Archive for February, 2010

Risk In Controlled Environments (RiskICE) Health and Safety Management Software

Sunday, February 28th, 2010

Watch over Life introduces RiskICE (Risk In Controlled Environments). Now there is a web based Health and Safety software system that can help your organisation efficiently manage all components of operational risk and compliance in an integrated and proactive way. Please see the article ‘business case for RiskICE’ or the article entitled ‘why use RiskICE’.

Efficient management of risk and compliance requires knowledge to be available and shared across all departments within an organisation. The Shield Life’s RiskICE platform comprises a number of integrated modules gathering and automatically distributing key operational information to every areas of your business ensuring compliance and productivity in today’s increasingly difficult legislative environment.

RiskICE’s modules are integrated and easy to use; allowing you to remain on go above of your organization risk at the touch of a button, using RiskICE’s comprehensive reporting. Each module can function independently or as an integrated solution which all-in-all is one of the best health and safety management systems available

RiskICE’s workflow tool is highly configurable allowing companies to automate and control exact company rules and organization process. This means it can be used for more than just a health and safety system.

This health and safety management system can be easily configured to your precise industry requirements and provides a number of options for easily integrating with other third party systems such as SAP, Microsoft Dynamics and Oracle.
RiskICE the health and safety management system.

As you may expect RiskICE is a modern easy to use web based software application developed using the latest Microsoft .Net technologies. The platform has recently been redesigned from the territory up based as a Service Orientated Architecture (SOA) providing a flexible and scalable enterprise software solution.

Advanced capabilities such as the built-in workflow designer, configuration manager, organization intelligence and reporting and flexible application set-up allow organizations to rapidly implement best-practice for all aspects of H&S compliance.

Guard Life – RiskICE is obtainable as a Serviced hosted offering or can be installed on your corporate Network.

If you would like further information in support of the system, its benefits, integration options and/or the organization for RiskICE please send us your requirement (enquiries@protectlife.com) or call us to schedule an informal conversation or presentation/demonstration on +44 (0)871 050 0880 (then select option 1).

Tips for using large dog crates

Sunday, February 28th, 2010

At Wire-Dog-Crates.com we specialize in large dog crates and tons of other dog supplies. We’re as passionate about dog travel as you are.

Sherpa dog carriers are one of our most popular brands of pet carriers. They are small, easy to use, store, and move as well as durable, sturdy, and well made.

Additionally, Sherpa

soft dog crates are approved on most major

airlines for both domestic and international air travel in the cabin section of the airplane.

Midwest Large dog crates are one of the most popular brands of large dog crates and one of the easiest ways to confine your dogs when you can’t supervise them. This prevents accidents in the house as well as disruptive, destructive and chewing behavior. They come in many sizes to suit every breed from chihuahuas to great danes.

Dog crates are also excellent for housebreaking your dog. In a wire dog crate, you can see your puppy and he can see you. He is not isolated from any family activities, but he is also not misbehaving. Some dogs, however, prefer a den-like situation. In a sky kennel or plastic dog crate, he can feel secure and comfortable for lengthy periods of time. Sky kennels also come in a giant size for large breed dogs.

It is important to give your pup a nice, soft crate pad or bed inside the crate to make confinement more comfortable.

Given proper training and supervison in the early months, most dog outgrow the need for confinement by about

1-1/2 years old. However, most really love their dog crate and use it voluntarily for the rest of their lives.

How To Cut Business Energy Costs

Saturday, February 27th, 2010

It’s true that for many businesses, the cost of electricity or gas is a huge overhead but it is also something that is often overlooked in terms of money saving. But any reductions in business electricity prices or business gas costs goes straight to the profits therefor it makes sense to review things regularly.

One of the most straightforward ways to do this is to contact an energy broker. An energy broker is someone whose sole business is tracing the best business electricity suppliers in your own market and then sorting out an improved deal for your company.

An experienced business energy consultant can almost certainly do this better than most individual businesses can for the simple reason that getting to know and understand electricity and gas suppliers and working out how different charging tariffs work takes a lot of time. A professional business energy broker is able to spend most of his time getting to know his market whereas for most business managers this is simply not a practical solution.

In the commercial electricity market as an example, different suppliers will offer different price breaks for consumers using different quantities of power. This is a deliberate ploy to muddle the market and thus to try and de-commoditise things. After all, if all power businesses sold gas and electricity at al,ost indentical not only would businesses not be able to cut costs by shopping around, but the competition watchdogs would get really annoyed. So what they do is offer different discounts for different levels of power consumption and for different contract durations etc. Your energy consultant’s job is to pick his way through the myriad of available electricity and gas price tariffs available to find the one that matches your own business’s needs most closely. It is very unusual, if not almost unheard of, for a business seeking a lower cost business electricity supplier not to save money.

The other advantage of using an energy consultant to help you cut your business energy prices is that they usually get remunerated by the energy company rather than by you so the apparent cost of using one is nothing. Of course, the power companies must take this cost into their calucations when they work out their prices but it does mean that you can often use the services of an electricity or business gas cost reduction broker without paying anything!for nothing!