90%
reduction in late start-ups in production plant*
Before SafetyCulture, data from our frontline employees just sat in boxes for auditing or traceability exercises. We can now track how our data shifts after we make changes.
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Trusted by 85,000+ teams to work safely, meet higher standards and improve every day
SafetyCulture has helped businesses around the world achieve
49%
savings from safety & compliance improvements*
60%
reduction in reporting time*
*Reported in Forrester’s study: The Total Economic Impact™ of SafetyCulture’s Operations Platform
Boost productivity
Keep production running with digitized checks, automation, and sensors
Drive engagement
Make workflows simple and accessible so your team can focus on what matters.
Gain visibility
Break down silos and access real-time data to understand what’s happening on the floor.
Improve operations
Quickly identify issues, reduce downtime, and increase throughput for better results.
Optimize how work gets done
Create repeatable processes with digitized checks. Turn any process like pre-start, safety, or routine housekeeping checks into simple taps with everything you need from real-time calculations to photo annotations, voice-to-text, and much more.
Make everything actionable right away. Automate corrective actions across safety, maintenance, and quality with full context and traceability to ensure accountability and timely resolution.
Eliminate reporting and back office work. Turn every check into detailed reports with automated summaries of critical findings, non-conformances, and corrective actions.
Effectively resolve housekeeping issues
Capture housekeeping issues as soon as they happen. Make it easy for anyone on the factory floor to log spills, clutter, or blocked exits with quick capture and photo attachments for accurate reporting.
Instantly spot recurring issues with ease. Create custom analytics dashboards to see which areas, shifts, or processes keep causing the same housekeeping issues before they become bigger problems.
Turn findings into traceable follow-through. Convert housekeeping problems into a clear task and assign corrective actions that can be monitored from start to finish to ensure issues are resolved accordingly.
Sustain housekeeping standards every day
Embed 5S checks into every workflow. Build a foundation of discipline grounded in 5S principles by scheduling quick routine checks that teams can easily complete without disrupting their tasks.
Give teams access to visual standards. Provide instructional materials and step-by-step guides to ensure housekeeping protocols are followed without constant supervision.
Reduce guesswork and drive up improvement. Use data from reports and analytics to immediately know what practices and standardized processes to refine based on identified recurring issues.
Get every worker engaged
Make it easy to report and audit anything. Provide instant mobile access on any device, online or offline, QR codes for on-site placement in just clicks making worker adoption easy and clear.
Keep your team upskilled and on track. Deploy training courses in minutes for compliance or improvement. With bite-sized lessons, your teams retain more without disrupting their day.
Turn every SOP into instant answers in any language. Make it easy for operators and leaders to access SOPs, hygiene standards, and more with centralized document control with AI-powered answers.
Reduce housekeeping risks and interruptions
Combine safety and housekeeping in one step with start-of-shift checks. Inspect for clear walkways, clean floors, and accessible emergency routes at the same time as you verify machines are safe to run.
Find what’s really causing housekeeping problems. Instead of just identifying the same issues popping up, dig in and tag issues like slips and near misses instead of writing them off as generic errors.
Prevent setbacks from noncompliance. Support ISO, GMP, and local safety requirements by consolidating reports that show how housekeeping checks, corrective actions, and improved 5S scores translate into fewer incidents and less disruption.
Improve housekeeping across your manufacturing sites
5S audits
Routine housekeeping inspections
Incident reporting
Audit readiness
Pre-start and end-of-shift checks
Waste management checks
Cleanliness audits
Corrective action assignment and reporting
Equipment maintenance
Equipment and storage evaluation
PPE availability and compliance
Emergency equipment and access
Backed by hundreds of customer reviews on G2
Built for every factory floor
3x
audit efficiency
$20,000
paper waste saved annually
“Using SafetyCulture platform, we have become a paperless HACCP company. There is absolutely no way that we could have grown as fast as we have whilst maintaining quality without these processes and data in place.”
Sofia Dias
Food Safety & Quality Assurance Manager, Marley Spoon
Simplify housekeeping compliance with proven materials
Clear housekeeping compliance courses and templates to keep sites audit-ready without extra admin
Explore factory housekeeping resources & solutions
Template
Factory Housekeeping Checklist
Use this checklist to ensure all areas of a factory are routinely inspected and tasks are completed on schedule to prevent hazards.
Template
Factory Housekeeping Checklist
Use this checklist to ensure all areas of a factory are routinely inspected and tasks are completed on schedule to prevent hazards.
Template
Factory Cleaning Checklist
Use this checklist to streamline cleaning tasks, schedules, and hygiene-related inspections.
Course
Cleaning Up a Job Site Course
This course will dive into why cleaning up a job site is so important and the necessary practices to ensure effective cleaning.
Course
Slips, Trips, and Falls Course
This course covers hazard awareness in a manufacturing setting to help you develop prevention strategies and keep teams safe.
Course
Hygiene and Cleanliness Course
This course covers topics such as selecting the appropriate cleaning chemicals, structuring cleaning scopes effectively, and proper use of personal protective equipment to help teams uphold cleaning standards.
Boost workforce productivity
Improve uptime
Increase productivity
Ensure product quality & safety
Maximize returns
