Knauf Insulation Celebrates Five-Year Partnership with ISN®

Industry leader in sustainable building products continues to leverage ISNetworld^® to help enhance contractor safety and efficiency across operations

DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--ISN, the global leader in contractor and supplier information management services, celebrates five years of partnership with Knauf Insulation, a global manufacturer of sustainable insulation solutions. Knauf Insulation continues to leverage ISNetworld to help improve contractor qualification and support operational efficiency and safety across its North American sites.

“ISN has been instrumental in supporting Knauf Insulation’s mission to deliver safe and efficient operations through digitized contractor management,” said Dr. Jamie Cain, DOSH, CSP, and Director of Health and Safety at Knauf Insulation. “Since partnering with ISN, Knauf Insulation has seen a 23% decrease in Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) and a 29% decrease in Days Away, Restricted or Transferred (DART) cases among our contractors.”

Headquartered in Shelbyville, Indiana, Knauf Insulation manages more than 390 suppliers across eight North American sites through ISNetworld. Knauf Insulation leverages ISNetworld tools and services such as Online Training to deliver site orientations and Training Qualifications to help ensure workers are qualified to perform tasks onsite. The company also increased efficiency by digitizing its permit process through the Permit to Work tool. Through CultureSight^®, ISN’s safety maturity and perception assessment program, Knauf Insulation has gathered insights from employees and suppliers regarding its company safety culture.

“Knauf Insulation exemplifies how a safety-focused organization can continue to raise the bar using ISNetworld to build a safer, more efficient contractor management program,” said Mike Reazin, Vice President of Manufacturing at ISN. “Knauf Insulation is a valued partner to ISN, and its commitment to safety, transparency, and continuous improvement is helping set an industry standard.”

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About ISN

ISN is the global leader in contractor and supplier information management, with more than 20 years of experience connecting 850 Hiring Clients in capital-intensive industries with 85,000 active contractors and suppliers to promote safety, health, and sustainability in the workplace. ISN’s brands include ISNetworld^®, a global online contractor and supplier management platform, Transparency-One^®, a responsible sourcing platform built to bring transparency to supply chain management, and Empower^®, a worker-level app built to keep workers moving forward.

ISN has 14 offices around the globe which provide award-winning support and training for its customers in more than 85 countries. ISN takes pride in leading worldwide efforts to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of contractor and supplier management systems and in serving as a world-class forum for sharing industry best practices, benchmarking performance, providing data insights among its members, and helping decision makers, including board members, ensure contractor and supplier risk is assessed and monitored. For more information, visit isn.com.

About Knauf Insulation

The Knauf Group is an internationally active family-owned company headquartered in Iphofen, Franconia, Germany. The building materials manufacturer operates more than 300 production sites and sales organizations in over 90 countries on all continents and is a leading global producer of construction materials and systems based on gypsum, energy-efficient insulation and insulating materials, and system solutions in the ceiling sector. For more information about the Knauf Group, visit knauf.com.