October Public Training Course Last month we hosted a public training course for some of our Partners at the Meercat offices in Perth. The purpose of this session was to […]
If Hegemonies Survive by Adapting If hegemonies survive by adapting, risk management could be called the methodology of adaptation. An eclipse event on the morning of a major battle so […]
Telstra Business Awards We’re really proud to have been selected as a finalist in the 2019 Telstra Business Awards WA Small and Succeeding category. While we didn’t take home the […]
Meercat RiskView Product Advisory Board We are pleased to announce the formation of the Meercat RiskView Product Advisory Board, of whom will work with our Customer Experience Team to suggest, […]
A Warm Meercat Welcome We are very pleased to introduce you to Aercio De Melo, newest member of our Customer Experience Team. Aercio starts as a Senior Full Stack Software Engineer […]
Just Culture I love working at Meercat. Every day we are working with some very clever and dedicated professionals who take the time to consider the impacts of what they […]
Last week our V8.0 update reached an important milestone, with the rewritten calculations engine passing to testing, indicating that its release is imminent. Testing will ensure that calculations between the […]
It has been a great experience, joining the team at Meercat, and I am excited about delivering the many promises made about our RiskView product and support services. We are […]
Last month we hosted a short webinar covering on how to drive Critical Control Inspections directly from your Bowtie. If you want to learn how to save time and effort […]
Over the weekend we will rolled out a new release containing a whole raft of improvements and features, as well as a range of improvements and optimisations to make Meercat RiskView […]
Rox, Customer Experience Manager Rox has significant experience building, managing, developing and mentoring high performing teams. He has a solid practical understanding of designing, building, configuring and implementing data […]
Overview Even with a tightly configured risk management system, there always seems to be a lot of data that needs maintenance to ensure compliance and governance standards are met. As […]
Telstra Business Awards We’re really proud to be selected as a finalist in the Telstra Awards WA Small and Succeeding category. Alex Apostolou, Meercat Founder and CEO, said “This gives […]
Capterra Software Reviews Your opinion is very important to us and we’d love to hear your feedback on how we’re doing. Please take a couple minutes to write a short […]
Have you met Lee? We are very pleased to introduce you to Lee Darracott, your new Customer Solutions Manager. Lee brings several years of sales management and account executive experience to […]
If you have common risks across multiple sites, then you need to watch this webinar. See how our Master Bowtie functionality can slash your risk workshop effort, increase workforce engagement […]
Globally, companies are adopting digital transformation strategies – exposing business models, reengineering business processes, and reimagining work. Central to the success of all these change activities is the requirement to […]
We’re proud to announce that Chinova Resources has selected Meercat RiskView as their risk management and assurance tool. V1 Aviation Consulting provides support and research to small aircraft operators as well […]
With the upcoming major update (Version 8.0), we will be retiring the usage of username and will be using email address instead as the login method going forward. As to […]
We’re proud to announce that Wesfarmers has selected Meercat RiskView as their risk management and assurance tool. Wesfarmers is one of Australia’s largest listed companies, its diverse business operations cover: […]
I am excited to announce four initiatives that will strengthen the way we define, prioritise, communicate and support our evolving customer needs through the on-going development of Meercat RiskView. The […]
Do any change initiatives that would deliver an order of magnitude improvement spring to mind? Striving to make a real difference, to find that major breakthrough, is a passion shared […]
We’re proud to announce that V1 Aviation has selected Meercat RiskView as their risk management and assurance tool. V1 Aviation Consulting provides support and research to small aircraft operators as well […]
If you’re used to accessing the training materials by logging into our website, then we have just thrown you a curve ball, sorry! All the training materials have been moved to […]
I’ve wanted to share what we’ve been working hard on over the last few months. The first big news is our website. Many months in the making, it’s the first […]
When it comes to risk management, the first task any organisation must undertake is identification. A comprehensive and structured risk identification process across your operations will create a prioritised list […]
Most businesses coping with fatality risk scenarios have an appreciation of the importance of critical control identification. What is often missing is a simple but robust method of identifying the […]
A safety case often follows a natural progression from hazard study (HAZOP) to layers of protection analysis (LOPA). What is missing is a real live link between your HAZOP work […]
Businesses dealing with risk need to take a systematic and structured approach to risk. How does risk management software help this approach? The ISO 31000 standard provides a good starting […]
