...Corporate Governance –What it means for OSH Identify some common Safety Management Systems (SMS) Essential Elements required for managing occupational safety and health in organisations What is Health & Safety Management? Practices that contribute to the effective control and sustained reduction in incidents, which have the potential to result in acute and chronic deleterious effects to employees and other exposed persons. Is it all about reducing incidents? What is Governance? ‘ The system by which organisations are directed and controlled by their board of directors’ (Jacqui Boardman, Acona Ltd.) Role of the Board Setting overall direction for the business or organisation Establish boundaries within which the organisation operates Monitoring the organisations performance Key Elements of Governance Lead & establish overall strategic direction Set standards & values for business Set clear objectives & responsibilities for management Hold management to account for their performance in running the business Uphold obligation to the shareholder & other interested parties Overseeing internal controls Key Drivers in OHS Governance Moral Responsibility - duty of care, societal concerns, personal drive Legal Responsibility - legal compliance, prosecution, penalties, licensing requirements Financial Responsibility “ It has to be said that a concern for safety which is sincerely held and repeatedly expressed but nevertheless...
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...Health and Safety Management Systems - An Analysis of System Types and Effectiveness EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 1. INTRODUCTION 2. HEALTH AND SAFETY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS 3. TYPES OF HEALTH AND SAFETY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS PART ONE: LITERATURE AND FRAMEWORK FOR ASSESSMENT 3.1 INTRODUCTION 3.2 LITERATURE ON TYPES OF HEALTH AND SAFETY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS PART TWO: CASE EVIDENCE 3.3 SYSTEM TYPES - CASE STUDY FINDINGS 3.4 SUMMARY 4. ASSESSING HEALTH AND SAFETY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM EFFECTIVENESS PART ONE: LITERATURE AND FRAMEWORK FOR ASSESSMENT 4.1 INTRODUCTION 4.2 LITERATURE ON EFFECTIVENESS OF HEALTH AND SAFETY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS PART TWO: CASE EVIDENCE 4.3 THE TWENTY CASES: CONTENT AND LEVEL OF DEVELOPMENT OF HEALTH AND SAFETY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS 4.4 THE TWENTY CASES: OUTCOME DATA 4.5 SUMMARY 5. FACTORS SHAPING PERFORMANCE AND THE ROLE OF SYSTEM TYPE 5.1 INTRODUCTION 5.2 BASICS AND EXTRAS 5.3 SYSTEM-RELATED CHARACTERISTICS 5.4 THE ROLES OF THE KEY WORKPLACE PLAYERS 5.5 THE LINKAGES BETWEEN HEALTH AND SAFETY PERFORMANCE AND SYSTEM TYPE 5.6 SUMMARY 6. CONCLUSIONS REFERENCES APPENDIX ONE: CASE STUDY PROTOCOL APPENDIX TWO: ASSESSMENT CRITERIA APPENDIX THREE: CASE SUMMARIES AND SYSTEM TYPES Executive Summary This report examines planned approaches to health and safety management in the workplace. It is the result of a two-year study of enterprise-level health and safety management systems, funded by Worksafe Australia, and conducted from late 1994 to late 1996. The need...
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...The ABC’s of Failure – Getting Rid of the Noise in Your System For the past 40 years, I have observed many companies, including DuPont (where I spent 27 years) pursuing planned maintenance with the standard tools of planned maintenance: inspections, planning, scheduling, materials procurement, CMMS systems, etc. with the same results. They succeed for a while and get their percent planned and scheduled maintenance up to the 80+ only to see that drop back later to 60 I am amazed how many of the companies we work with have had this experience. This pattern of behavior has led us to conclude that the reason for this experience is that only 60% of the normal work of maintenance is inherently plannable. The rest of the work is created by random acts of what we are now calling care-lessness. The sites where we see people break this pattern and achieve 92% to 96% planned maintenance for the long term without regressing, are the ones who eliminate the inherently unplannable work. Of course, this cannot be done by maintenance alone. Everyone who does work at a site contributes to the defects that create the unplannable work, and therefore everyone must participate in eliminating the defects that create the 40% of the work that is unplannable. In the diagram below we attempt to more clearly articulate the true significance of Defect Elimination by outlining the ABC’s of failure. Fundamentally, failures happen because things that exist are not perfect. To reduce failures we must eliminate...
