Four Things Every Industrial Business Should Know About Corrosion Management

Corrosion management. These two words can make or break your industrial business. Prior to the 2000s, corrosion was not only ubiquitous but considered nearly impossible to avoid. Reports were produced explaining why corrosion undermines profitability and how it presents significant public safety risks to staff and customers. As a result, the past twenty years have brought seismic shifts in industrial safety culture.

Despite those changes in the zeitgeist, the team at Eagle Eye Services still finds businesses who are lacking corrosion management plans. In the following post, we’ll explain why a corrosion management plan is fundamental for improving your bottom line and protecting your business’ operational efficacy. Read on to learn more.

1. Without regular reporting, the lack of knowledge translates into near misses and, eventually, actually misses.

Imagine you own a business with no corrosion management plan. There are limited inspections and no regular reporting. Subsequently, your business experiences near misses, leaks, chemical underdosing, and chemical overdosing. Over time, that irregular reporting will result in potentially serious accidents and/or repairs that could permanently effect your business.

2. With regular reporting, the increased knowledge translates into timely repairs.

Now, imagine your business with a rock-solid corrosion management plan, crafted and actualized by a veteran corrosion professional. Your business has regular inspections with monthly reporting. You have corrosion rate monitoring. You make timely repairs. You schedule cleanings and chemical treatments. Your business thrives because it’s actively preventing corrosion from impacting day-to-day operations.

3. Without employee buy-in, successful corrosion management won’t happen.

“A culture focused on corrosion management, much like process safety management, must exist within the organization, such that corrosion management is part of the organization’s overall management system. For this to happen there must be buy-in across the organization,” says former DNV GL Senior Principal Engineer Gerry Koch, in a NACE International Impact Study from 2016.

Employee buy-in is critical for any major organizational change, regardless of industry. Start by educating frontline employees about the soon-to-be-adopted corrosion management plan. Ask middle management to pick out who in your organization can help to facilitate the adoption of the plan.

4. With well-qualified corrosion professionals, decisions about your business’ corrosion management happen more smoothly.

You wouldn’t hire an industrial painting service without expertise to inspect, prepare, and applying coating at your business. Similarly, you wouldn’t ask a non-corrosion professional to create and carry out a corrosion management plan. Hiring a competent, experienced professional will streamline decision-making about your plan and help your business maintain it for the long-term.

Don’t Let Your Business Go Without an Effective Corrision Management Plan. Book Your Free Consultation with Eagle Eye Services.

Effective corrosion management doesn’t happen overnight. Employee buy-in, experience corrosion professionals, and regular reporting are the key components to a successful corrosion management plan. Let the team at Eagle Eye Services help you address your industrial business’ immediate corrosion issues and provide long-term insight about how to develop and implement a corrosion management plan. To schedule a free consultation with us, fill out this contact form today.