Under UK regulations employers are obliged to conduct Health and Safety risk assessments for employees using display screen equipment. This can be a time consuming and expensive process. In addition, corrective actions need to be managed so that companies do not endanger the health and well-being of their staff.
Advisa Solutions Ltd provide consultancy for Health and Safety, with a particular focus on providing corrective actions for non-compliant risks.
BUSINESS OBJECTIVES
The company already had a CD-based assessment program for use in DSE assessments, however this had proved to be cumbersome in deployment and difficult to gather and report on data originating from diverse locations, especially within international companies.
A web-based solution was required that enabled survey data to be gathered into one location from where reports and corrective actions could be managed. In addition, thanks to increasing regulation from the European Community and the ever-present need to gather data about business operations it was realised that users needed to be able to define their own surveys and reports without having to create custom software for each possible application.
In 2006 we developed a web application for Windows server, using the C#.NET in Microsoft Visual Studio. This allowed a functionally rich and user-friendly interface to be defined.
Behind this a SQL database was used to allow different clients, users, questionnaires and dynamically structured survey templates to be stored. A generic reporting tool is used to generate HTML reports with optional download into CSV files. For some customer-specific needs additional reports are generated within Excel workbooks. This allows clients to sort, filter, and chart report data using the sophisticated data management tools in Microsoft Office. Additionally data output can be provided in XML data format, PDF files, and email.
The power of the survey creation tool and reporting facilities is such that clients keep finding new applications for it. For example it is being used to gather insurance claim and financial data by an international commodity trader. It is also being used to replace credit-scoring and data-gathering applications previously requiring expensive call centre staff to manage.
The functionality and ease-of use of this tool together with the business consulting skills of Advisa Solutions is permitting a growing community of businesses to devise and monitor powerful business metrics and conduct process improvement programs. The system is now being used for the following services:
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE | GRC, ERM, BIA, BCMS | RISK MANAGEMENT |REGULATORY COMPLIANCE |RISK ASSESSMENT & CONTROLS | BUSINESS CONTINUITY | HEALTH & SAFETY | INSURANCE DATA COLLECTION | SECURITY SURVEYS | CORPORATE SURVEYS
THE SOLUTION
"We are very pleased with the functionality and ease of use of the software developed for us by Business Net Solutions. In particular we appreciate the assistance that has been provided in delivering sophisticated information systems to our clients"
- Malcolm Sutcliffe, Managing Director, Advisa Solutions Ltd.