Complete guide to creating an effective lockout/tagout program
As one of OSHA’s most frequently cited standards, having an effective LOTO program in place is crucial. Lockout/tagout devices prevent dangerous incidents by ensuring machines are safely shut down before workers begin repairs or maintenance.
However, building a comprehensive LOTO program from scratch can seem daunting. Don’t worry—BLR's got you covered. Our free guide will equip you with everything you need to build a successful program that meets OSHA standards and safeguards your team.
Inside, you'll find:
- Step-by-step instructions for creating your lockout/tagout program
- A clear breakdown of who needs training and the key topics they need to know
- How to prepare for emergency situations and respond effectively
- Insights on common challenges and violations, and how to avoid them
How AI is Transforming Enterprise Content Management
As organizations face increasing volumes of data, traditional Enterprise Content Management (ECM) systems struggle with manual content management and document processing, leading to inefficiencies. The ECM market is evolving, with advanced AI technologies like Natural Language Processing (NLP) and machine learning (ML) transforming the way businesses manage, process, and secure their content. This eGuide explores how AI is revolutionizing ECM by automating routine tasks like classification, tagging, and summarization, enhancing productivity, and enabling better decision-making. Discover how ISVs can leverage PrizmDoc’s AI-powered features, such as Auto Summarization, Auto Tagging, Document Q&A, and PII Redaction, to deliver more efficient and secure document management solutions that scale with growing data demands.
Maximize Your Firm’s 2025 Revenue with Monthly Payment Plans
Long payment cycles can strain cash flow and limit client access to professional services. Maximize Your Firm’s 2025 Revenue with Monthly Payment Plans explores how offering flexible payment options can help firms attract more clients, build stronger relationships, and increase revenue without taking on financial risk.
Backed by exclusive QuickFee survey data, this guide highlights the growing demand for payment flexibility and how firms can leverage monthly plans to stay competitive. Discover how to streamline payments, improve cash flow, and unlock new business opportunities in 2025.
Website Authentication: Beyond Passwords
Traditional password protection is failing modern businesses. With 80% of data breaches stemming from compromised passwords and costs averaging $7.35 million per breach, businesses need stronger authentication methods that balance security with user experience - without requiring users to create, remember, and manage complex passwords across multiple platforms.
What You'll Learn:
Corporate Account Takeover: Protecting Your Business From Digital Identity Theft
In today's digital landscape, corporate account takeover (CATO) attacks can devastate businesses in seconds. This guide exposes the mechanics behind these threats and provides practical defense strategies that protect your company's digital identity without sacrificing growth.
What You'll Learn:
- Attack Patterns: How cybercriminals target banking, e-commerce, and social platforms
- Threat Detection: Simple ways to spot warning signs before breaches occur
- Defense Tactics: Practical security measures that protect without complexity
- Business Benefits: How strong identity protection drives revenue while cutting costs
Don’t Be a Bank for Your Legal Clients
Key Tactics to Reduce Accounts Receivable in Law Firms
Collecting client payments is crucial to running your legal practice, but it doesn’t have to be painful. Properly managing the Accounts Receivable (A/R) process will ensure greater financial health, organizational stability, and the freedom to focus on practicing law (instead of chasing down payments).
This guide is written for law firm administrators, billing specialists, and partners who want to improve their A/R management and stop being a bank for their clients. We’ll guide you through a few important strategies, tools, and innovations that can help you collect payments faster, maintain healthy cash flow, and hit your revenue targets on time.
Make the Most of Your Marketing Budget
Mount Angel Towers was facing a challenge many of us have encountered, but few of us have a clear solution for – they didn’t have enough staff to effectively operate or allow for new move-ins.
To combat this, they put their digital marketing tools, CRM, and limited budget to work to:
- Get fully staffed in 90 days.
- Increase website conversion rates.
- Improve their digital presence.
- Automate work for their team.
The Mount Angel Towers story is an encouraging example of what can be achieved with strategic budget management. They have effectively utilized digital marketing tools to enhance their community’s visibility, streamline operations, and attract more qualified leads, proving that even with a limited budget, significant improvements can be made.
