DIGITALISATION
Staying compliant Another emerging strategy is the consolidation of digital services under one single user interface, uniting compliance and inspection tools into one platform, simplifying the customer experience while expanding the scope of digital solutions available. And at RSS, explains Whitehurst-Maiden, this is at the heart of its strategy. “Our live365 platform brings together all of our digital initiatives, standing as a cornerstone of our current offering.” The platform integrates digital inspection services with data analysis software to examine safety trends, demonstrating the importance of maintaining and accessing safety documents, while also helping companies with equipment compliance and maintenance. According to RSS, access to critical safety documentation is essential to ensuring regulation compliance. The platform prioritises this, while also making sure its customers can access their certification at any time and in any place through the digitalisation of lifting equipment inspections. Through the platforms data analysis, it offers important insight into safety data trends to prevent potential accidents before they happen, as well as providing patterns of misuse and potential training faults by analysing failure rates across sites.
Another element of RSS’s live365 is its
Pre-Use Check App, which enables on-site personnel to access inspection data and record pre-use check via an app, dubbing it the first line of defence in accident prevention. The checks allow for visibility that correct any procedures being followed and provide evidence to companies of compliance. The platform also offers a range of RFID tags
depending on the application and equipment as well as near field communication (NFC) enabled RFID tags, offering increased precision in identifying equipment when recording pre- use checks.
“Looking ahead, we’re expanding our compliance services, with the ambition of uniting them under a single user interface. We’re also exploring collaborations that will broaden the scope of features we can deliver, offering customers an even wider range of digital tools.” As digitalisation strategies and technologies become the norm, the hoist industry is undoubtedly moving towards greater levels of intelligence, connectivity and safety. One development generating particular excitement is the rise of digital twins, a virtual, real-time model of hoisting equipment and process that can be used for simulation, predictive maintenance and optimising performance. These systems enable enhanced safety, operational efficiency by allowing for simulation of complex scenarios to aide training and offer predictive analytics for risks such as equipment failure or damage, reducing downtime and improving decision-making for operators. Operators can predict performance, test upgrades and schedule maintenance with better accuracy by mirroring real-word hoist and lifting equipment. It’s clear that the growing role of technologies such as artificial intelligence and digital twins is transformative, offering insight and optimising processes across the sector, paving the way for a smarter and more connected industry. Another method to overseeing lifting equipment is RFID tagging. These digital chips or SupraTags provide product traceability,
RFID tagging can help oversee lifting equipment to provide traceability.
inspection history, usage data – all of which can be accessed instantly. “Making use of digitalisation technologies like RFID (which is within the SupraTag) to digitalise inspection management systems and efficiently manage inventory is becoming important,” explains Amie Read, marketing executive at Tiger Lifting, a distributor of YOKE digital products and part of the RiConnect network that provides products with RFID digital functionality. “Having safe use instructions, certification, inspection information and checklists available digitally helps companies manage their environmental impact and reduces time for equipment to be put into service making for more efficient operations.” Platforms such as RiConnect maximise the utilisation of RFID and streamlines
RSS’s live365 platform offers important insight into safety data trends to prevent potential accidents before they happen. 16 | October 2025 |
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