Improving safety, quality and efficiency through the management of emerging processes: The TenarisDalmine experience
Abstract
Purpose
The aim of this contribution is to describe a new complexity‐science‐based approach for improving safety, quality and efficiency and the way it was implemented by TenarisDalmine.
Design/methodology/approach
This methodology is called “a safety‐building community”. It consists of a safety‐behaviour social self‐construction process management method that makes it possible to significantly reduce the frequency and severity of on‐the‐job accidents and meet the company's commitment to safety.
Findings
This new approach to spontaneous‐organisation management has generated remarkable effects. Improved spontaneous organisation promises to boost production quality and efficiency, two aspects which had fallen into a major slump when spontaneous organisation was not working properly.
Originality/value
The paper examines through TenarisDalmine's experience a method that enabled the company to go beyond traditional behavioural approaches and increase the workers' commitment to safety, sharing the common zero‐accident goal.
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Citation
Bonometti, P. (2012), "Improving safety, quality and efficiency through the management of emerging processes: The TenarisDalmine experience", The Learning Organization, Vol. 19 No. 4, pp. 299-310. https://doi.org/10.1108/09696471211226662
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
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