Revisiting the history of Operational Risk Management (ORM) not only helps us understand the technical evolution of ORM but also may help us recognize the mindsets of individuals who have been in the industry for many years. People at all levels of the mining industry have been exposed to a variety of ORM initiatives over [...]
On the 14th and 15th of December 2017, the IUS Conference will take place in Milan. This conference is all about Aerodrome Safety Management. Capt. Claudio Daniel Caceres, Continuous Safety, partner of CGE, will be there to present on how the industry can make Aviation Safety Regulations operable. Controlling Aviation Safety Regulations In the industry, [...]
Or more specifically, can we use bowties to structure big unstructured incident data? That was the question that CGE did a presentation on, yesterday, at the CCPS ‘Big Data in Process Safety’ conference in Frankfurt. How can organizations structure their data in a way that enables them to learn? Many organizations have a lot of incident [...]
Yesterday, CGE received the 'Gazellen Award 2017' for 'fastest growing companies in The Netherlands' for the third year in a row. The organization is in the top-100 of best performing mid-sized companies. This event was organized by the Dutch Financial Times at the theater of Leiden, the city where it all started for CGE. "We again [...]
Guest blog by Koos Meijer - KM Human Factors Engineering Last month Koos Meijer (KM Human Factors Engineering) presented at the ATCE 2017 of the Society of Petroleum Engineers in San Antonio, Texas. In his presentation, Koos discussed a proactive fatigue countermeasures innovation ‘Night Fit’ which focuses on the timing, duration, intensity and color of [...]
Yesterday, CGE Risk Management Solutions was awarded the 'Main Software 50' for 'Best software companies in The Netherlands'. Last year CGE was awarded this appreciation as well. The 'Main Software 50' is an initiative of software investor 'Main Capital' to increase the visibility of the Dutch software sector, as a driver of growth and innovation. [...]
Today version 9.0.4 of the BowTieXP, AuditXP and IncidentXP software is officially available. Besides new functionalities that always come with a major upgrade, like in version 9.0, the software now also has a slightly adjusted and modernized look and feel, just like our new product logos. The new BowTieXP look When you start version 9.0.4 [...]
In the November issue of ‘The Chemical Engineer’, David Hatch, Paul McCulloch and Ian Travers introduce a visual HAZOP system that uses bowties. Limitations of the HAZOP study While the HAZOP study is a well understood and respected technique in the process industry, it does have its limitations in imparting knowledge to those who were [...]
Organizations want to focus on their primary process, because this generates revenue and added value for their goals. As in any process where humans are involved, human factors play an important role. Risks of potential deviations from the primary process need to be mapped in order to identify causes and system controls. These risks can [...]