In Australia, businesses have a pretty good handle on risk. We understand that it’s there, and we take steps to grapple with it. But why do we so often use […]
The cloud-based software revolution has arrived, and more cloud-based risk software is available than ever before. But what benefits do you actually get from cloud-based software? Here’s a short list […]
Critical control verification relies on good performance standards in order to be effective. Without some criteria by which to judge the placement and effectiveness of controls, we are unable to provide […]
Critical control verification relies on good performance standards in order to be effective. In part two of our series on performance standards, we look at how they can be structured and […]
When it comes to mining critical risks, the terminology may change, but the core concepts remain strong. Getting your critical risk software to accommodate your risk approach need not be […]
Principal Mining Hazard Management Plans are a new fact of life for the mining sector, and they can take significant effort to develop. Here we’ll be looking at how you […]
There’s no doubt that in high-risk industries, any changes to operations or processes demand careful consideration, and you need to know that implementing changes isn’t going to leave you vulnerable. […]
Enterprise risk management is a simple name used to describe a complex and diverse domain of risk management. But if the safety risk management approach is not working in tandem […]
Every business that deals with principal hazards, major accident events or critical risks needs to have access to risk analytics. Each site or operating area will have a hazard register, […]
The whole point of critical control management is to carefully monitor the performance of controls that save lives. Reporting on performance need not be a manual, periodic process: it can […]
The value of risk analysis is the contribution it makes to good decision-making, especially when it comes to investing in risk controls. Bowtie cost benefit analysis is a great way […]
Risk reviews and re-evaluations form a continuous cycle in risk management systems. How can software make the process of risk reviews more efficient? New Year, new risk reviews? With a […]
Conventional risk thinking is rooted in the anticipation of risk: identifying known risk events, predicting their frequency and impact, and preparing organisations to survive those risks. In this model, risks […]
The resources sector is one of the highest risk areas when it comes to workplace fatalities. In 2016, a total of 49 workers died in Australia extracting natural resources (including […]
Whether you call them common controls, master controls, major accident hazard controls, your library of standardised and auditable controls can really empower your risk system. RiskView encourages you to build […]
Safety audits, control assurance and verification are essential elements of any risk management system. The effectiveness of the measures used to mitigate risk must be verified in practice, not just […]
Article by Peter Lacey at Meercat The idea of resilience is not new in the field of risk management, but the degree of emphasis placed on it certainly is. What […]
There are a few different bowtie analysis software packages on the market, so what’s the difference? There are three distinct features that can make all the difference. If you’re currently […]
PROSAFE 2016 is on next week. The context setter is the following quote by Douglas Adams: Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the […]
By now, almost everyone has switched attention from delivering risk reports with lovely graphs to worrying about verifying the controls that are keeping those risks in check. Still, there were […]
For organisations that operate complex processes involving high energy interaction or exposure risks, threat to life justifiably holds the gravest concern. Comprehensive management of these challenges are critical to ensure […]
Safety case submissions are a fact of life for many safety and risk professionals. You may not be able to avoid them, but you can certainly build them faster and […]
Conventional risk spreadsheets work well in particular contexts. They offer simplicity and ease of use, at the cost of a deeper understanding of risk. How does one take the plunge […]
Meercat exhibited and presented at the Hazards Australasia 2018 conference in Perth last week, showcasing a number major innovations in its flagship RiskView software system. Run by The Institution of […]
Designing and delivering a top-down risk and assurance management programme is a complex logistical challenge. Site managers have a range of local idiosyncrasies to consider, including customers and contractual expectations, […]
As I have often said, the risk bowtie is a map. Thinking of it as a map means that it leverages the mental and historical baggage that has been attached […]
A question that has been asked by many users: “When I perform a semi-quantitative risk assessment on my bowtie, how will the system know which likelihood value to pick for […]
Many professionals in the safety sector will encounter difficulties with frontline safety culture (especially in improving or changing that culture). The rub lies in impressing the importance of safety on […]
Businesses that are moving to a critical control management approach encounter a key challenge in propagating the approach downward (particularly for larger businesses with upstream and downstream divisions and multiple […]
When it comes to calculating risk, it’s pointless dealing in absolutes. Much of the work we do involves locking down possible scenarios so that a shared understanding can be achieved, […]
