Lockout/Tagout (LOTO) programs have become a common practice for safeguarding employees. Yet the incident rate of electrical workplace injuries has remained relatively unchanged over the past decade. According to a new study conducted by EHS Today and Panduit, 40% of companies have reported electrical incidents over the past five years and nearly seven out of ten have reported near misses.
Panduit is built on a foundation of innovation, and our unwavering commitment to excellence in product design and performance was recently recognized with a Best in Show, Commercial category, in the 10th annual ANSYS 2019 Hall of Fame competition. ANSYS, a global leader in engineering simulation software, conducts the Hall of Fame competition to highlight…
A concern has been growing in recent years over the potential for a technical skills shortage in the U.S., Canada, and elsewhere around the globe, particularly in science, and engineering-related occupations. It is generally predicted that, by 2018, a mass wave of retirements by members of the Baby Boom generation will result in 1.2 million…
Collaboration between Information Technology (IT) and Operations Technology (OT) is becoming a necessity to design and deploy an industrial network architecture that follows IT best practices for security, high availability, and quality of service. However, skills gaps still exist between IT and OT that can jeopardize effective planning and configuration of the physical and logical network…
It’s Back-to-School season for many readers and their children—time for students of all ages to meet new friends and teachers, get some fresh school clothes and/or uniforms, and check for the closest wi-fi hot spot. Technology has become a significant part of students’ everyday lives, with tablets and interactive eBooks starting to replace heavy textbooks…
Recently we had the opportunity to guest write on Thorne and Derrick’s blog. Below is what we published on the topic of Safety in the Workplace! You may ask yourself why you need a safety services program in your organization? It’s expensive, I need additional staff, and we haven’t had an incident yet…YET is the…
As many of us know, Common Core is a set of high academic standards in Mathematics and English Language Arts. The standards outline what students are going to accomplish throughout each school year. The ultimate goal is to prepare America’s students for college and career as stated by the Common Core State Standards. In effort…
Take the Power of Panduit with you, with Panduit Select! We are getting ready to launch a brand new mobile app in order to help you maintain project momentum, and take immediate action to keep your business moving. With capabilities like generating bills of materials, locating distributors, and document sharing, Panduit Select helps keep your project on task…
Hospitals, clinics, extended care facilities, and physicians’ offices are facing increasing pressure to improve the quality of healthcare while decreasing costs. In response, health care providers are adopting greater use of electronic medical records, automated equipment and building automation systems. As a result, the number of users requiring network access through the use of portable…
I would like to introduce Ken Sandfeld from SOLiD, our guest author this week. Ken is the Executive Vice President at SOLiD, leading the go-to-market and product strategy activities for network densification solutions. He has over 17 years of experience in the wireless infrastructure industry and is passionate about bringing innovative technologies to market. Thank you…