07/25/2024
What is a corporate shoe program (and why does it matter)?
What’s one of the top three workplace injuries? Safety managers already know the answer to this one: slips, trips and falls. And they aren’t cheap either. The average slip-and-fall accident costs $22,800, and the average workers’ comp claim is $19,000. On top of that, when these kinds of accidents happen, employees usually spend around 22 days away from work. But the real shocker comes next. It’s pretty common for workplaces like restaurants and many others to go about the day without enforcing the use of PPE such as gloves, aprons and slip-resistant footwear.
To us, that’s absolute insanity because our slip-resistant shoe programs are proven to massively reduce injury risk and overall costs. And ours are especially effective because they’re easy to use, customizable, and since we manage everything for you, they take you completely out of the shoe business. Most importantly, they work. Take our friends at Hendrick Automotive as a prime example. After they implemented a custom slip-resistant shoe program with us, their slip-related accidents dropped from more than 80 to fewer than 5 per year. That translates to more than half a million dollars in cost savings (even after the cost of the shoes).
Our custom, slip-resistant shoe programs remove all of the guesswork. Your team will feel great knowing that you’re investing in them (morale and retention!), and you get the benefit of helping them stay safe and limiting workers’ comp claims.
But if you need more convincing, here are the top benefits of an SR Max® slip-resistant shoe program.
- Our in-house team eliminates the headache of having to run things yourself. Kudos to all the safety managers out there who attempt to run their own shoe program. Let’s face it; getting all the moving pieces of a shoe program to align takes an enormous amount of effort. That means that what you gain in risk reduction, you lose in organizational efficiency. Basically, running your own show (when you’re not in the shoe business) can have considerable negative impacts on your bottom line. The more time you spend worrying about employee shoes, the less time you spend on your core tasks.
Fortunately, our shoe programs completely take you out of the shoe business. In fact, with SR Max®, gone are the days of incessantly tracking employee subsidies, helping with orders and marketing your own program. We do all the legwork. And we do ALL of this in-house. No call centers, and no chatbots. Not only will we assign you a dedicated in-house account manager, but if you’ve got questions or concerns, you’ve also got access to our in-house customer service team. They’re located right here in our North Carolina headquarters, and they’re lightning fast. Their average wait time is 2 seconds (following our 8-second welcome message), and they resolve most issues in under 5 minutes.
- No cookie cutter solutions. You need what you need, and you shouldn’t have to compromise in order to get slip-resistant shoes on your employees’ feet. Any shoe program worth its salt will let you choose exactly what you need for your specific working conditions. That means loads of style options from brands you actually love and trust. It also means you get to choose your safety options, which might include electrical hazard protection, static dissipation, safety toes or something else.
Customization comes in many forms too. Once you get your program how you like it, then it’s time to start thinking about how you’re getting the word out about your program. Top of this list is developing your custom ordering website. We’ve got a knack for this and can usually get you up and running in just a week.
- We’ll give you loads of marketing support. Creating awareness of your slip-resistant shoe program is the key to success. Lucky for you, our corporate programs come complete with marketing support. It’s one of the things that sets us apart from the pack, and our current customers love it.
We create custom materials like welcome packets, posters, announcements, catalogs and more, all tailored to your specifications.
- Instantly access all the data you’ll ever need. Want to check your employees’ purchase history? Looking for a super specific sales report? Done. Our data management component gives you access to customizable corporate reports. You can view your company’s order history by style, purchase date, associate, or location. And we’ll automatically email those reports that really matter to you at set intervals of your choosing. Often these include location participation, lists of employees who haven’t ordered protective footwear, last shoe purchase and top SKUs ordered.
- The SR Max® Guarantee. If you couldn’t already tell, we believe in the work we’re doing and in our products. We’re even willing to put our money where our mouth is. So every single program comes with a whole host of perks. Here are just a few:
Helping reduce slip-and-fall accidents and workers’ comp claims as well as making your life a whole heck of a lot easier … that’s what we’re all about here.
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Categories: Company Information | Authored by: Jordan Mott, Vice President of Sales | Posted: 07/25/2024