Six Sigma Reference Feature: Using Six Sigma in Safety Metrics
Posted by: meikah | 16 July 2007 | 6:48 pm
There’s a line that goes, “The way to be safe is never to feel secure.”
Manufacturing plants know this too well. That is why they schedule maintenance check on their equipment a regular basis. More importantly they set up safety measures for their workers. All these because accidents can be costly.
Here’s a good reference on how you can use Six Sigma in Safety Metrics. It is the quality review process at Motorola.
In order to deliver excellence in safety performance, the safety professional must fully integrate with the business. Working in a silo as a service organization with independent initiatives will never provide for your company the outcomes desired. The safety function must prove to be value-added to the business and work toward a world class safety culture that helps to place the business at a distinct advantage among its competitors. The best way to do this is through those systems already in place that the managers monitor that constantly review quality, cycle time and manufacturing costs.
Source:
Adams Six Sigma
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