LAFAYETTE, Colo. — J.D. Byrider has selected a preferred vendor to provide its 120 locations with facility safety inspections and environmental compliance services. The company will utilize the Multi-Facility Compliance Management Software and Services of KPA for its facilities.

"We have implemented the KPA system at several facilities, and the results are remarkable," stated Mark Morris, a J.D. Byrider franchisee. "That is why we recommend the company as a preferred vendor."

Explaining KPA's compliance management software, officials noted that it offers automotive companies a guideline for complying with state and federal regulations. What makes it unique from standard compliance tools is that it is tailed specially for auto and equipment retail businesses so that they can keep tabs on chemical, physical and environmental hazards.

"It is a Goldilocks approach to compliance services. We take a full assessment of the company's needs at the start of a project and design a process that fits around them," explained Eric Schmitz, KPA's vice president of product and business development.

"For J.D. Byrider, that means making it so the corporation can monitor and reward individual facilities appropriately, without taking on the liability of too much information," he added.

Officials went on to highlight that with the software, large companies are provided with location-based monitoring and tracking that enables them to find what may cause unsafe working conditions.

As such, the software is designed to help these companies utilizing comply with Occupational Safety and Health Administration standards and all environmental health and safety laws more easily.

KPA listed some of the features of the Multi-Facility Compliance Management services, as follows:

—KPA engineers providing resources and support for location managers to make sure transitions are smooth and on schedule.
—Certification programs for individual employees and locations.
—Standardization in compliance reporting across all 120 locations.
—Privacy safeguards to protect sensitive information.
—Injury illness and prevention program (I2P2) and CA IIPP compliance tools.
—Consulting for Safety Programs, Hazardous Communications, Emergency Response and Loss Control.
—Emergency on-call support.
—Online Compliance Software: myKPAonline — Internet-based safety and compliance tracking, measurement software, on-demand access to company EHS information.
—Electronic MSDS Databases.
—Online Training (including custom and Spanish courses).