MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

Many Safety Professionals believe that use of a Safety Management System results in continual improvement of their risk control efforts. As a result, Environmental, Health & Safety Management System Standards are proliferating throughout the world. So many in fact, that they could confuse harried safety professionals attempting to manage their organization’s risk control efforts. Study of the great variety of available standards leads me to conclude that there is no single

A search on the internet for, “What is a Management System” will likely present a description similar to the following. “A management system is the framework of policies, processes and procedures used to ensure that an organization can fulfill all tasks required to achieve its objectives.” The definition fails to acknowledge that all of the components that make up the system must be interdependent. Simply completing all tasks will not ensure achievement of system objectives,

This October 5, 2015 article by John Hunter, which appears on the W. Edwards Deming Institute web page blog refutes the contention that standardization of Management Systems’ elements retards individual creativity. Click the following Source Link to read the full article. Source: Standardization Doesn’t Stamp Out Creativity « The W. Edwards Deming Institute Blog Anyone who would like to learn more about Dr. Deming’s theories or who is seeking guidance with the establishment

An Inauspicious Beginning Upon entering the Safety profession, I had no idea of the obstacles I would face. However, hardly any of my fellow employees seemed to know any more than I did about Safety Management. Upon inquiring about the scope of the job, I was told, “You’re the Safety Guy, you figure it out.” My inability to ignore a challenge inspired me to get started. However, my first challenge was the discovery that the organization had no formal safety control process

Welcome to the Audit XL (AXL) blog! The purpose of this blog is to provide some insight into the concepts that underlie Management Systems theory, while presenting topics regarding the establishment, implementation and maintenance of effective systems. Our blog will touch on many topics, but will have a particular focus on the management of Environmental, Health and Safety issues. The Audit XL software is designed to enable the systematic application of Deming’s Plan-Do-Check