Patent ID: 8818830

Claim:
A computer implemented method of computing personal protective equipment (PPE) recommendations comprising: storing corporate information as a floor plan containing a plurality of hierarchical levels of a corporate organization and PPE needs associated with each level; storing a plurality of benchmark data describing a current PPE usage for at least one application of the PPE within the corporate organization including each of the hierarchical levels, where the plurality of benchmark data comprises at least two of cost performance data, SKU reduction data, or production waste data; identifying a selected PPE by performing, using a processor, an analysis based on the corporate information and the benchmark data wherein the analysis compares characteristics of a plurality PPE against characteristics of the at least one application and provides a priority ranking of importance for the plurality of characteristics required for the at least one application; determining areas of improvement for which the selected PPE improves the benchmark data by comparing the characteristics of the selected PPE to the benchmark data, wherein the analysis comprises at least one of a financial impact analysis or a PPE usage overview analysis; generating, using a processor, a PPE recommendation based on the selected PPE that improves the benchmark data, wherein the PPE recommendation includes a PPE configuration for the at least one application based on the determined areas of improvement.