Process safety is about understanding hazards and risk, managing risk by providing the appropriate layers of protection to reduce the frequency and severity of incidents, and learning from incidents ...

Process designs and control strategies can be improved by adopting a risk-based approach to product quality. The author describes how this approach can be applied to spray-drying operations. Taking a ...

The memorial for the Bhopal Gas Disaster is situated near the site of the Union Carbide Corp. factory, which on Dec. 2, 1984, was the site of a massive release of toxic chemicals, including methyl ...

ZDNET's key takeaways Pressure grows for software better aligned with business.Agile techniques have been stagnant for a ...

The author describes why statistical significance would impose an unreasonable burden on manufacturers. Validation has been practiced within the global healthcare industry since the early 1970s. While ...

• An appropriately crafted incentive structure for risk takers. While all of these things are important, they are not risk culture. They are either risk governance or risk process. They are vital ...

When it comes to managing risk in convenience stores, having a loss prevention (LP) and asset protection (AP) process helps ...

Admiral William Gortney, commander of the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) and Northern Command, was recently discussing the threat posed by advanced Russian long-range conventional ...

Systemic risks are driving regulatory initiatives aimed at strengthening financial requirements. The following developments ...

The new law went into effect July 1 and requires investor-owned utility companies such as Idaho Power, Rocky Mountain Power, ...