gathering of the three-part Open Table Conference series. During the first three Thursdays of November, we brought our customers, partners, and VelocityEHS subject matter experts together to discuss trending EHS topics, best practices, and innovative technologies. In case you missed it, here’s a summary of our Thursday, November 19th event […]

Another successful NAEM EHS & Sustainability Forum is in the books! The all-virtual event took place October 20-22, 2020 and showcased many insightful presentations from leading professionals in the EHS industry. We’re not quite finished sharing examples of our key learnings, particularly when it comes to a trending and relevant topic like zero waste. Rick […]

Chicago (November 3, 2020) — VelocityEHS, the global leader in cloud-based environment, health, safety (EHS) and sustainability solutions, announced that its VelocityEHS office in Ann Arbor, Michigan has been named one of the Best and Brightest Companies To Work For® in Metropolitan Detroit. This is the eighth year VelocityEHS’ office has received this designation, which honors […]

If you didn’t get a chance to attend the NAEM EHS & Sustainability Forum last week, don’t worry! We’ll share what we learned from the experts and business leaders who participated in the stacked agenda. One of our favorite sessions was “Managing EHS&S Risks in the New Reality.” Moderated by Beth Myers-Graham, Senior Vice President, AECOM, […]

Safety managers have many different workplace risks to assess and control, but they don’t always adequately identify and address psychosocial risks. These are sources of anxiety for workers that result from a multitude of factors including the ways that work is organized (e.g. length of shifts, numbers of consecutive days worked), ways that job tasks […]

By Rick Barker, CPE, CSP, Principal Solutions Strategist Technological advances in MSD risk assessments, like the sensorless computer vision (motion capture) found in VelocityEHS Industrial Ergonomics, enable ergonomics team members to perform accurate assessments in minutes instead of hours. Today’s technology-aided assessments allow non-experts to evaluate jobs with a level of detail formerly reserved for […]

This week during OSHA’s Safe + Sound Week, VelocityEHS was proud to release its new Safety Management Solution to help manufacturers simplify their safety management processes. This software provides small to mid-sized manufacturers the tools to manage important key tasks and keeps employees safe. The solution includes: – SDS/Chemical Management – Job Safety Analyses (JSAs) […]

VelocityEHS is participating in OSHA’s  Safe + Sound Week, scheduled August 10 to 16, 2020, with many ancillary activities to help raise awareness around safety and health in the workplace. Nearly 1,440 businesses are also teaming up in this nationwide event to promote their commitment. The site also provides resources and best practices to keep America’s workers safe.   New Product Release  Leading up to this event, we’re pleased to announce our new Safety Management Solution. This […]

Next week’s virtual Applied Ergonomics Conference, scheduled on August 4th to 6th, will go down in the books as the most unique of the past 21 we’ve attended. In fact, I dug deep into our files to remember when our partnership with IISE began—in 1998. It all started when ergonomist Walt Rostykus (now retired) presented the workshop, […]

Ergonomics initiatives come in all shapes, sizes, and expectations for success and are established from the information provided from varying teams in the organization—from HR to EHS to IT.  Understanding the variation is important, but learning to define best practices, which can apply to all our customers, is a cornerstone of the work done by […]