Management lean concepts

Later in this chapter, comments are made on a catastrophe in which the management acknowledged in its own internally prepared report that its safety culture, over time, had been allowed to deteriorate. In Chapter 14, Lean Concepts Opportunities for Safety Professionals, reference is made to safety levels being diminished as lean concepts are applied. In discussions with several safety directors, it has been readily established that everyone is expected to do more with less and that bottom-line pressures weigh heavily. 

Applying lean concepts to eliminate waste, improve efficiency, and lower production costs has become popular with senior-level managements. Minimizing waste is the foundation on which the lean concept is built. In a lean endeavor, activities or processes that consume resources, add cost, or require unproductive time without creating value are eliminated. The lean concept can be described as striving for excellence in operations in which each employee seeks to eliminate waste and participates in the smooth flow of value to the customer. 

Progressive safety professionals will recognize this shortcoming—the nonrecognition of accidents as a source of waste by the appliers of lean concepts—as an opportunity to educate management on the advantage of including safety considerations as the lean process is applied. 

Nearly a century later, Frederick W. Taylor introduced the concepts of time study and standardized work, coining the term scientific management. It was not until 1908, with Henry Ford s introduction of the Model T, that the value of lean manufacturing was recognized worldwide. Henry Ford is considered by some to be the first practi-... 

Basic Principles and Corresponding Concepts of Lean Management... 

TWI has its roots in the hands-on, massive work training effort required during World War II. It has taken on new life with the lean community s understanding of the requirement for baseline standards against which to measure your lean gains. This old concept of standards for the methods used for hands-on work and the training to perform those tasks has been extrapolated into standard work for managers—a relatively new concept. 

For decision support system profiting the continuity of critical infrastructure at renovation of property in a territory affected by disaster is quite basic concept for determination of critical elements, critical processes, critical functions, critical infrastructures and critical technologies in a region. This concept leans on the risk analysis methodology and on actual terms of safety management in a region. It is possible to summarise that this process is determined by ... 

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