Let the games begin: how gamification can reduce idling in heavy industries

Breaking bad habits is hard, and forcing change top-down in bigger organisations is ineffective. That’s why you need to implement engaging elements into your heavy industries’ transformation, and gamification is a terrific tool for that. In this post, we’ll show you how activating core motivators can boost organisation-wide behavioural change.

Continuous improvement is exactly what it sounds like. You strive towards always doing better, because there’s always room for improvement. The practice lets you identify opportunities for production and equipment optimisation – resulting in higher efficiency and lower costs. The concept itself seems straightforward, but how do you establish a continuous improvement culture for your facility?

Imagine taking your car in for service. You do so in order to replace things before they fail – not when. By taking these actions, you reduce future unplanned downtime and risks associated with operating faulty equipment. The same goes for running a heavy industry site. In this post, we’re listing three common scenarios where proactive maintenance will save you time and money and make your business more effective.

Leading aggregate producer Jehander, part of the international HeidelbergCement Group, never settles for less than great. Their 11 different quarries need to work seamlessly together and the old pen and paper method for quality controls wasn’t cutting it anymore. That’s why they turned to CheckProof.

Introducing “yet another system” is rarely popular. But CheckProof’s app was welcomed with open arms by staff who had grown tired of spending more time in their previous inspection tool than examining the actual site that was to be checked.

What would happen if half of your frontline employees suddenly got sick overnight? Could your production continue as usual with agency substitutes, or would it come to a halt? If your day-to-day operation is depending on key employees being on-site, your business is at high risk. That’s why you need to digitise your daily routines with customised checklists that are easy to follow – regardless of previous experience.

A complicated quality control process puts valuable data at high risk – especially if it’s done manually. Therefore, you need to implement a digital quality control process where your data goes straight to the source. This increases its accuracy and minimises data normalisation. But how do you set up an effective process?

As petrol and diesel prices reach new record levels, fuel costs make up a rapidly growing share of the total operating costs for companies in fuel-intensive industries. Monitoring your fuel consumption and idle time is the first and most important step towards cutting your fuel costs, as well as reducing your CO2 emissions. Make sure you have the right tools to collect and utilise real-time data from your fleet and machinery.

If your company relies on industrial machinery or a fleet of heavy-duty vehicles, you’ll have a number of maintenance routines and checks that need to be carried out at certain intervals to ensure safe and efficient operations. But is every one of your frontline employees really carrying out these checks correctly?

When Hanlon Loader Hire evaluated which Case Management system to choose, customisation and a user-friendly interface were absolute must-haves. CheckProof’s powerful Frontline to Office-platform proved to be just the solution they were looking for.