How a true SaaS EHS solution provides enterprises with a single source of truth that is scalable and always up-to-date.
The previous blog, Moving to True SaaS EHS Solutions Saves Time and Adds Value, reviews the importance of a true SaaS product and how it benefits EHS professionals when compared to “fake SaaS”- on-premise, or self-built solutions.
This blog delves further into the topic and investigates key reasons why true SaaS solutions are ideal for companies looking to future-proof their EHS programs.
In this article:
- How true SaaS helps organizations achieve business objectives
- Ways true SaaS saves organizations time and resources
- How, in the age of digitization, true SaaS is a sustainable choice
True SaaS in the Age of Digitization
Any organization that has gone through digitization, or is planning to digitize their processes, will understand just how complex and involved an upgrade can be. With hundreds of moving parts, multiple objectives to hit, and close timelines – the benefits can feel a long ways away.
So, imagine having to undertake an upgrade implementation every 2, 3, or 4 years. Unfortunately, that’s a reality when it comes to on-premise or ‘fake’ SaaS solutions. In order to take advantage of new features and stay on modern technology, customers must undertake an extensive upgrade project every few years. One of the biggest benefits to true SaaS solutions is that product teams can keep the product up to date, roll out changes, and tweak performance on the fly without impacting customers. For Cority users – there are three major updates a year, including dozens of enhancements, that are accessed simply by customers logging in as they would any other day. No interruptions, no downtime, no fuss.
It’s also incredibly common for organizations to be tracking data in multiple locations. It’s a big world, so while maintaining a single source of truth is difficult – it’s incredibly useful to multinational organizations. With true SaaS solutions, API integrations, that make accessing multiple sources of data simple, are easy to utilize. This saves IT teams and internal groups considerable time and resources, saving them from building custom links and software to get data sources to “talk” to each other.
Sustainability, ESG, and True SaaS
If a company would like to implement sustainable business practices and proactively manage the long-term future of its IT, engineering, operations and beyond – then true SaaS is an excellent tool to help achieve those sustainability goals. Besides the resources saved internally, true SaaS solutions allow teams to focus their efforts on bigger EHS tasks and also assist organizations in avoiding regulatory breaches and fines.
Along with sustainable business practices, true SaaS solutions also have a positive impact on environmental sustainability. On-premise servers require a lot of energy and money – while true SaaS solutions help to diminish that impact and assist millions of users all over the world.
Interconnectivity, Analytics, and Data
Many types of solutions make it easier to be interconnected, but true SaaS solutions make it possible to depend on this functionality. Data security regulations and standards force providers to put incredible resources into making solutions that can provide customer information safely, quickly, and easily. For example, Cority has recently become the first and only provider in the EHS space to become FedRAMP certified – a huge attestation of Cority’s capabilities within data security.
Customers depend on true SaaS solutions, such as Cority, to submit reports to government agencies. Therefore, complete confidence that the data being submitted is accurate, dependable, and easily retrievable is required.
Alongside the dependence on data, organizations are in a time where the volume of data being produced enables them to apply better analytics. Be it through in-house technology, such as CorityOne, or through APIs, true SaaS solutions make applying analytics easy.
For more information on Cority and data security, check out the blog, Voices of Cority – EHS Data Security with Daphne Reed
