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needs based on additional investments and savings can be ap- plied to a wide range of circumstances that are known to affect safety, such as improving availability, improving equipment reli- ability, or reducing fugitive material emissions. Typically, safety investments take time to produce results, so a minimum of five years of cash flows (costs – savings) should be analyzed for each investment option.
With a little practice, the NPV approach becomes easy to use and understand. Maintenance, Operations, and Plant Managers employing these techniques may find that it is easier to convince decision-makers to engage in a longer-term safety strategy. Even
though it takes a little more effort to collect data and do a financial analysis, in the end, NPV consistently proves that SAFETY DOES INDEED PAY.
R. Todd Swinderman of RToddS Engineering, LLC is CEO Emeri- tus of Martin Engineering, a global innovator in the bulk material handling industry, developing new solutions to common problems and participating in industry organizations to improve safety and productivity. The company’s series of Foundations books is an inter- nationally-recognized resource for safety, maintenance and opera- tions training, with an estimated 10,000 copies in circulation around the world, and employees take an active part in ASME, SME, VDI, CMA and CEMA. The firm also played a pivotal role in writing and producing the seventh edition of the CEMA reference book, “Belt Conveyors for Bulk Materials.” Martin Engineering products, sales, service, and training are available from factory-owned business units in Australia, Brazil, China, Columbia, France, Germany, India, In- donesia, Italy, Mexico, Peru, Russia, Spain, South Africa, Turkey, and the UK. For more information, contact info@martin-eng.com or visit www.martin-eng.com, or call 800-544-2947.
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