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McWane Consolidates Compliance Management

McWane, Inc. leverages Dakota Software to gain better control of environmental compliance across a complex network of facilities.

About McWane

McWane is an industry leader in the production of cast iron pipe and fittings used for water and waste treatment systems. The multi-national corporation has more than 7,000 employees at over thirty operations in four countries spread across three continents.

Inconsistent Compliance Practices Created Risk Across McWane’s Footprint

During the last decade, EHS compliance programs were the responsibility of local plant management, based on the philosophy that they were better suited to evaluate, understand and address the unique issues confronting their facilities. However, over time, it became apparent that more standardization and supervision was necessary to ensure company-wide compliance with all the complex EHS issues associated with its heavy industrial processes.

Why McWane Selected Dakota Software to Unify Compliance Oversight

To address these challenges, McWane selected Dakota Software’s ProActivity Suite®. The decision was driven by the need to centralize compliance documentation, standardize tasks, and ensure that site-level actions aligned with corporate expectations. With Dakota, the EHS team could implement a unified system to manage audits, inspections, and corrective actions with greater visibility and accountability.

Phased Rollout and Scalable Configuration for a Complex Organization

McWane looked to Dakota Software to help make the company an industry leader in environmental and safety performance by enabling a consistent, verifiable approach to compliance management throughout the organization. Performance objectives were set high: 100% compliance, 100% of the time and they commanded attention throughout the company, from the executive office to the plant floor.

Enterprise-Wide Compliance Control and Operational Efficiency

Using ProActivity, McWane conducts consistent audits and tracks findings throughout the organization. They now have visibility up and down the ladder and confidence in a very high level of closed findings. Another major benefit is the credibility they have gained with regulators.

Dakota not only helps us close corrective actions, it helps us track them and make sure they are closed out.

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