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Occupational Health and Safety E Safety N G Safety L I S H Performance Performance S in a Lean a in a Lean f Environment e t y Environment P As changing customer demands and shifting world markets continue to put a strain on e businesses in all sectors, your business needs every advantage to stay competitive. r Many people may think of lean processes as suitable only for the manufacturing floor, f but that couldn’t be further from the truth. Safety Performance in a Lean Environment: o r A Guide to Building Safety into a Process demonstrates how lean tools can eliminate A GUIDE TO BUILDING SAFETY INTO A PROCESS m waste in your safety program, making it an important piece not only in keeping your organization safe but also in keeping it globally competitive. a n Written by safety pro Paul F. English, this book explores tools such as lean manufacturing, c DMAIC processes, and Kepner-Tregoe problem solving and how to use them to increase e efficiency and eliminate waste in safety programs. He discusses value-based manage- i n ment, a technique identified as a leading business model for any organization wanting to catch “The Toyota Way.” He helps you build, incorporate, and sustain a safety a program and understand how to get and maintain a foothold for the safety program in L times of change. e a Here’s what you get: n • Real safety solutions for a lean environment E • Methods for setting up standard work for EHS professionals n • How-tos for JSA and pre-task analysis to help develop standardized work v • Tips and tricks that everyone can use to jump start a stalled safety program i r o There is no book currently on the market that discusses lean manufacturing or Six Sigma n processes and links them to the occupational safety or environmental science. Yet these m are the areas where the need for lean processes is becoming acute. English demonstrates e how to anticipate paradigm shifts in management models and how environmental health n and safety fits into the model. t K11119 PA U L F. E N G L I S H K11119_Cover_mech.indd 1 10/21/11 10:11 AM Safety Performance in a Lean Environment A Guide to BuildinG SAfety into A ProceSS Series Editor Thomas D. Schneid Eastern Kentucky University Richmond, Kentucky Published Titles Corporate Safety Compliance: OSHA, Ethics, and the Law Thomas D. Schneid Creative Safety Solutions Thomas D. Schneid Disaster Management and Preparedness Thomas D. Schneid and Larry R. Collins Labor and Employment Issues for the Safety Professional Thomas D. Schneid Loss Control Auditing: A Guide for Conducting Fire, Safety, and Security Audits E. Scott Dunlap Loss Prevention and Safety Control: Terms and Definitions Dennis P. Nolan Managing Workers’ Compensation: A Guide to Injury Reduction and Effective Claim Management Keith R. Wertz and James J. Bryant Motor Carrier Safety: A Guide to Regulatory Compliance E. Scott Dunlap Occupational Health Guide to Violence in the Workplace Thomas D. Schneid Physical Hazards of the Workplace Larry R. Collins and Thomas D. Schneid Safety Performance in a Lean Environment: A Guide to Building Safety into a Process Paul F. English Forthcoming Titles The Comprehensive Handbook of School Safety E. Scott Dunlap Discrimination Law Issues for the Safety Professional Thomas D. Schneid Workplace Safety and Health: Assessing Current Practices and Promoting Change in the Profession Thomas D. Schneid TThhiiss ppaaggee iinntteennttiioonnaallllyy lleefftt bbllaannkk Safety Performance in a Lean Environment A Guide to BuildinG SAfety into A ProceSS Pa u l F. E n g l i s h Boca Raton London New York CRC Press is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, an informa business CRC Press Taylor & Francis Group 6000 Broken Sound Parkway NW, Suite 300 Boca Raton, FL 33487-2742 © 2012 by Taylor & Francis Group, LLC CRC Press is an imprint of Taylor & Francis Group, an Informa business No claim to original U.S. Government works Version Date: 20111025 International Standard Book Number-13: 978-1-4398-2113-8 (eBook - PDF) This book contains information obtained from authentic and highly regarded sources. Reasonable efforts have been made to publish reliable data and information, but the author and publisher cannot assume responsibility for the validity of all materials or the consequences of their use. The authors and publishers have attempted to trace the copyright holders of all material reproduced in this publication and apologize to copyright holders if permission to publish in this form has not been obtained. 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Trademark Notice: Product or corporate names may be trademarks or registered trademarks, and are used only for identification and explanation without intent to infringe. Visit the Taylor & Francis Web site at http://www.taylorandfrancis.com and the CRC Press Web site at http://www.crcpress.com Dedication This book is dedicated to my wife and children for the unwavering support in my life and career. Each day is a roller coaster that I would never get off. To my wife, Stacy, thank you for all the love and support anyone could possibly have. To my oldest, Madeline, who challenges my wit even at 10 years old. To the greatest negotiator I know, my oldest boy, Donald Callan, who really needs to go into sales when he gets older. To Elizabeth, the quietest one of the bunch, who seems to tol- erate all the craziness in our house. To Owen, the youngest, most fearless of all the kids, willing to try anything once and usually does. Thank you and I love you all. TThhiiss ppaaggee iinntteennttiioonnaallllyy lleefftt bbllaannkk Contents Foreword ................................................................................................................xiii Acknowledgments ....................................................................................................xv The Author .............................................................................................................xvii Chapter 1 Management Models and Lean Processes ...........................................1 Henry Ford and the Ford Motor Company, Mass Production ..............1 Alfred Sloan and General Motors Corporation, Mass Production—High Variation ................................................................2 Edward Deming and Total Quality Management ................................3 The Deming System of Profound Knowledge .................................4 Origin of the 14 Points.....................................................................4 Eiji Toyoda and Toyota Production System, TPS—Modern-Day Lean Management ................................................................................5 Management Processes ........................................................................6 Balanced Scorecards ..........................................................................12 The Learning and Growth Perspective .........................................13 The Business Process Perspective .................................................13 The Customer Perspective .............................................................13 The Financial Perspective .............................................................13 Benchmarking ....................................................................................14 Span of Control ..................................................................................14 Social Management ............................................................................15 Value-Based Management ..................................................................15 Works Cited ........................................................................................16 Chapter 2 Planning, Decision Making, and Problem Solving ............................19 Strategic and Tactical Planning ..........................................................19 Does Your Plan Plan for the Unexpected? ....................................19 Strategic Planning for Environmental Health and Safety ..................20 Specific Questions and Areas under the PEP Evaluation ..............21 SWOT Analysis .............................................................................29 Foundations of Decision Making .......................................................30 5-Why Analysis .............................................................................32 Six Sigma and the DMAIC Process ...................................................33 Six Sigma for Environmental Health and Safety ..........................34 Kepner-Tregoe Problem Solving ........................................................37 Root Cause Analysis and Incident Investigation—Case Study of Ford Motor Company .....................................................................38 Works Cited ........................................................................................47 ix

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