Ownership programs

If a faciHty is large enough to support an in-house maintenance department, management of such a department has the responsibiHty to assure that its maintenance and operation s program is at all times cost effective. The greatest benefit of an in-house maintenance department must be its spirit of ownership. Workers should be trained to have pride of ownership, and must be given the tools to maintain this pride. 

The work must also be the product of an author. That is, a human being has created the work, even if at the behest or for the ownership of a corporate entity and even if a machine or device, such as a camera or a computer program, was used as a tool in the creative process. 

Collective ownership—no programmer owns code, but a team will collaborate, possibly using pair programming, vetting each others work. 

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A well-designed QMS and the processes that comprise it require competent ownership with defined roles and responsibilities for program success. This combination ensures that the system and processes are established, maintained, improved, and remain current with industry practices and business expectations. Operational execution of the QMS and the processes comprising it will engage stakeholders, management, and leadership, provide business results, and support and ensure comphance. 

The company offers its employees medical, dental and vision 401 (k) savings and a stock ownership plan a pension plan short- and long-term disability coverage leaves of absence for military duty, family or medical needs and educational assistance and college degree recognition programs. 

The vendor qualification policy will ensure that vendor qualification activities are performed under the auspices of quality assurance. Additionally, a thorough review of the vendor qualification ownership will be performed, and additional resources will be assigned, if needed. An expanded training program will be developed and implemented to ensure that all staff associated with the vendor qualification program are trained on the new and improved policy and procedures. Verification and monitoring of conformance with the company s vendor qualification policy and procedures will be performed periodically through internal company audits. 

It is critical to the success of the implementation and continued maintenance of a quality program that management commitment is constantly visible to the company s employees. Management that clearly support quality by way of leadership and adequate resource allocation is more likely to secure and retain committed and enthusiastic employees. Executive management that does not walk the talk is likely to be viewed as duplicitous and not genuinely committed to the corporate quality mission. Employees should be encouraged to become involved and take ownership of compliance enhancements and continuous improvements in their specific areas. Individual personnel efforts should be directed by the company s overall program of continuous improvement and forward quality. 

When third parties are involved in process research and development work, agreements are needed to cover both the objectives of the joint program of work and definition of the ownership of intellectual property (patents) discovered by the third party. Such agreements benefit all parties. 

Stepan offers its employees medical, dental and vision insurance flexible spending accounts a 401 (k) plan a pension plan a profit sharing plan an employee stock ownership plan life, AD D and disability insurance tuition reimbursement an employee stock purchase plan an employee assistance program a quality recognition program and the Stepan into wellness initiative. 

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