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How Communication Barriers Create Disconnected Teams, Higher Costs
Multilingual manufacturing team preventing communication barriers

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How Communication Barriers Create Disconnected Teams, Higher Costs

It was a busy day shift at the vast industrial facility, with production lines running at full capacity. So, when drops of water started pooling on the plant floor, several…

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Why Microsoft Teams on Smartphones Fails Industrial Workers: A Data-Driven Analysis
Frontline worker distracted by phone

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Why Microsoft Teams on Smartphones Fails Industrial Workers: A Data-Driven Analysis

These aren't minor incidents. When approximately 80-90% of workplace incidents are derived from human factors, and smartphone distraction is a growing contributor to that statistic, the stakes couldn't be higher.…

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Connecting Facility Workers for Operational Excellence
Workers using Walt Smart Radios by weavix to communicate across an industrial facility

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Connecting Facility Workers for Operational Excellence

Facility managers face relentless pressure to keep complex operations running smoothly while juggling competing demands from every direction. Building systems, such as HVAC, require constant attention to prevent costly breakdowns.…

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How a Mission-Critical Geofencing System Improves Safety in Frontline Operations
Safety manager looking at a real-time geofencing map on a computer monitor.

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How a Mission-Critical Geofencing System Improves Safety in Frontline Operations

Frontline teams in construction, energy, and manufacturing struggle to maintain real-time awareness of worker locations — and to enforce safety protocols — without causing unnecessary disruption. Even a brief lapse…

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How to Use Walkie-Talkies with GPS
Construction site

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How to Use Walkie-Talkies with GPS

Coordinating teams across large sites or remote environments quickly becomes chaotic without reliable communication or real-time location awareness. Many frontline managers struggle to keep workers safe and connected when traditional…

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What Is an Intrinsically Safe Radio?
Walt Smart Radio by weavix

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What Is an Intrinsically Safe Radio?

Frontline teams in oil refineries, chemical plants, and other hazardous environments face more than just tough conditions — they risk disaster when electrical equipment sparks or overheats near flammable substances.…

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Best Safety Practices in the Workplace
A Walt Smart Radio displays a mass alert for danger from fire, one of many safety ideas for the workplace

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Best Safety Practices in the Workplace

All frontline workers and supervisors share the same mantra: “Safety First” But how you promote safety on the frontlines will go a long way towards improving safety outcomes. Since we…

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We’re Celebrating Safety Champions With Lunch for the Whole Shift
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We’re Celebrating Safety Champions With Lunch for the Whole Shift

If you’re a regular reader of our blog, you know that safety is at the core of everything we do. We believe a truly safe environment requires seamless communication, connecting…

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What Is Class 1 Division 2? NEC Definition, Requirements, and Examples
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What Is Class 1 Division 2? NEC Definition, Requirements, and Examples

A Class 1 Div 2 location, as defined by the NEC, is an area where flammable gases or vapors are normally contained but may escape in ignitable amounts only during…

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