Quality Management
Risk Control and Risk Management
Ignoring the difference between risk control and management is akin to, on the road, mixing upside barriers and the steering wheel: the former aims at keeping the car on the path whatever comes, whilst the latter helps to keep the car at the optimal place on the road at all times. Such confusion inevitably leads to using soothing risk management patches rather than fully understood solutions, to ..
Risk Management – “Best Practices” / Management Roles and Responsibilities
The key to effective risk management in a corporation or other operating entities is knowing and understanding the types of risk present in its business activities, the ability to identify operating weaknesses that may generate a risk condition, and having formal mechanisms for addressing an identified weakness with the objective to eliminate or modify the associated potential of a risk event. The first lin..
The Cost of Quality: How to Determine Financial Loss Through Sigma Scores
Cost Justification: What is Your Organization’s Sigma LevelSigma Level versus dollars lost as a percent of sales is explained. By understanding your processes sigma and addressing risk properly your organization will benefit considerably. Improvement Team Selection The success of quality improvement projects will come down to the quality of the team members working on the project. Responsibilities of t..
The Development and Implementation of a Hands on Day to Day Environmental, Health and Safety (EHS) Operating Manual
Most environmental, Health, and Safety (EHS) guidance is provided by program management. This includes guidance on matters such as compliance, audit, and management systems, for example, ISO 14,001. There is little guidance provided for day-to-day EHS activities. Learning is usually by trial and error. There is general uncertainty if things are being done correctly or perhaps not. If you are trying to antic..
The EHS Business Plan, Its Creation, Implementation and Management
The webinar will focus on taking your EHS organization from reactive to proactive. While a plan is unnecessary for a reactive organization; it is critically necessary for a proactive organization. As a proactive group, you will have internal and external clients. Senior management, division, and plant management are internal clients. Company individual facilities are also your internal clients. Trade associ..
Understanding Human Error in Manufacturing: Methodology for Investigations
Human error is known to be the primary cause of quality and production losses in many industries. Although it is unlikely that human error will ever be eliminated, many human performance problems can be prevented. Human errors start at the design stage. From procedures, training, and workplace environment many variables that affect human behavior CAN be controlled reducing the likelihood of these occurrence..
Understanding the Value of Meaningful ERM
The concept of Enterprise Risk Management as a strategically-aligned, portfolio management approach to risk management was first proposed nearly 30 years ago. This session will briefly discuss the history of ERM, clarify the distinction between ERM and risk management, and discuss the value that ERM brings to any complex organization. Key steps in implementing and maturing an ERM program will be covered.Are..