KEYS TO SELECTING THE BEST SAFETY KNIFE

Jan 01, 2016

Selecting the best safety knife used to boil down to unit cost. Well, many safety professionals are beginning to see first-hand where procurement agencies are failing. With the latest budget trimming trends of reverse auctions, safety knives are being quoted in this ridiculous methodology of researching the best safety products for use by associates in all types of industries. Factors such as cuts and lacerations being experienced by associates are at such alarming levels that medical claims are reaching all-time highs. Ergonomics claims from continuous repetitive motions have not surfaced its ugly head as of yet but many within the industry claim it's just a matter of time before these claims begin to rise. The leading factor that is the most difficult to track and locate within ones business model is product damage. Product damage is an unforeseen culprit of lost revenue that most companies don't even recognize.

Selecting a safety cutter is not an easy task, you must have the experience behind a box cutter to understand the challenges that stocking associates face each day. The single greatest challenge for stocking associates currently is change. Asking an associate to change their box knife to something different is like asking them to trade something they are passionate about. This change represents all their abilities to overcome and learn their skills by trial and error and has delivered them to where they are today. Stocking associates are very passionate about their job and they are good at it.

Aside from change, determining the best safety knife for an organization can be somewhat difficult. There are so many knife manufacturers trying to incorporate safety devices into their tools that they tend to lose focus on who and how the knife is actually used.

The key to determine the best safety knife is one that delivers the features that can make anyone regardless of their experience level a pro at their job. Auto-retract blades, ergonomic triggers, tool free blade change, ambidextrous, edge guides and tape splitters are just some of the features that should be identified when selecting a safety knife.

Developing a safety knife would seem to be an easy task, but until you actually learn what an associate is faced with every day, you cannot have a realistic understanding of the challenges they face. Easy Cut and the engineers behind the scenes have decades of experience working with stocking associates from various industries including aerospace, big-box retailers, distribution, grocery, logistics, medical/pharmaceutical, and retail in the United States and 128 countries around the world. Contact us or fill out the Test Drive Form for a 30 day Test Drive evaluation of the latest in engineered safety knives and begin a safety box cutting program that works.