RiskView has a variety of configuration options for managing Email notifications. Email notifications can be configured for different components of RiskView including verifications and master bowties. Usage of these different […]
We’re proud to announce that Byrnecut Australia has selected Meercat RiskView as their risk management and assurance tool. Byrnecut Australia is the leading mechanised underground mining contractor in Australia offering […]
Meercat RiskView recently attended the 38th Australasian Oil & Gas Exhibition and Conference (AOG) in Perth, Western Australia. Hosting over 300 exhibitors from around the world with large scale concurrent […]
Part 1 of this series of articles looked at the concepts and general approach to smart base control setup. If you’ve made it here, you’re ready to take those ideas […]
Always on the lookout for that obscure source that might light the fire of insight, I read through much of “Artificial Intelligence as a Positive and Negative Factor in Global […]
Many industries are embracing the use of bowties and layers of protection analysis to get to grips with the way their risk works. Some professionals, such as process safety engineers, […]
It is often the case in risk practice that the risk assessment becomes an activity in going-through-the-motions: because so many risks are well known and theoretically well-controlled. This certainly cannot […]
The safety management system is usually the backbone of an organisation’s approach to safety and general EHS risk. These systems provide much-needed structure to an overall risk-based approach to protecting […]
The field of cyber security risk is so complex because the threat landscape is ever-changing and the threats themselves can be constant. Cyber security assurance becomes vital because cyber controls […]
I’ve maintained a strong interest in climate change since the debate started. The logic connecting the effects of burning the concentrated biomass from roughly 1.3 billion years of springs, summers, […]
One of the decisions every Risk Manager has to make is, should we go for cloud-based risk management software or a hosted system? A cloud-based risk management solution is cheaper, […]
Operating an efficient critical control verification process can be a real struggle. The month to month grind of completing verifications and compiling results on even small sites consumers precious time. […]
A common saying starts with “To Err is Human…” We as humans are not infallible: Any activity involving human action is vulnerable to human failure. These failures can include: errors […]
Once you have a few work sites up and running, it becomes a challenge to manage your risk register across the business. Here are some tips on how to manage […]
Critical control verification is an essential aspect of a mine safety management system. Without it, there is no assurance that fatality risks are effectively controlled. But how can we link […]
Selecting a Calculation Mode To select calculation mode: From Outside a Bowtie: Navigate to Browse > Risk Studies > Risk Scenarios Double click a risk scenario from the grid view […]
7.11 Release New Functionality Register type is a new functionality implemented in the 7.11 release. Register Types are designed to categorise risk registers and to be able to link master […]
Android Devices Download the RiskView mobile app from the Play Store: Into the search bar enter RiskView, click the mobile App Meercat RiskView and click Install: Once installed either click […]
RiskView utilises function keys (the F-keys, from F1 to F12) in some of the keyboard shortcuts, and the keyboard layout for Chromebook looks a bit different. To convert those shortcut […]
Verification Group is a new entity that is recently added in the recent minor update. Verification Group can be considered as a counterpart of Base Control, whereby it is mostly […]
Upon completion of a verification activity, related items such as Risk Controls, Risk Scenarios will be updated with the latest verification result. The related items vary depending on the verification […]
On rare occasions, system administrator might want to update the system configuration. If the changes involve bowtie calculation (such as change of control effectiveness score), it will invoke a system […]
Update Your Password When you first started using RiskView, your system administrator will provide you with the necessary credentials to log in to RiskView. Sometimes the password given to you is […]
Oftentimes users will get overwhelmed with some other tasks and might forget that they have verification activities delegated to them which are going to due soon. RiskView sends out reminder […]
Escalation Factors are conditions that lead to increased risk by defeating or reducing the effectiveness of safeguards. The integrity (I) of Risk Control 1 is 99 %, i.e. I = […]
Working on a bowtie can be time consuming, and it can be troublesome if the bowtie that you have been working on has changed, especially when you are running on […]
One unique feature that Meercat RiskView provides is the flexibility of exporting bowtie data in multiple formats: Saving bowtie image as PDF, or Generating detailed reports that will include all […]
Before the 7.8.1 patch, users are not able to unlock their Verification Wizards from the offline workspace and that can be inconvenient to the users. With this update, users will […]
Verification activities validate that we are doing what we say we are doing. For example, verifications can be used to verify that: a Critical Control in a Bowtie is being […]
