SB-RCOM: The Small Business Risk & Compliance Journey
A lightweight, anticipatory, audit-ready operating system.
Built specifically for small businesses — replacing scattered spreadsheets and one-off scrambles with a single, predictable rhythm of visibility, control, and review.
Circa 2016
Small businesses run fast — but risk runs faster. SB-RCOM gives you a simple, powerful way to stay ahead of issues before they become expensive problems.
Click any one to see what handles it. Every answer names the actual tool — because a system you can't point at is a promise, not a system.
A prequalification packet you can't complete
The packet asks for insurance, training records, corrective actions, and a quality manual. EC-01 is the register that says what evidence exists, where it lives, and who owns it — so the answer is a lookup instead of a weekend.
No quality manual
SB-RCOM is the manual, written as the way you actually work rather than as a document that describes a company you don't run. It comes out of the tools, not out of a template.
A manual nobody follows
Systems get ignored when using them is extra work. Intake is one short form tied to a real job, and it feeds the log automatically. Following it becomes easier than not following it.
Certifications about to lapse
Every licence, certification, insurance renewal, and filing on one calendar with an owner and a lead time. You stop finding out a welder's cert expired when the customer's auditor finds it.
Findings from the last audit
Each finding gets an owner, a control, a due date, and evidence that it closed. When the auditor comes back, you can show what changed instead of promising it did.
And while we're in there — the things that were wearing on you before anyone asked for paperwork.
Records scattered across trucks, binders, and phones
One register, one current version, one place to look. Most shops aren't missing records — they have them in eleven places and no way to prove which one is current.
Missed deadlines
Deadlines get missed when nobody owns the calendar. The monthly review is a thirty-minute rhythm that surfaces what's coming before it's late.
Vendor and subcontractor quality
Your subs' work becomes your work in the customer's eyes. Score them the same way you score everything else, so the risky ones are visible before they're on your job.
Owner burnout
Burnout here is a symptom of everything living in one head. The dashboard makes status visible without asking you, and the quarterly review is the one meeting that keeps it that way.
Visible Risk, Score Risks
Capture risks consistently using simple, repeatable forms and logs.
Design Controls
Score risks against a structured matrix to determine what actually matters most.
Track Compliance
Track obligations and deadlines in a single calendar instead of scattered reminders.
Focus Governance
Run monthly and quarterly reviews that keep the whole system alive and evolving.
Governance & Continuous Improvement
Maintain calendars, checklists, and audit-ready folders for predictable, repeatable compliance.
Clarity
Real-time visibility into risks and compliance status.
Protection
Early-warning indicators and structured controls.
Confidence
Predictable governance and audit-ready documentation.
Leadership Bandwidth
Owners stop carrying every risk and deadline in their heads.
A complete operating model with 10 core tools
*Training Curriculum is delivered live by a Cornett consultant and is included starting at the Standard tier — see pricing for full tier details.
Foundation Setup
Folder structure, templates, roles, training
Risk System Activation
Intake, logging, scoring, dashboard
Compliance Activation
Calendar, evidence, regulatory tracking
Governance Activation
Monthly & quarterly reviews, continuous improvement