Continuous Improvement

Improvement projects:

Improvement projects solve the problems of the organization in order to improve the work place and to make value for personnel. Improvement projects are selected from a number of resources, including suggestions from workers in the workplace, strategic management systems, and self-assessment opportunities. The Corporate Excellency Committee oversees the improvement process. It approves ideas for improvement projects, tracks improvements, and refers projects to the appropriate departments for action.

Organizational changes and improvements for Vs Complex are planned and organized according to the EFQM model. According to this model, internal and external factors are used to identify necessary changes and organizational improvements. Meetings are then held by leaders of the company in order to make decisions regarding these changes. In the case of Vs complex, the committees include the Organizational Excellency Committee, Excellent Committee of Revolution, Procedures Committees and Improvement committees such as the QCC. Depending on the nature of the improvements (fundamental, developmental, gradational, or systematic), leaders will determine whether or not to make the change, providing resources as necessary and managing the improvements as they are made.

A manager will be chosen as supervisor of the improvement plan based on the subject matter of the proposed improvement and field of the organization involved. Expertise groups, to include supervisors and experts, are responsible for planning, predicting needs, supplying necessary resources, and implementing the plan, as well as identifying and implementing training courses necessary for the staff.

Some improvement projects may not be feasible nor desirable to pursue. Depending on the economical value of the project and the probability of risks, supervisors of improvement plans may provide a feasibility study of the technical and economic situation. Only after there is certainty that the plan is implementable and only after of approve of the Excellent Committee of Revolution will an improvement project be implement. Some of the projects that have been pursued are shown below.