System for determining personal protective equipment recommendations based on prioritized data

A system for computing personal protective equipment (PPE) recommendations, comprising:

• a plurality of client computers, where each client computer in the plurality of client computers, uses a processor, for receiving and storing corporate information of a corporate organization and PPE needs associated with the corporate organization, wherein the corporate information is organized in hierarchical levels and the hierarchical levels include at least one of a corporation, a division, a region, a plant, a department, an area, a line, or a product application;
• and for receiving and storing a plurality of benchmark data describing a current PPE usage for at least one application of the PPE within the corporate organization, wherein the benchmark data comprises at least one of cost performance data, an injury reduction data, SKU reduction data, a training information or production waste data;
• and
• a server, remotely located from the plurality of client computers and connected to the plurality of client computers via a network, for identifying a selected PPE by performing 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;
• for determining areas of improvement wherein the selected PPE improves the benchmark data by comparing the characteristics of the selected PPE to the benchmark data;
• and for generating 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.