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...Task 1 1.1 Evaluate the interrelationship between the different processes and functions of the organization. To achieve the aims and the goals of the organization, it has different type of functions and process in it to lead the business. The processes It is a process to make easy to get the job I done and it puts together in every functions in the organizations. It is involving from start to end in all over the functional activities of the organization and also considering the customer end as well. Functions If we take an organization it having some certain functional departments and having the interrelation among them. It helps to run the organization to reach the overall company objectives and also will make the satisfaction of the customers. It has departments such as marketing, finance, human resource, IT and technical. Example I have selected Amana Takaful PLC to discuss its different processes and functions. The interrelationship different between processes The customer propose the insurance to their property Filling the proposal form and paying cash or cheque The assessor takes the inspection and check the valuation of the property The policy authorization and gives the policy documents to the customer When the claim situation customer informs to the company The assessor inspect the damages and value the damage Check current value of the property and...
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...interdependence; QA relies mostly on the QC feedback and both work to deliver good quality products/services; but they are different processes. Next table shows the differences between them. QA vs. QC Definition from ASQ.org Assurance: The act of giving confidence, the state of being certain or the act of making certain. QA: The planned and systematic activities implemented in a quality system so that quality requirements for a product or service will be fulfilled. Other definition QA is a failure prevention system that predicts almost everything about product safety, quality standards and legality that could possibly go wrong, and then takes steps to control and prevent flawed products or services from reaching the advanced stages of the supply chain. Definition from ASQ.org Control: An evaluation to indicate needed corrective responses; the act of guiding a process in which variability is attributable to a constant system of chance causes. QC: The observation techniques and activities used to fulfill requirements for quality. Other definition QC is a failure detection system that uses a testing technique to identify errors or flaws in products and tests the end products at specified intervals, to ensure that the products or services...
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...analyse and evaluate the quality management system currently in place in the organisation and give professional advice for enhancing their system going forward. Therefore, this report aims to look into detail at the current systems that Dawn Meats have in place and pinpoint any areas where there is opportunity for improvement or addition. Organisational Overview Dawn Meats was formed in 1980 and are one of the largest food processing companies and suppliers of beef, pork and lamb in Europe. They are also part of the Queally Group which is Ireland’s largest privately owned agri-business. Dawn Meats process over half a million cattle and one million lamb annually thus producing tonnes of meat products being delivered daily to hundreds of Europe’s leading retail outlets. Dawn Meats deem product integrity to begin on the farm and therefore already have many quality systems in place. First and foremost, Dawn Meats only accept quality assured livestock and ensure this by only working with farmers through the accredited farm assurance schemes and by independently auditing the selected farms regularly and therefore achieving their ‘Gate to Plate’ Policy though batch coding in which every piece of meat can be traced back to where it was farmed. The Dawn Meats products are manufactured under the principles of good manufacturing practice. Their quality assurance is ensured to be maintained by using the procedures agreed by EFSIS (European Food Safety Inspection Service), Bord Bia...
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...Engineering 2003 – 2007 Amasya Anadolu Öğretmen Lisesi – Mathematics & Science WORK EXPERIENCES : Maintenance Engineer Unilever – November 2012, cont. - Lead shift maintenance team in factory - Ensure that the production is done according to Unilever standards and legal requirements with required quality, quantity, time and cost. - Ensure that occupational and food safety standards are implemented consistently. - Participate in new projects and periodic maintenance plans to provide continuous production - Lead new equipment commissioning and start-up stages. - Lead Planned Maintenance activities in production lines to improve performance with TPM and involve in training activities of blue-collar workers. - Involve in kaizen projects to eliminate losses and to increase machine efficiencies - Ensure that all activities in the department are in line with Good Manufacturing Practices, food safety and work place safety requirements - Machinery safety trainer - Safety Pillar facilitator - Follow up Capex projects & implementation - Conduct energy management systems and saving projects - Conduct process improvement works & redesign of processes - Conduct hygenic...
