Discuccion Board Q uestion and respond?

1. Assignment 5 Reading (Terry Mathis “What Can Safety Learn from Lean?”) So Remember the key point about the reading assignments is to discuss something that was significant to you about the article.  You are welcome to describe a summary of the article (it shows that you read it and probably understand it?), but an in-depth summary is not required. (So i uploaded the article down in the file section to read please)

2.  Edit what you write before you post it.  Run a grammar and spell check if needed – this does not apply to all students, but many of you have multiple typos and grammatical errors.  Even more difficult than spelling errors is that some of your posts are simply difficult to follow and understand.  Do your best work on your original post, I am not allowing students to go back and do the assignment over – you must do it right the first time. 

3.  If you have a little length to your post (which is fine if you prefer to go into some detail), divide your narrative into paragraphs by topic to make it easier for the reader.

4.  Your response to another student doesn’t need to be lengthy, but it should be substantial.  In other words, you should say something more meaningful than “Nice post” or “I agree.”  You need to explain why. So here is my classmate post you need please to respond to it please:

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The author introduces the article by stating how the lean principles, lean thinking and lean tools are useful concepts applicable in various spheres including in workplace injuries. The purpose of the lean principles as restated captures efficiencies and makes use of competitive advantage. The author details several concepts applicable in boosting safety while alluding to the Toyota production system.

The safety-related issues depicted by lean include customer orientation, efficiency through waste elimination and reduction, focus on value, questioning the existing wisdom as well as continuous improvement. Safety focus needs to evolve from the focus of conditions towards a focus on behaviors as well as from compliance to culture.

The most significant relevance of the article to a practical safety application is on how it can minimize accidental injuries. According to the lean concept, injuries are defects in processes. Improving the quality of the processes translates to diminished defects by removing the waste and making them more efficient. Accordingly, examining the existing process theories and norms that drives them is a mandatory requirement in eliminating accidental injuries.

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