Interior Goods Direct Achieves 100% Acknowledgement Rates

Read & Sign Case Study

Read & Sign helps Interior Goods Direct achieve 100% document acknowledgement rates

Increased acknowledgement rates from 15% to 100%.

Admin time significantly reduced by removing paper-based processes.

Improved compliance visibility with instant reporting and tracking.

Blinds Manufacturing

Interior Goods Direct has been trading online since 2003 and has become one of the largest retailers of high-quality blinds in the UK.

A standout feature of the business is that almost everything is manufactured on site in Yorkshire. Operating across 40,000 sq ft with more than 300 employees, maintaining visibility across the operation and ensuring staff receive critical information is essential.

Looking for a reliable way to evidence risk assessments, policies and health and safety communications, Interior Goods Direct chose Read & Sign.

Client
Interior Goods Direct

Sector
Retail

Solution
Workforce compliance

Products used
Read & Sign

Manual processes took valuable time from important work

Before implementing Read & Sign, Interior Goods Direct relied on paper-based systems to distribute and track important health and safety information.

  • Risk assessments were physically signed and stored on paper, creating a significant administrative burden.
  • Documents often had to be scanned into other systems, wasting time that could otherwise be spent on important tasks.
  • Acknowledgements were difficult to track, and records could quickly become outdated.

The business relied on spreadsheets to monitor completion rates, while historical records often had to be manually searched through archived files.

New starters could also miss important documentation, creating compliance risks.

Paper-based signing

The system was so straightforward to set up. Now I’ve branched it out for supervisors to monitor themselves, it’s just been a game-changer

John Flaherty | Health, Safety & Facilities Officer, Interior Goods Direct

Solving a critical issue with a new system

Interior Goods Direct implemented Read & Sign to digitise the distribution, acknowledgement and tracking of safety information across the business.

The platform is used extensively for risk assessments, policies, departmental communications and compliance reporting.

One of the most significant improvements has been the ability to monitor acknowledgement rates and ensure employees have reviewed important information.

As the business has continued to grow over the past two and a half years, Read & Sign has scaled alongside it, supporting an increasing number of users while maintaining visibility and control.

Read Sign Reporting and Document Acknowledgement

Game-changing workforce compliance

Read & Sign has helped Interior Goods Direct strengthen compliance processes while significantly reducing administration time.

  • Departments can now be structured within the platform, ensuring that new employees automatically receive the information relevant to their role.
  • Smaller subgroups are created for specialist training requirements, allowing supervisors to assign information only to employees who need it.
  • The team can quickly identify outstanding acknowledgements and follow up where required.
  • Risk assessments and other documents can now be assigned at the click of a button.
  • Evidence of acknowledgements can be accessed instantly to support legal compliance.

The system’s straightforward design has been well received by employees and agency workers, who have adapted quickly to the digital process.

Driving a stronger safety culture

Read & Sign has become an important part of how Interior Goods Direct monitors and improves compliance performance.

Acknowledgment rates are now regularly reviewed by the board of directors and are one of the first metrics discussed during monthly reviews.

The visibility provided by Read & Sign allows the business to analyse performance across different departments and gain instant access to the information needed to support decision-making.

This focus from leadership helps reinforce a positive top-down safety culture throughout the organisation.

Driving a stronger safety culture

Working with Keyzo

Alongside the platform itself, Interior Goods Direct values the ongoing support provided by Keyzo.The team benefits from regular check-ins, updates on new developments and fast responses whenever technical support is required.

As one member of the team explained:

“If I’ve got an issue, I know you’re always there at the end of an email or even a phone call to talk through it.”

About Interior Goods Direct

Interior Goods Direct is one of the UK’s largest online retailers of high-quality blinds. Trading since 2003, the company manufactures almost all of its products on site in Yorkshire and employs more than 300 people across its 40,000 sq ft operation.

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