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...Management report on supply chain management and quality management ---based on a case of Mattel recall scandal 1. Introduction Experiencing a steady growth, global toy industry has attracted many research in studying this field, in which one of the largest toy manufacturers Mattel Inc. suffered from a recall scandal in 2007. This essay directs at exploring reasons that lead to Mattel’s operation failure in this scandal regarding two key frameworks in global operation management, namely, supply chain management and quality management. Providing potential recommendations to prevent or react to supply chain failure as well. 1.1. U.S. toy industry According to Statista (2016), the U.S. toy industry amounted to $43.1 billion in 2015. It was projected to reach $45.02 billion by 2016. By means of global supply chains, U.S. enormous demand for toys is satisfied. For example, most toys sold in the U.S. are designed in the U.S., but approximately eighty percent of those sold in the U.S. are manufactured in China (Boyle, 2015). The main characteristics of toy industry are ‘volatility’ and ‘seasonality’ (Wong & Johansen, 2005). Roughly seventy percent of toy sales occur in the final three months of the year, in which families conduct bulk purchase as gifts to children for Christmas. Therefore, during early months of a year when demand for toys are considerably lower, toy manufacturers face problems with much of the unutilized capacity. They also need to appropriately...
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...Changes in Foodservice Resulting from Management Information Systems By George Stipe April 27, 2012 Management Information Systems Professor: Dr. Fish The food service industry started in 500 BC with the [1]“Ta Dionisiaka” banquets dedicated to the God of wine in Ancient Greece and run up to present day. In the 1980s restaurant operators still used facsimile machines or phones to place orders. In the early 1990’s fax machines were starting to be cost effective. Then in the late 1990s and early 2000s personal computers took food service ordering to a new level. The greatest advancement in technology in the food service industry started in the time period of the 2000s. These were the IT and web based technologies that revolutionized how restaurants do business. These new technologies have given restaurants a competitive edge they need to become more profitable. These technological advances address the five key areas of food service operations management: ordering, receiving, inventory, recipes, menus, and food safety. Food Service Ordering Restaurant managers use different strategies for their purchases. Most food suppliers have interactive web sites where any amount can be ordered and put in when they need their products. This allows the food service managers to practice what is called just-in-time purchasing, which is a finely tuned product...
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...m31: Home AssignmentCover Sheet Quality ManualVersion 5 2014-15 | Student(s) Name and ID: | Course Code and Title:Integrated Project Quality management. BUS4956 | Date: | Section:CLW | Submission Deadline:week 16 Late submission results in losing grades. For every working day delay the maximum grade decreases by 5%, up to a maximum of 35% after a week. Also note, not following the formatting guidelines an additional 10% may be lost. | Name of the Course Team Leader /Academic Coordinator (Moderator):Dr.BeenaSalimSaji This Assessment and the related Marking Scheme have been pre-moderated and approved by the Course Team Leader/Academic Coordinator of the Business Department according to the following criteria * The learning outcomes are covered as indicated in the assessment strategy. * The questions are clearly constructed and at an appropriate academic level. * The possible marks for each question are clearly stated. * The amount of time for the exam is properly allocated. * The level of English language is clear and suitable for the course. * The marking scheme is clear and detailed | Academic Format Reports/Essays submitted must follow the APA (American Psychological Association)thehttp://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/.Formatting and language contribute exactly ten percentage points to the overall grade. | Warning to Students! Students must submit their own works as assignments, and they cannot copy anybody’s ideas into their...
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...PROPOSAL FOR ABC NETWORKING AND CYBER-PHYSICAL SYTEMS SAFETY Name: Institutional Affiliation: Course: Date: Table of Contents SECTION I: CONSULTANT …………………………..............................................2-5 SECTION II: OUR UNDERSTANDING OF ABC REQUIREMENTS…………….5 SECTION III: OUR PROPOSAL……………………………………………………..6-16 SECTION IV: PROJECT RESOURCE……………………………………………..….17-18 Reference………………………………………………………………………………… I.0. Introduction BLM COMMUNICATIONS Your Ref… Our Ref: ABC/14/9 26 September 2014 Information Technology/ Systems Engineer ABC, Department of ICT Address: Dear Sir/Madam, RE: PROPOSAL FOR NETWORKING AND CYBER-PHYSICAL SYTEMS SAFETY Proposal on enterprise-wide solution for networking topology, network devices, IP infrastructure, and network security innovative safety procedures and measures for implementation to provide safer environments for networking and electronic document management software. We look forward for your favorable consideration. Sincerely, Name, LEAD CONSULTANT 1. Business Questionnaire |Company Registration No. 490998 | |PIN Number P051564540Q ...
