If you’re wondering whether commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) compliance software is good enough for managing compliance, here’s our take on the topic.
COTS can be a great fit for businesses with relatively standard compliance requirements or for areas where processes are consistent across industries, for example:
- WHS incident reporting
- Investigations
- Management system reviews
- Auditing
- WHS risk assessments
This type of software is ideal for organisations focusing on simplicity or in the early stages of compliance development. It can also be a good fit for companies where the nature of the services they deliver makes their compliance needs inherently low risk.
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However, as an organisation’s compliance requirements evolve and its needs become more sophisticated, COTS compliance software may offer limited flexibility due to its pre-built nature.
When this happens, teams often have to run multiple COTS solutions or manage parts of their compliance processes manually—a compliance management approach that decreases efficiency.
If you find yourself in this situation, an enterprise compliance platform like ISOPro may be a better fit.
Enterprise software can be fully configured—not just customised—and can adapt to future certifications and operational requirements. In other words, it evolves alongside your business.
For these reasons, enterprise software tends to be more expensive than pre-built COTS solutions, but in the long run it offers lower implementation risks and significant time savings—in ISOPro’s case, up to 80%.
If you’re curious about how ISOPro can help you save time and increase efficiency within your compliance management framework, get in touch with one of our senior specialists for a chat.
Gianni Torta and the ISOPro team