Simple But Needed Aims To Make Safety Compliance More Accessible With Its Mobile-Focused Safety Management Solution

17 Sep, 2020

Access this research

Access all EHSQ Corporate Leaders content with a strategic subscription or buy this single report

Need help or have a question about this report? Contact us for assistance

Executive Summary

This report is one in a series covering vendors in the EHS software and technology markets; these case studies help corporate managers better understand key vendors and offerings in the market. Simple But Needed – also known as SBN – is a safety compliance software provider based in the San Francisco Bay Area of California. The firm takes a mobile-first approach, bringing a full set of easy-to-use safety compliance and risk mitigation tools to the fingertips of frontline workers. It offers a comprehensive safety software platform that enables seamless collaboration between its native mobile, web portal, and data analytics application modules, scanners, and other technology components. The solution covers a variety of use cases including lockout-tagout, safety inspections, asset tracking and ergonomics for varied industry verticals including construction, government institutions, laboratories, and oil and gas. The firm's strategic focus on ease-of-use drives successful user adoption, which in turn yields a rich data set for enhanced compliance documentation, operational visibility, and analytics for improved data-driven decision-making.
Simple But Needed Takes A Mobile-First Approach To Safety Compliance
Simple But Needed Services A Broad Range Of Customers With A Range Of Safety Compliance Solutions
Simple But Needed Caters To Industry Risk Profiles With Significant Control Of Work, Asset Tracking And Reconciliation Use Cases

About the Authors

Kel Udeala

Kel Udeala

Industry Analyst

Kel is an Industry Analyst at Verdantix. His current agenda focuses on EHS, Industrial Hygiene and Occupational health software. He has a background in oil and  gas, rene...

Bill Pennington

Bill Pennington

VP Research

Bill is VP Research at Verdantix, where he leads analysis on the evolving and interconnected landscapes of EHS, quality, AI and enterprise risk management. His research helps ...

View Profile

Other related content

Webinar
EHS Software & Services
EHSQ Corporate Leaders
EHS Software Buyer's Guide: Choosing Th...

Selecting EHS software shouldn't mean defaulting to enterprise vendors that dominate the market leaderboard. Yet many mid-market organisations end up paying for complex, large-scal...

Upcoming / 30 July, 2026

Blog
EHSQ Corporate Leaders
Market Snapshot On Behaviour-Based Safe...

What is behaviour-based safety? Behaviour-based safety (BBS) is a process for ensuring employees proactively maintain a safe workplace, going beyond traditionally reactive approach...

27 July, 2026

Blog
EHS Software & Services
EHSQ Corporate Leaders
AI In Quality Management: Why Human Ove...

Organizations across regulated industries are rapidly exploring generative AI use cases, from deviation investigations and CAPA drafting to document management and regulatory intel...

17 July, 2026

Blog
EHS Software & Services
EHSQ Corporate Leaders
What Chile’s Data Centre Expansion Reve...

The rapid expansion of AI and cloud computing is driving unprecedented investment in data centre infrastructure worldwide. At the same time, growing scrutiny of these facilities is...

17 July, 2026

Blog
EHS Software & Services
EHSQ Corporate Leaders
Heatwaves Are Redefining Workplace Safe...

Heatwaves are rapidly shifting from a seasonal inconvenience to a material occupational safety risk. Recent hot spells in London and wider parts of the UK this June, alongside ...

03 July, 2026

Webinar
Quality Management Software
EHSQ Corporate Leaders
Digital Transformation in Quality: Alig...

The quality management software market is dominated by enterprise platforms built for the world's largest manufacturers, but most companies aren't them. This webinar cuts through t...

11 June, 2026