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...An e-learning Manual for Implementing Total Quality Management Volume 1 UNITED NATIONS INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION A Roadmap to Quality An e-learning Manual for Implementing Total Quality Management Volume 1 UNITED NATIONS INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION Vienna, 2007 This publication has not been formally edited. Contents Foreword Acknowledgements Introduction Overview Trainer guidelines Introduction to TQM Origins Needs analysis Glossary Module One: Leadership 1. Chief Executive Officer: Managing policy 2. Chief Executive Officer: Ensuring quality 3. Managers: Managing systems 4. Managers: Managing people Module Two: The work environment 5. Disposal and storage 6. Hygiene and health 7. Safety Module Three: Systems and tools 8. Standardization 9. Problem solving 10. QC Circles 11. Statistical methods 12. Education and training Module Four: Production and sales 13. Production control 14. Process control 15. Inspection 16. Management of facilities & equipment 17. Measurement control 18. External suppliers 19. After-sales service 20. Product design and development Acknowledgements A Roadmap to Quality was prepared by the Trade Capacity-building Branch of UNIDO led by Mr. Lalith Goonatilake, Director. The overall coordination was carried out by Mr. Ouseph Padickakudi, Programme Manager, Trade Capacity-building Branch, UNIDO, who was preceded as co-ordinator by Dr. Bernardo Calzadilla-Sarmiento, then Project Manager, Quality, Standardization...
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...Chemical warehouse manager INDIA Ahlers is developing in India its logistics services dedicated to the chemical industry. Logistics services include warehousing of packed chemicals (incl hazardous), value added logistics (like re-packing and drum filling operations) and distribution. As 3PL Ahlers is serving the international chemical manufactures. Ahlers is committed to offer these companies top class service adhering to the (international) safety standards for chemical logistics. To support Ahlers’ growth we are looking for a chemical warehouse manager. Job description (job purpose) You will manage the warehouse operations of Ahlers that are subcontracted through 1 or more logistics service providers. Direct investments in warehouse assets may be a next step in Ahlers’ growth strategy. You are the link between the (external) warehouses and Ahlers’ chemical logistics team (sales, customer service,…)/the customer. You guarantee - through partners that you help to select - the service, quality and safety requirements of Ahlers’ customers and implement Ahlers’ international way of working/operating standards. Major responsabilities 1. Be the driver in selection of warehouse partners based upon Ahlers’ standards and customers’ requirements and in a later stage be the driver in the operational set up of an Ahlers (co-)owned warehouse. 2. In case of the latter, you will supervise a team of warehouse employees, including hiring, delegation, training, performance...
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... The paper has been composed as a result of empirical research from a random sample of seagoing officers, whom have attended the Specialised Tanker Training Programmes at Warsash Maritime Academy, since the autumn of 2009. A sample, consisting of 61 course participants, was asked if any had undertaken, or had considered undertaking, higher education study. Of these, 21 had indicated such a preference and were then presented with a series of ten open-ended questions. The results of this survey are presented in this paper and the rationale behind their answers discussed. The paper has also endeavoured to place the findings within the broader context of onboard quality and resource management within the shipping industry. Keywords: Career Planning, Higher Education, Student Motivation, Quality Management 2 The Perception of the Value of Higher Education amongst Tanker Officers The Rationale In the UK the option of taking a bachelors degree as part of a professional...
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...reduce the level of inaccuracy as much as possible, given the limitations of our testing systems. An accuracy level of 99% may at first glance appear acceptable, but the resulting 1% error can become quite large in a system where many events occur, such as laboratory testing. Laboratories produce test results that are widely used in clinical and public health settings, and health outcomes depend on the accuracy of the testing and reporting. If inaccurate results are provided, the consequences can be very significant, including: 1.Unnecessary treatment 2.Treatment complications 3.Failure to provide the proper treatment 4.Delay in correct diagnosis 5.Additional and unnecessary diagnostic testing. 6. legal implications. These consequences result in increased cost in time and personnel effort, and often in poor patient outcomes. In order to achieve the highest level of accuracy and reliability, it is essential to perform all processes and procedures in the laboratory in the best possible way. The laboratory is a complex system, involving many steps of activity and many people. The complexity of the system requires that many processes and procedures be performed properly. Therefore, the quality management system model, which looks at the entire system, is very important for achieving good laboratory performance. 1.1: Overview of the quality management system A quality management system can be defined as "coordinated activities...
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