Common causes for Ship Accidents are easily related to the reasons for business failure.Â
Human error is easily applied to both and they are seated in poor communication and training.
Bad weather can be avoided or weathered. Having a flexible Business Plan allows you to navigate your way through or around external economic and environmental changes.
The pressure to deliver can cause navigational errors that end up running the ship aground.
Simply focusing on KPI’s and profit can cause delivery and service errors causing customer dissatisfaction and a loss in revenue.
Equipment failures are caused by poor maintenance scheduling resulting in delays and lost profits. Not having regular systems and process reviews allow inefficiencies to become the norm and cause inefficiencies, delays, and lost profits.
Not following established systems and processes that result in accidents, at best, cause lost profits, at worst legal prosecution, significant fines, or worst still, loss of life.
Business owners have Statutory and Regulatory obligations to ensure their businesses comply and provide a safe working environment. The easiest and safest way to protect you and your business is to have documented Standard Operating Procedures across all functional areas with demonstrative training and compliance monitoring.