Enforcing Safety at the Point of Execution with Sigga

Compliance shouldn’t be a choice, and mobile interfaces turn safety protocols into mandatory digital workflows for the technician in the field. A recent technical demonstration of Sigga Empower showed how mobile technology shifts safety from a guideline to a gatekeeper. This ensures that safety protocols, such as Lockout/Tagout (LOTO), are not only documented but also physically verified.

Forcing the Visual Double-Check

The most dangerous moment in maintenance is the assumption that energy has been isolated. In a standard SAP workflow, a technician might click Complete on a safety operation. But did they apply the lock?

The use case demonstrated by Sigga introduces a mandatory visual interlock. In this case, during the LOTO procedure for an electrical pump:

1. The Empower app instructs the technician exactly where the isolation point is.
2. The system requires a mandatory photo attachment of the lock and tag before the step can be marked complete.
3. The technician can draw directly on the photo to highlight the lock’s position, leaving zero ambiguity for the next person on shift.

This approach prevents pencil whipping—the practice of checking boxes without doing the work. The app literally halts the workflow, and the technician cannot proceed with the repair until the safety evidence is uploaded.

Validating Reality

Insufficient data can be as dangerous as no data during inspection rounds. For example, if a technician records a pump temperature as 55 instead of 155 due to a typo, a critical overheating trend is missed.

The demonstration used this example to highlight input validation. If a technician enters a temperature reading of 240°F, and the safe limit is 140°F, the mobile app immediately flags it as Too Hot and warns the user.

Additionally, the technician sees the historical trend on the screen. This means they get to see that the pump has been getting hotter for three months. This context empowers the technician to raise a notification immediately, which can be done offline and synced later, turning a routine inspection into a preventative safety intervention.

Agility is a Safety Feature

One of the most human-centric features discussed during Sigga’s demonstration was the no-code/low-code environment that allows technicians and supervisors to modify their forms in the app without requiring IT to write code. This feature is essential as a rigid, hard-coded safety app can become a liability if it can’t adapt to changing regulations or emerging risks.

For example, suppose a safety manager realizes a new Security Guard Signature is needed on a specific form. In that case, they can use a no-code/low-code environment to drag and drop that field into the admin portal. The next time the technician opens that form in the field, the new requirement is there—no app updates or IT tickets required.

What This Means for SAPinsiders

Standardization eliminates tribal knowledge. In many SAP environments, safety procedures vary depending on who is working that shift. However, Sigga demonstrated how mobile forms eliminate this variance by creating digital rails for the workflow. For example, the solution allows administrators to configure mandatory fields that prevent the technician from advancing until a specific action is taken. Additionally, when a process changes, that change is made once in the admin portal and pushed to production immediately using no-code/low-code. This ensures that the “standard” is always current across the entire workforce.

A mobile-integrated solution transforms safety compliance. As the demo highlighted, mobile-integrated solutions can require photographic evidence for critical steps. The system also captures accountability, such as requiring multiple unique signatures directly on the device. These records prove exactly who did what and when, turning safety compliance into an immutable digital record.

Mobile solutions close the gap between detection and resolution. The biggest enemy of safety is the lag between identifying a hazard and fixing it. This is where mobile solutions help technicians raise SAP Notifications in real time from the inspection screen and start the maintenance loop. Technicians can also capture data, photos, and safety checks completely offline, as the solution queues the information and automatically synchronizes it when connectivity is restored.