DocumentCode :
2301151
Title :
Using TOC Thinking Process Tools to Improve Safety Performance
Author :
Zhang Lin
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci., Shangluo Univ., Shangluo, China
Volume :
3
fYear :
2009
fDate :
19-21 May 2009
Firstpage :
13
Lastpage :
17
Abstract :
TOC thinking process tools are unique in their ability to improve safety performance in enterprises where the heavy economic losses and casualties occur due to a variety of health and safety accidents. Safety management is a very complex system that includes human, machine management, and environmental factors. Therefore, it is challenging to improve safety performance. Thinking Process (TP) is a systematic thinking tool used to identify the core problem of a complex system. Firstly, the traditional Theory of Constraints TOC and TP are introduced. Secondly, the TOC for safety management is compared with the traditional TOC. Thirdly, a modified TOC thinking process for on-going improvement of safety performance is presented and the application procedures are given. Finally, an example for application of modified TOC thinking process is given.
Keywords :
accidents; constraint theory; occupational safety; organisational aspects; TOC thinking process tools; casualties; economic losses; enterprises safety; safety management; safety performance; theory of constraints; Accidents; Constraint theory; Engineering management; Environmental economics; Environmental factors; Environmental management; Health and safety; Humans; Performance loss; Software safety; TOC; improvement; safety performance; thinking process;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Software Engineering, 2009. WCSE '09. WRI World Congress on
Conference_Location :
Xiamen
Print_ISBN :
978-0-7695-3570-8
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/WCSE.2009.46
Filename :
5319355
Link To Document :
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