When packing products for delivery, the focus is frequently on the best way to protect the contents of the box from the knocks and bumps that will undoubtedly be caused by people handling it while in transportation. However, there are instances when packaging must safeguard individuals handling it from any risks that the contents may provide.
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Over the years, health and safety laws have been introduced and built upon to improve the standards of workplace safety. Beginning as early as the 1830s and continuing today, in this blog, we dive into a brief summary of the history of health and safety.
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Every resource a company uses to create its goods or services, from raw materials to completed commodities, is subject to stock management. Therefore, stock management includes all facets of a company's inventory.
Other names for stock management include stock control and inventory management.
Here, we will discuss what stock management is, why it’s an important aspect to businesses and what mistakes to avoid when partaking in stock management.
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All workplaces can communicate quickly and easily with the use of workplace safety signage. By providing concise and readable instructions, they assist your company in complying with the Health and Safety (Safety Signs and Signals) Regulations 1996. Safety signs also make the workplace a more secure place to work, reducing the likelihood of accidents happening. They are a typical sight at hazardous workplaces like factories and construction sites, but are important to also be utilised at typically less hazardous workplaces such as offices.
There are tens of thousands of distinct signs, but when you divide them up into the basic categories of safety indicators, it's lot simpler to comprehend which ones your company needs.
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If you've ever opened up a laptop for repair, looked on the side of a desktop computer, or looked inside a smart phone, you may have seen a "warranty void if removed" label. Did that stop you from fiddling with the insides, or did you just ignore it and carry on whatever upkeep or improvement you had planned?
Let’s take a look at what exactly warranty labels are and the legalities surrounding them.
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