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Transforming Operations: How Vesuvius Leveraged Pro-Sapien for Enhanced Data, Collaboration, and Compliance
Case Study
A global leader in molten metal flow engineering and technology, Vesuvius, creates innovative solutions that help make customers' industrial processes safer, more efficient and more sustainable.
Vesuvius needed to replace its outdated Lotus Notes platform with a new system that offered customizable pre-built modules for QHSES reporting.
The company chose Pro-Sapien for its flexible, reliable Microsoft SharePoint-based integration.
Why Pro-Sapien
Vesuvius needed a customizable tool for Quality, Health, Safety, Environmental and Sustainability reporting that integrated with SharePoint for user-friendliness, familiarity and efficient structure of information.
“Having a SharePoint based collaborative platform is helping us reset and redesign the way we work. I'm using it as a tool to drive change in the company. Change is always going to be difficult. So, you want the difficulty to be coming for the right reasons, not for the wrong ones. If there's extra difficulty due to the tool, it makes things even harder, and here the tool is not getting in the way. It supports a change in our approach to teamwork.”
– Alexander Laugier-Werth, VP of Sustainability
Benefits
Vesuvius has improved data quality, efficiency, collaboration, and compliance. Its user-friendly design enhances reporting accuracy and transparency, yielding better insights. The SharePoint-based platform fosters teamwork and ensures compliance with ISO certifications and environmental reporting.
Vesuvius experienced a number of benefits, including:
- • Improved Data Quality and Efficiency: The user-friendliness and familiarity of Pro-Sapien has led to better data quality, with users more willing to provide accurate and complete information.
• Enhanced Transparency: The system's clear structure and ease of use has been well-received internally and is meeting the company's operational needs efficiently.
• Increased Collaboration: The SharePoint-based platform has facilitated teamwork across functions, moving to a more collaborative environment.
• Improved Adherence to Compliance: With more and better data being collected through Pro-Sapien's system, Vesuvius have been able to improve their adherence to regulations and effectively demonstrate compliance.
"We're very, very happy with it. It's giving us a lot of data that we did not have access to before. It's giving us the opportunity to do a lot of statistical analysis, which were not within reach until now.”"
– Alexander Laugier-Werth, VP of Sustainability
Results
Vesuvius experiences significant improvements in error rates, data quality, and collection following the transition to the new system, showcasing its increasing efficiency and value.
- Reduced error rate:
The transition to the new system was smooth, with a low error rate of around 1-2% in the first five months, and even lower in subsequent months.
- Better quality and increased data collection:
The new system provided a lot of data that was previously inaccessible, enabling better statistical analysis and insights. The user-friendly design led to better data quality and more transparency.
"“If we look at the Complaints Management System, I will say it takes as much time to create a complaint now as it did in the old system, but we're collecting twice as much information. There’s tremendous value.”
– Alexander Laugier-Werth, VP of Sustainability
Future Plans
Vesuvius is amid a culture change driven by the need to become even more collaborative; the company is also increasing transparency and is determined to achieve its targets.
Pro-Sapien as a tool is helping to manage information and therefore enable this change.
"We are now in a period that will be critical over the next 6 to 12 months as people need to find new ways to work effectively. This situation is intentional. To achieve different results, it is sometimes necessary to approach problems from a different perspective, and this transition may be challenging for the organization."
– Alexander Laugier-Werth, VP of Sustainability
With Pro-Sapien, Vesuvius didn’t just implement a QHSES solution—they adopted a platform that aligns with their digital strategy, integrates seamlessly into their existing infrastructure, and actively supports organizational change.
From customization and SharePoint integration to user-friendliness and operational alignment, Pro-Sapien continues to help Vesuvius manage their safety and sustainability processes and elevate their QHSES initiatives whilst empowering teams across the business to work smarter - not harder.
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