Anna Mazur

Application of Fuzzy Index to Qualitative and Quantitative Evaluation of the Quality Level of Working Conditions

Quality assessment can be performed with natural language (in descriptive form) or with numbers (in quantitative form). Such approach enables consideration of all the aspects and characteristics beyond quantification, difficult or impossible to assess with numbers, hence requiring linguistic representation. Application of fuzzy index to work conditions quality assessment provides objective identification of hazards and their influence on work conditions quality.

Model of OHS Management Systems in an Excellent Company

In the paper the model of the Occupational Health and Safety management system (OHS management system model.) implementable in organizations striving for continuous improvement and excellence is presented. The concepts of excellent organizations and organizational maturity are explained. The model presented by the author is the result of the case study based research conducted in five manufacturing companies in the Wielkopolska region. All the analyzed companies in a very clear way focus their attention on the issue of improving OHS management system and are interested in are assessment of organizational maturity in this area and meet the requirements of any health and safety excellence model. The basic assumption of the model is application of the continuous improvement principle at three management levels: strategic, tactical and operational. As an extension of the model presented, the option of the implementation of Deming’s fourteen principles to the area of health and safety management is introduced. Approach to the management of health and safety presented points to the ever increasing interest of enterprises in these issues, in addition it proves the fact that achieving and improving organizational maturity is only possible with regard to issues of health and safety.

Self-assessment of Maturity of Organization in Terms of Occupational Health and Safety with the Recommendations of ISO 9004:2010

Companies focused on achieving long-term success analyze their performance in many areas, among which issues of health and safety cannot be overlooked. In the following paper an example of implementation of self-assessment methodology recommended by ISO 9001:2004 for corporate’s safety and hygiene of work area is introduced. Self-assessment of maturity of organization in this area is conducted with reference to strategy and management system, resources, processes of organization and outcomes monitoring, as well as to improvement and self-learning.

Application of the suggestion system in the improvement of the production process and product quality control

The elaboration is a case study and the research was carried out in the company Alco-Mot Ltd., which employs 120 people. The company specializes in the production of lead poles for industrial and traction batteries using gravity casting. The elements embedded in the cast are manufactured on a machining centre, which provides the stability of the process and of the dimensions of the product as well as a very short production time. As a result of observation and analysis the authors have developed a concept for the implementation of a dynamic suggestion system in ALCO-MOT, including, among others, a standard for actions in the implementation of the suggestion system, as well as clear guidelines for the processing and presentation of the activities undertaken in the time between the establishment of the concept (suggestions) and the benefits analysis after the proposed solutions have been implemented. The authors also present how suggestions proposed by ALCO-MOT staff contributed to the improvement of the processes of production and quality control. Employees offered more than 30 suggestions, of which more than a half are being implemented now and further actions are being prepared for implementation. The authors will present the results of improvements in, for example, tool replacement time, scrap reduction. The authors will present how kaizen can improve the production and quality control processes. They will present how the production and quality control processes looked before and after the implementation of employee suggestions.

Research on the Level of Organizational Maturity in the Context of Sustainable Resources Management

Sustainability is the contemporary meta-paradigm that influences both theory and practice of management. It reflect attitude of companies towards their environment, including natural resources, and enables obtaining competitive advantage if applied and implemented holistically and in a mature way. The goal of the paper is to present results of the assessment of organizational maturity in the aspect of sustainable resources management. The research was carried in Greatpoland (Wielkopolska) and Lower Silesia (Dolny Slask) regions in Poland between 2015 and 2016 to identify the level of maturity in the aspect of sustainable resources management.