.: Stilwell & Associates Inc :.
Stilwell & Associates develops, markets and supports the world's only Maintenance Safety Software (MSS). Combining confined space permitting, hot work permitting and lockout tagout permitting, TagLink is a unique product with all the pieces required to prepare the work site to perform the maintenance task. TagLink saves 87% to 92% of the time and cost over traditional paper systems. And now, with a seamless link to most CMMS's, TagLink can save even more time and cost!
Stilwell & Associates, business and government customers have integrated TagLink into their maintenance process to stop spending maintenance dollars on clerical tasks. TagLink also provides significant cost avoidance. It can increase equipment up time and improve revenue.
.: taglink mss history :.
Mark Banus, executive vice president of the Virginia Beach-based software development and consulting firm Stilwell & Associates of the USA, Inc. , was a featured presenter at the recent National Safety Council (NSC) Congress and Exposition in Orlando, Florida. This annual exposition, the largest of its kind in the country, was attended by over 20,000 safety professionals. Banus' presentation focused on the safety enhancements of his company's flagship Maintenance Safety Software program, TagLink, which was designed to simplify and improve complicated Lockout/Tagout procedures required by OSHA. These procedures are used extensively by the U.S. Navy, chemical manufacturers, nuclear-power plants, refineries and other heavy industries.
TagLink, the only MSS program of its kind, has been recognized and used on Navy ships and has been included in its "SmartShip" program. Banus and his partner, company president Chip Stilwell, are both retired naval officers. "We worked with the tagout process when we were in the Navy and were frustrated by its inefficiency," said Banus. "We knew there had to be a better way." After documenting, reviewing and reengineering the Lockout Tagout process, the two were involved in a project to create some prototype software program to automate it. "We saw an opportunity, said Banus. "So we started our own company to develop the commercial version of TagLink. TagLink MMS has been widely used by the US Navy as well as in the education, power generation, manufacturing and chemical industries.