Most large Organizations, Universities, virtually all levels of Government and of course Insurance Companies have Risk Management teams, who amongst other things, are responsible for the regular inspection of their assets and tracking the progress made in ensuring that any risks are mitigated to the greatest degree possible. Many organizations have their own Inspection staff, while others outsource some or all of the Inspections to third-party Inspection Services companies.

In either case, automating the workflow involved in the requesting and completion of Inspections, and storing the information in a secure, yet easy-to-access database has become fundamental to cost-effective Inspection management. Paragon have developed a web-accessible database, which supports:

AUTOMATED WORKFLOW… REDUCE YOUR COST OF DOING BUSINESS ·  The Requestor selects the Inspection type that is required, from a list that currently includes: Ø      Property Liability Ø      Restaurant/Cooking Ø      Sprinkler Ø      Woodstove Ø      Garage Ø      Process Hazards Ø      Manufacturing Product Liability Ø      Contractors Ø      Builders Risk Ø      Fleet Ø      Edible Products ·     Inspection assignments can be done manually or automatically by Postal/Zip Code ·    E-mail notification is sent to the Inspector, whether they are staff members or external sub-contractors, with links to the Inspection documents ·     Re-assignment of Inspections can be done by an Administrator if necessary ·     Inspection documents are completed by the Inspector using a browser, while: Ø      Connected to the Internet, or Ø      Disconnected from both the Internet and/or the company LAN ·    Any type of file, such as digital pictures, blueprints or Word documents can be attached to the Request or the Inspection Report ·   Notification that the Inspection has been completed is sent by e-mail to the Requestor, with links to the completed documents.

FLEXIBLE DESIGN…EASILY CUSTOMIZED TO USE YOUR FORMS Our Inspection application has been architected with the Workflow, Recommendations and Re-Inspection functionality separate from the Inspection Forms. By doing this, we are able to replace the existing Inspection forms with the forms used by our Clients very easily. If you have existing forms, we simply replace/add them to our database and make them available as an item on the picklist. Whether you are an Risk Manager for a large company, University, Insurance Company, Inspection Services firm or Government, our application can be easily customized to allow you to assign, track and manage Inspection information in a secure, browser-accessible database.

RECOMMENDATIONS… ALLOWS YOU TO TRACK IMPROVEMENTS ·     Recommendations are easily created, based on an established Library or a custom-developed list of Recommendations ·    A Recommendation letter, with a list of the Recommendations that have not been complied with as yet, is sent to the party responsible for their mitigation ·     Compliance with the Recommendations is tracked on an ongoing basis ·    Your Clients can be given access to their own list of Recommendations, sorted by location if appropriate, so that their Management can track progress in mitigating risks

MANAGEMENT REPORTING… HELPS YOU RUN YOUR BUSINESS BETTER ·     Time and Expense information is captured for each Inspection, which allows Management to: Ø      Re-assess territories based on travel time Ø      Compare productivity between Inspectors Ø      Manage expenses ·    Time and Expense information can be exported to a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet for further analysis or reporting.

RE-INSPECTIONS…MAKE SURE YOUR INFORMATION IS UP-TO-DATE · Re-Inspections can be scheduled or done on an ad hoc basis ·        All of the same workflow of the original inspection is supported ·  The old Inspection document is saved in an Archive for future reference and a new Inspection document is created for the Inspector to modify as required ·      Changes between the original and the most recent Inspection document can be summarized in a brief, easy-to-read Re-Inspection Report MULTI-LINGUAL SUPPORT… PEOPLE WORK IN THEIR LANGUAGE OF CHOICE Our Loss Control application can be rendered to the Users browser in the language of their choice, based on the Language Preference set in their Browser Options. English, French, Spanish…whatever language they choose…they will see all of the application elements, such as Action Buttons, Field Labels, Picklists, Help Documentation etc. in that language. Of course, free-form text or narrative will show up in the language it was entered in. INSTANT MESSAGING… CHANGE THE WAY PEOPLE COMMUNICATE Virtually everyone uses e-mail and voice-mail to communicate these days. The next paradigm in communication on the Web is Instant Messaging, which provides: ·      Presence awareness, which allows Users to see in advance, whether a person(s) is available to collaborate, share information and/or take an action, and ·       Instant messaging, which allows Users to converse virtually through the exchange of text-, audio- and/or video-based information in real time. Whether it is legislated or not, providing your staff and/or Clients with the ability to interact with the application in the language of their choice just makes good business sense in terms of productivity and morale. XML SUPPORT… INFORMATION CAN BE EXCHANGED WITH OTHERS    Very often the Inspection forms used by an Inspection Services firm are different from those used by their Clients. If this is the case, our Inspection application comes with a utility which enables you to create a schema (the data definition) automatically from the Inspection Form. This allows for the exchange of data between the different formats, allowing both the Supplier and the Client to maintain the information in their own database format, instead of exchanging Word documents. EASY ACCESS…WE MAKE IT SIMPLE TO CONDUCT BUSINESS    Our application, which runs on an IBM/Domino R6.X server, is accessible from any Internet Explorer browser version 5 or above. Users of the application don’t need any proprietary software running on their PC, which reduces the application support cost significantly. If your company is not a Domino shop, we will host the application for you. The hosting sites, located in Toronto for Canadian Clients and near Chicago for US Clients, guarantee 99.99% uptime and offer: ·         Redundant processors, power supply and ISP access ·         7x24 system monitoring ·         Personnel-restricted areas with alarm sensors for intrusion, smoke, fire, and temperature Our Hosting solution means that you don’t have to worry about technology, staffing, evolving standards…any of the things associated with in-house systems. We let you concentrate on your core business of inspecting and managing your assets, or those of your Clients. For more information, please contact Paul Ryan at (905) 886-4816 ext. 11

Paragon Bermuda (Canada) Limited 100 York Boulevard, Suite 610, Richmond Hill, Ontario L4b 1J8 Telephone (905)-886-4816 FAX (905) 886-0755 E-Mail pryan@paragoncda.com Web Site http://www.paragoncda.com/

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