The Top 5 Network Monitoring
Unlock the full potential of your network with the top five key performance indicators (KPIs) that ensure optimal performance and reliability. From device health and availability to latency, packet loss, and interface utilization, tracking these essential metrics helps network teams proactively detect and resolve issues before they impact operations.
With the right KPIs in place, you can enhance user experience, optimize infrastructure investments, and maintain seamless connectivity.
2025 Guide to Network Performance Monitoring
Effective network monitoring has now become more important than ever: you need complete visibility of exactly what’s happening how and where, in order to maximise uptime, improve performance, manage costs and plan for evolving capacity requirements.
This guide covers some of the fundamentals of network monitoring, and features four recommended activities for network managers:
- Creating a network baseline.
- Determining KPIs for your network.
- Adopting best practice principles.
- Future-proof your network.
Harnessing the Power of AI in Building Supply
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is transforming the building supply industry. By taking the time to explore this guide, you’re already positioning yourself to move ahead of the knowledge curve.
While 85% of executives intend to increase their investment in AI, the path to AI adoption isn’t always clear. Recent studies show that 40% of companies are still in the AI exploration phase, held back by a lack of clear guidance and strategic planning.
This guide aims to bridge that gap in four actionable stages:
- Developing a clear vision for AI adoption
- Creating your AI game plan
- Rolling out effective AI strategies
- Using AI safely in the short- and long-term
Directing a Successful Implementation
Implementing a new ERP system is a complex yet rewarding journey, and the 2025 Implementation Guide provides a step-by-step roadmap to ensure success. From assembling the right team and preparing a realistic budget to managing change and ensuring data integrity, this guide covers all the critical aspects of ERP implementation. By treating the process like directing a film, where teamwork, planning, and execution are key, businesses can navigate challenges effectively and set the stage for long-term growth.
Beyond go-live, maintaining and optimising your ERP system is essential for sustained success. The guide offers insights into testing, training, and continuous improvement, helping organisations adapt and scale efficiently. Whether you're starting your ERP journey or refining an existing system, this resource equips you with the strategies needed to turn implementation into a seamless and strategic advantage.
Directing a Successful Implementation
Implementing a new ERP system is a complex yet rewarding journey, and the 2025 Implementation Guide provides a step-by-step roadmap to ensure success. From assembling the right team and preparing a realistic budget to managing change and ensuring data integrity, this guide covers all the critical aspects of ERP implementation. By treating the process like directing a film, where teamwork, planning, and execution are key, businesses can navigate challenges effectively and set the stage for long-term growth.
Beyond go-live, maintaining and optimising your ERP system is essential for sustained success. The guide offers insights into testing, training, and continuous improvement, helping organisations adapt and scale efficiently. Whether you're starting your ERP journey or refining an existing system, this resource equips you with the strategies needed to turn implementation into a seamless and strategic advantage.
Guide to Boosting Tech Efficiency
Most shop owners believe 100% tech efficiency is the ceiling. But those who follow these 13 steps bill more hours than their techs work without risking comebacks. These aren't theoretical methods. They're specific, tested processes that can take shops from 60% efficiency to over 100%.
100% efficiency isn't the ceiling. It's the starting point. Download the free guide now and implement all 13 steps in your shop today.
Guide to Boosting Tech Efficiency
Most shop owners believe 100% tech efficiency is the ceiling. But those who follow these 13 steps bill more hours than their techs work without risking comebacks. These aren't theoretical methods. They're specific, tested processes that can take shops from 60% efficiency to over 100%.
100% efficiency isn't the ceiling. It's the starting point. Download the free guide now and implement all 13 steps in your shop today.
When You Hear AI, Do You Sigh?
You know it’s a big deal – it could improve efficiency, productivity, cybersecurity and decision-making. But if you’re like many distributors, you haven’t jumped in. In this white paper, “Accelerating AI Adoption: A Practical Guide for Distributors”, you’ll learn why others aren’t adopting AI yet, the 4 common myths about AI in Distribution, real-life use cases, and steps to take to embrace AI.
Bonus: Includes an “AI Implementation Roadmap Checklist” and a worksheet to help you plan your first AI initiative.