Lean management, or lean production, is the process of ensuring that waste during manufacturing is minimal. But can you apply these principles to your shipyard’s safety program? Of course, you don’t want to create a safety program that is so lean it is barely there, but there are ways you can apply this business philosophy to safety to ensure that the process is efficient and effective. Lean safety is one approach that can enhance your company safety program. Here are just a few ways you can ensure your safety process benefits your employees and your bottom line.
1. Efficient use of resources.
Your safety program should be efficient without cutting any corners. You can use the resources available to you to ensure that safety is a top priority, but you’re not layering on rule after regulation just to make it inefficient. Learning lean safety management can help you create processes that are safe but also saves time and resources.
2. Easy to follow and use.
If a process for safety is difficult or hard to navigate, your team will not follow it. This will create long-term safety problems rather than resolve them. Easier, more efficient steps will mean your team can follow along and remain compliant rather than just more complicated for safety’s sake.
3. More value, less effort.
When you review your safety standards to make sure there aren’t redundant and filled with unnecessary steps, you can also determine how to create the most value with fewer requirements. The right processes and safety equipment or technology might have a higher output at the start but can reduce overall costs long term.
4. Reduce costs, raise profit.
And, of course, the reduction of costs will only mean one thing to the bottom line of your marine company. Your new efficient safety standards will help raise profits for your company long term. As you institute procedures and behaviors that will become more efficient, you can maximize your earning potential.
And, of course, the reduction of costs will only mean one thing to the bottom line of your marine company. Your new efficient safety standards will help raise profits for your company long term. As you institute procedures and behaviors that will become more efficient, you can maximize your earning potential.
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