Better Management

Know the people, facility and always understand what is going on within your operations and what can potentially affect it. Engage in dialogue with members of the workforce (employees and contractors) inquire about their work and working conditions. Understand and recognize the value of each individual s contribution to incident-free operations and its facility s productivity. 

Positively reinforce safe behaviors on the spot. Act immediately to mitigate unsafe or environmentally unsound conditions. Share personal examples of safety learnings and observations from both on and off-the-job. 

Devote required resources, including your time, to operational excellence. Know your OE network representatives and participate in OE network activities. 

Set clear, specific, measurable objectives for operational excellence. Communicate frequently with all members of the workforce on the objectives, measures, plans, and progress. Regularly recognize progress on indicators and achievement of results. 

Role model company standards by always following rules, standards, and safe work practices, holding others accountable for similarly following them and recognizing those that do. 

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There are many other sources of waste associated with process operations which can only be taken care of in the later stages of design or after the plant has been built and has become operational. For example, poor operating practice can mean that the process operates under conditions for which it was not designed, leading to waste. Such problems might be solved by an increased level of automation or better management of the process. These considerations are outside the scope of this text. 

An injection of the steroid cortisone (Section 26 14) IS often effective for reducing the pain and inflammation that comes from an injury But chronic pain and inflammation such as occurs with arthritis is better managed with an orally ad... 

Landfill G as Recovery. This process has emerged from the need to better manage landfill operations. Landfill gas is produced naturally anaerobic bacteria convert the disposed organic matter into methane, carbon monoxide, and other gases. The quantity of methane gas is substantial and could be utilized as fuel, but generally is not. Most of the methane simply leaks into the surrounding atmosphere. 

By starting now, society will learn through experience to better manage its waste while providing a safer and cleaner environment for future generations. 

U.S. House Committee on Science, Subcommittee on Basic Research. (1995). Alternative Futures for the Department of Energy National Laboratories The Galvin Report and National laboratories Need Clearer Missions and Better Management, A GAO Report to the Secretaiy of Energy. Washington, DC U.S. Government Printing Office. 

Although this section does not present historical information regarding TRI chemical releases over time, note that, in general, toxic chemical releases have been declining.13 Although onsite releases have decreased, the total amount of reported toxic waste has not declined because the amount of toxic chemicals transferred offsite has increased. Better management practices have led to increases in offsite transfers of toxic chemicals for recycling. More detailed information can be obtained from U.S. EPA s annual Toxics Release Inventory Public Data Release book, or directly from the Toxic Release Inventory System database. 

In advanced (phase III) stages of their clinical development, three SERMs are currently on the horizon bazedoxifene, lasofoxifene, and arzoxifene. What these new molecules can offer will be known shortly in a field - the selective regulation of hormone receptor - that has opened unsuspected perspectives for the better management of patients. 

Dissolution is becoming one of the most commonly automated functions in the modern pharmaceutical development and quality assurance (QA) laboratory. To the experienced dissolution analyst the reasons seem obvious. Dissolution methods are time-consuming and require a significant amount of labor. Beyond the cost of labor, the true cost of increased regulatory requirements and documentation can be better managed through automation. Additionally, the increased pressure to... 

After six years of study on the problem of grain storage in 40 different countries, the writer arrives at the conclusion that the use of pesticides is one of the important phases of protection of stored products, but not the most important in the solution. The primary need is for better facilities in which to store grain or other products so that pesticides can be used effectively. If better facilities cannot be obtained, at least better management is needed before pesticides can be used satisfactorily. This is in the interest of efficient, continued, and increased use of pesticides. 

Clancy, M. S. and Kelly, B. D. Use a Comprehensive Database to Better Manage Process Safety, Chemical Engineering Progress, August 2001. 

There is a limit to the amount of fish which can be caught before the suj ly is seriously compromised. The stabilization and indeed decline in some species of the world catch in the past decade is largely due to the diminishing number of stocks of conventicml fish. The limit of future production lies between four and ten times the present harvest. Part of this increase will come from increased fishing, but possibly fifty percent will be achieved only through better management of this renewable natural resource (16). 

There is no doubt that for much of the world population fish are the main source of animal protein. Twenty years ago, it was thought that increasing the world catch would solve the world s animal protein problem. More realistic projections currently show that the stock may not meet the demand, especially in develc ing countries. The thought today is that better management, such as through technological advances, is needed to take the strain off the catch and make better use of fish end-products (16). 

Figure 6.4. The evolution of resistance to toxin substances, as illustrated by insecticide resistance. As each new group of insecticide was widely adopted, resistance grew, but by the 1980s better management of pesticide use (e.g.. Integrated Pest Management) helped to reduce the incidence of resistance for the newest insecticides (e.g., pyrethroids).

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