July 2012

Progressive discipline, when used properly, lifts an enormous load off of a facility manager's back. This straightforward system for managing unacceptable employee behavior uses increasingly serious discipline for repeated infractions. If you're a facility manager who hasn't yet implemented the system of progressive discipline, your management responsibilities are about to become a whole lot easier!

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There's a new ally in the push to eliminate unnecessary risk to workers. Scientists are now developing robots to safely carry testing equipment into hazardous locations such as confined spaces – eliminating the need for unnecessary exposures.

Just imagine the benefits of having a robot at the jobsite or in your facility. Instead of sending a worker into dangerous locations, you could remotely inspect hazards from the safety of your office chair.

What do you do when you're caught out in the field without your tools and you need to convert standard to metric? Or have you ever needed a ballpark figure for a distance and a tape measure was nowhere to be found?
Now there's a killer new smart phone app that can give you a whole new level of efficiency when working in remote facility locations. Home Depot has created an app that has tools for measuring, converting, estimating materials and even knowing exactly the right nut and bolt size for projects.Here's a sampling of what this sweet app can do: Under the tools menu, you'll find a caliper to measure the length or width of objects. You just position small objects on the screen of your smart phone and slide the caliper jaws to match the width.