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Cornerstone Improves Compliance Tracking in a High-Risk Environment

How a leading chemical manufacturer streamlined compliance and built accountability across departments using Dakota Software.

About Cornerstone Chemical

Cornerstone Chemical operates in a highly regulated, high-risk industrial environment. With seven operating units on 800 acres, Cornerstone’s Energy Park produces 2.5 billion pounds of acrylonitrile, melamine, sulfuric acid and urea annually. Located 15 miles up river from downtown New Orleans, the company has seven operating units, each with their own Title V Air Permits, and more than 500 employees.

To better manage the complexity of regulatory compliance, Cornerstone turned to Dakota Software to centralize their compliance processes and improve communication between departments.

Challenges

Operating in a high-risk environment, Cornerstone needed a more effective way to manage regulatory changes, compliance tasks, incident tracking, and monthly PSM reporting. Manual processes made it difficult to maintain consistency across their seven operating units. To address this, Cornerstone turned to Dakota Software in 2011, implementing Profiler and Tracer to create site-specific compliance calendars and streamline task management.

Solution

Katy Murray started with Cornerstone as an intern in January of 2017. On day one she began working with Dakota’s ProActivity Suite for compliance planning and tracking as a core part of her responsibilities. By utilizing profile templates and incorporating their permit requirements, she helped Cornerstone take full advantage of the software platform and was promoted to Environmental coordinator within a year.

Being able to visualize all of our tasks in one place is really important. The calendar also gives us a great overview of what compliance items have recently been completed and what is coming due.

She now holds the position of Responsible Care and Process Compliance Coordinator (RCCPCC) and has spearheaded a number of initiatives including the implementation of Dakota’s products for incident management, including security and process safety incidents, root cause, near misses, and waste tracking.

Katy says ProActivity has been vital to their EHS compliance program and operational processes and has greatly simplified reporting of KPIs related to incidents and completion of compliance tasks.

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