Corporate level goals

The figure shows that Baker Corp. wants to reduce lead times for one or all of its products. This is one of many goals as indicated by the band of "Corporate Level Goals." The Manufacturing Department has four goals accompa-... 

Corporate Level is the coordination of various plants to ensure a proper manufacturing balance with market needs and financial goals. 

Based on these initial findings, qualitative operational-level reviews of facilities transporting any of the seven medium- or high-risk chemicals were directed from corporate. The goal of these risk analyses is to further understand XYZ Chemical s transportation risks and to identify where risk reduction options may need to be considered. This transition from a global to operational-level review will be the focus as the example continues to evolve in Chapters 4 and 5. 

The primary goal of safety initiatives, whether at the site or corporate level, is to reduce the amount of exposure that occurs in the workplace—referred to as the working interface. While not all exposure is equal in terms of the severity potential, all incidents result from exposure to hazards. Reducing that exposure is the primary mechanism of safety improvement. 

Another company may accomplish the same goal less formally. An ad hoc committee (at the corporate or facility level) might brainstorm on resource needs, discuss priority items with an empowered manager, and gain veriaal approval. The difference is one of style, as opposed to substance in both cases the task of identifying tools and training has been addressed. 

Let us start with Peter Drucker who has written a book entitled The Effective E ecudjve- (see Box 1,1). Drucker sees effectiveness very much from the perspective of the total corporation or organization. It is the managers of that corporation as a whole who have to ensure, through their shared vision of a common goal, that what is done by management and other employees at all levels contributes to overall effectiveness. 

It must tie top-level corporate goals to subsystem goals. 

Corporations generally set broad quality goals and leave the path to achievement to the discretion of the individual business units. However, these broad goals do not lead directly to results. They must first be deployed to lower levels of the organization via division and subdivision of the objectives until they identify specific activities to be carried out and allocation of responsibility for performing those activities. Execution of the activities incorporated in this program collectively results in improving operational excellence. 

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