When a Verification is generated and assigned to you, you will receive an email notification from RiskView, which contains additional information regarding the Verification. To access the Verification Wizard, you […]
There are multiple ways the user can access the verification wizard to complete verifications: From the email notification From Verification Activity Timeline dashlet From Verification Activity grid view From In-Tray From […]
The image below illustrates how Verification Template is configured in RiskView. As shown in the image, contents of the Verification derive from the contents specified in Verification Template, so it […]
When signing up for monthly payments, Meercat only accepts the PayPal subscription process. This is for a number of reasons: it simplifies the handling of invoicing and payments for both […]
In some cases, you may have some existing data that you wish to import into Meercat RiskView, so that everything exists in a single repository (e.g. an existing HAZOP worksheet). […]
“Reasonably practical” is defined in the Work Health and Safety Act 2011 (s)18 as the following: “In this Act, reasonably practicable, in relation to a duty to ensure health and […]
To change the default programs in Windows, Navigate to the Control Panel Click on Programs and from there, you will find the Default Programs options Locate the program that you […]
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It’s not very often you see a bowtie that can be understood by a knowledgeable outsider. The most common problems centre around inconsistency of context: bowties should occupy a specific […]
Some people ask us why does Meercat RiskView handle all of those Risk Ratings? Yes, there are a lot, but hopefully this will explain why and what they can be […]
Have you wondered how all the control ratings compare and how reliable a control is in the real-world? If so, this table might help. It makes you realise that Soft […]
There are several ways to view data quickly within RiskView and one of them is through dashlets. With the implementation of dashlets, users will have the capability of viewing critical […]
Meercat RiskView is a real-time risk and assurance management framework. But that capability only makes sense when you can measure the changes to your business in real-time. Meercat RiskView’s dashboard […]
Meercat RiskView is an HTML 5 application designed to work with the latest browsers versions running on the latest operating systems. If you use older browsers and operating systems that […]
Your data is safely and securely managed with a Microsoft SQL Server 2012 database managed within the Amazon EC2 environment. Every Client’s data is stored and retrieved from a completely […]
Once you have navigated to the Meercat RiskView login page, you will see the Username and Password fields. Enter your administrator provided details. If you check “Keep Me Logged In” […]
When certain events propagate into other systems then there is the likelihood of “domino” effects taking place. Domino effect is a chain reaction that occurs when a small change causes […]
We have learned that risk reduction measures (safeguards/controls) are in many forms, either hardware based, administrative controls based, or a combination of both. The general philosophy of risk management is […]
We are always working to make RiskView easier to use, faster, more reliable, feature-rich, etc. So from time to time we need to update your Site with new versions and […]
Single sign-on (SSO) allows a user to log in with a single ID without being prompted for different usernames or passwords. The main benefit of using SSO is that it […]
Meercat RiskView now imposes better security within the application. For the time being, you have the option to use your Site in HTTP or HTTPS mode. HTTP is not encrypted […]
Overview In order to investigate issues, provide setup guidance or to troubleshoot reported problems, Meercat Support may require access to any one of your web server and database. We understand […]
Overview In order to enable our support engineers to begin working on incidents and issues as quickly as possible, please follow these guidelines to successfully raising a ticket. General tips […]
Sometimes a mitigative control will not be as effectiveness as a preventative control (even though they are assigned the same Control Effectiveness). With the implementation of multiplier on Preventative/Mitigative Risk […]
having multiple pages that any user can quickly switch between each page covers a particular facet of the risk management and assurance process pages can be clearly titled describing […]
every piece of risk data being available instantly being able to access all data direct from the search results clear visibility of what the item is and its context […]
building a bowtie with keyboard, mouse or finger in record time and with minimal training having a bowtie calculating residual risk in front of your eyes with zero technical […]
there are a lot of nodes on the screen at any one time rejected nodes take up space inactive pathways take up space the focus is almost always on […]
Assuming a ratio of 5:1 preventative to mitigative, this resolves to about 40 preventative controls and 10 mitigative controls in the one bowtie. Anyway, suffice it to say that this […]
There are many uses for a bowtie and with each use comes the requirement for a consistent visual format that highlights the important. Bowtie Perspectives let you capture and apply […]
Safety in Design Conference last week and delivered a paper on our work so far implementing RiskView within IPL. Safety-In-Design Presentation_assurance To quote from the summary: Day two of the […]
