Safety Today 

Name: Safety Today 

Address: 2425 Speigel Drive Ste. A  City: Groveport  

State: OH  Employees: 400  

  COO: Ted Lowie 

   Products: Safety Products  Safety Today, Inc. has increased the size of its central distribution headquarters threefold with its recent move to a new facility in Groveport , Ohio . The new 95,000 square feet facility incorporates one of the largest dedicated safety products warehouses in the country and the largest in the region.

   Safety Today represents the leading manufacturers of safety products in North America , covering personal, environmental and foodservice safety.

   Safety Today’s new facility houses its three major business activities: Safety Today Protective Products Group, a full service safety equipment distributor and manager of Total Quality Safety programs for local, regional and national accounts; Safety Today Food Safety Group, a national supplier of protective products and systems to the foodservice, restaurant and grocery industries; and Safety Today Safety Services Group, providing equipment repair, refurbishment and site-specific loss prevention and risk management services. The building supports several on-site customer specific safety stores and five dedicated inventory/customer service facilities throughout North America .

   The company’s new headquarters, which supports 13 other locations across the United States and Canada , is located near Columbus , Ohio , a major North American distribution hub. The facility is in a designated free trade zone and is an American Institute of Baking approved operation. Safety Today, Inc. is ISO 9002 certified.

   Safety Today is one of the largest full service safety equipment distributors in North America for the utilities, steel, automotive, foodservice, restaurant and grocery industries. The company delivers worker protection programs and services including Total Quality Safety programs comprising safety training and consulting, customer-specific safety marketing, on-site safety centers and supplier-managed inventory systems.

   Safety Today has expanded across the U.S. and Canada , with 17 locations. It has expertise developed in conjunction with these national programs:

   •Safety Training and Consulting.

   •Customer-Specific Safety Marketing.

   •On-Site Safety Center .

   •Supplier Managed Inventory Systems

   Total Quality Safety programs for national accounts with multiple facilities operate from a national safety supply contract where the principle focus is on lower costs, client-defined protection standards, productivity improvement gains and reduced exposure to loss involving people, process or assets.

   Using a national team of safety professionals and technical representatives, Safety Today conducts comprehensive on-site surveys of plants and facilities that are part of the program. Implementation begins after establishing the usage database and savings targets for pricing and alternate products.

   TQS Quarterly Reports format the cost reductions and productivity gains to make tracking the benefits simple and verifiable.

On-site safety centers

   The Safety Center , whether housed in Safety Today’s modular stores facility or in the client’s own stores area, becomes the focus of TQS activity. A dedicated on-site coordinator manages the dispensing of safety equipment and the overall safety inventory requirements. Personal service functions, such as safety equipment fitting, prescription eyewear ordering and respirator fit testing, can be handled through the Safety Center .

   The benefits:

   •Nearly 100% inventory reduction of safety supplies

   •Elimination of in-house processing of purchase orders and receiving.

   •24-hour emergency service.

   •Supplier-provided on-site staffing.

   •Reduction of sourcing time for spot buys and one-time needs.

   •Immediate reduction of transactional costs.

Customer-specific PPE catalogs and marketing services

   Full-color, database-driven personal protective equipment catalogs with the client’s selection of standardized products to be used across all facilities, reduce costs and increase the manageability of an enterprise-wide safety initiative.

  These catalogs are produced by Safety Today’s Marketing Services and can be delivered in print or electronic form over the Internet.

   Marketing services produces custom publications, in print or electronic media, focused on the unique needs of the national client for training documents, newsletters or industry regulations updates. Many of these services are bundled with TQS at no charge to the client.