Autor segons l'article: Sanchez-Rebull, Maria-Victoria; Ninerola, Angels; Ferrer-Rullan, Ramon; Hernandez-Lara, Ana-Beatriz
Departament: Gestió d'Empreses
Autor/s de la URV: Hernandez Lara, Ana Beatriz / Niñerola Monserrat, Angels / Sánchez Rebull, María Victoria
Paraules clau: Workplace safety; Workplace; Total quality management; Small business; Six sigma; Process improvement; Measure; Improve and control; Humans; Define; Case study; Analyse
Resum: © 2020 Central Institute for Labour Protection–National Research Institute (CIOP-PIB). Six Sigma has been applied as a business process improvement strategy in many companies worldwide with great results. On the other hand, workplace safety constitutes a key issue for company managers due to their responsibility. The aim of this article is to demonstrate how using Six Sigma can reduce accidents. A case study is conducted on a large European metallic packaging manufacturing company. As a result, the company presented a reduction of lost time accidents from 97 to 30 that saved a lot of time and cost. The σ value achieved was 4.24. This project shows the effectiveness of Six Sigma as an improvement tool in the human resources area, despite most of the previous Six Sigma research being focused on manufacturing aspects. The case studied can be useful either for large companies or small and medium-sized companies interested in improving safety.
Àrees temàtiques: Sociologia i política; Saúde coletiva; Safety, risk, reliability and quality; Safety research; Public, environmental & occupational health; Public health, environmental and occupational health; Psicología; Medicina i; Interdisciplinar; General medicine; Ergonomics; Enfermagem; Economia; Ciências ambientais
Accès a la llicència d'ús: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/
Adreça de correu electrònic de l'autor: angels.ninerola@urv.cat; mariavictoria.sanchez@urv.cat; mariavictoria.sanchez@urv.cat; anabeatriz.hernandez@urv.cat
Data d'alta del registre: 2025-02-01
Versió de l'article dipositat: info:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersion
Enllaç font original: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/10803548.2020.1829318
URL Document de llicència: https://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/
Referència a l'article segons font original: International Journal Of Occupational Safety And Ergonomics. (2): 1-13
Referència de l'ítem segons les normes APA: Sanchez-Rebull, Maria-Victoria; Ninerola, Angels; Ferrer-Rullan, Ramon; Hernandez-Lara, Ana-Beatriz (2022). Six Sigma for workplace safety improvement: improving hazards and unsafe conditions in a metallic packaging manufacturing company. International Journal Of Occupational Safety And Ergonomics, (2), 1-13. DOI: 10.1080/10803548.2020.1829318
DOI de l'article: 10.1080/10803548.2020.1829318
Entitat: Universitat Rovira i Virgili
Any de publicació de la revista: 2022
Tipus de publicació: Journal Publications
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