PCBU Enterprise addresses longstanding safety challenges across the supply chain
Agri-tech company Onside has announced the launch of PCBU Enterprise, an industry-first digital platform designed to revolutionise shared safety management across agriculture supply chains in Australia and New Zealand.
Developed in partnership with ANZCO Foods, PCBU Enterprise addresses longstanding challenges related to joint safety responsibilities across the supply chain between enterprises, contractors, suppliers and transport operators.
The new platform offers a multi-party safety and risk network, enabling agribusinesses to collaboratively manage shared risk and map joint responsibility areas with their suppliers and contractors – allowing real-time communication, accurate compliance records, and inter-business risk reports.
PCBU Enterprise integrates with Onside’s mobile app for rural risk management, which has already mapped over 21,000 rural properties across New Zealand and Australia, logging millions of movements collected from contractor and visitor check-ins to properties, as well as machinery and plant movements. This data helps users easily manage health and safety, compliance, and biosecurity risks.
“PCBU Enterprise is our biggest and most ambitious agri risk and safety product yet,” said Onside CEO Ryan Higgs. “It sets a new standard for safety outcomes by ensuring enterprises, contractors, and suppliers share a transparent system that leaves nothing to chance when it comes to safety and shared risks.
He said with PCBU Enterprise Onside and ANZCO Foods have made WorkSafe’s ‘3 C’s’ Consult, Cooperate, Coordinate applicable across multiple PCBUs (persons conducting a business or undertaking).
“This clarity ensures everyone knows who’s managing risk, creating a safer and more efficient supply chain.”
With recent high-profile cases resulting in significant fines again senior executives, Higgs see this solution as a timely one for the agriculture industry.
“Recent high-profile safety incidents, including significant fines against senior executives for PCBUs breaching worker safety and health legislation, have reinforced the need for clear and coordinated safety management practices across the agricultural sector,” he said.
