[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]
Re[4]: What does "lean" really mean
I wish to reply also. I tried yesterday but I can not send direct to
Radsafe for some reason, however, to the person who stated that this
listserver is for health physics or radiological safety issues, LISTEN
UP BUD. If you downsize the health physics staff at a power facility,
the chemistry staff, the maintenance staff, or even the support staff,
then you got a health physics AND radiological safety issue.
For those HPs out there who are not meter swingers (Yep, I came up
through the ranks, started out at A and now am going to take the
almighty CHP exam) if you do not have an adequate staff, and most
power plants are affected heavily by downsizing in the HP staffing,
because Management feels they can contract HPs for outages therefore
who needs em during ops, and you have a problem, you have a
radiological safety issue, and my friends, one more TMI, one more hint
at Chernobyl even if it is not in the US - for an example look at all
the news reports on the recent Palo Verde non-incident - and nuclear
power is DEAD! Talk about no HP jobs then!
Well, I am sure this is preachin' and I am sure that the person who
did not sign his last memo about it will not sign the next one will
correct me for preachin' but if he does, I am prepared to accept it.
This listserver is for comparison of ideas, as long as they concern HP
and Rad Safety and Downsizing is one of those issues. So, if you feel
it is correct, then state your feelings! If you don't want to read
those feelings, the delete key is just to the right of the return key,
or you could ask to go on the Digest Mode.
I bid you peace,
Ron Goodwin
Senior HEalth Physicist - Nuclear Material Safety
Ohio Dept of Health - Bureau of Radiation Protection
______________________________ Reply Separator _________________________________
Subject: Re[3]: What does "lean" really mean
Author: radsafe@romulus.ehs.uiuc.edu at Internet
Date: 4/9/96 9:12 PM
Hey, relax. The original response dealt with the problems relating to
health physics caused by down sizing.
The comments are entirely relevant to how a plant performs and how
health physics staffs can or cannot respond to problems caused by
reduced staffing. Recall Mr. Flood's comments about how a plant might
respond to an emergency preparedness event.
This is not "cheerleading", but reality. I'm certain that many can
relate directly to the comments. No apologies.
______________________________ Reply Separator _________________________________
Subject: Re[2]: What does "lean" really mean
Author: radsafe@romulus.ehs.uiuc.edu at INTERNET
Date: 4/9/96 11:56 AM
This is a Mime message, which your current mail reader
may not understand. Parts of the message will appear as
text. To process the remainder, you will need to use a Mime
compatible mail reader. Contact your vendor for details.
--IMA.Boundary.209860928
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
Content-Description: cc:Mail note part
One thing you didn't mention was the value of time, which by the way your
phillipic was a waste of. This is a forum for health physics and rad safety
issues, not an opportunity for cheerleading. Please don't do it again.
______________________________ Reply Separator _________________________________
Subject: Re: What does "lean" really mean
Author: BRZGV@ccmail.ceco.com at -MailLink
Date: 4/8/96 8:43 PM
As per previous discussions, it's obvious that staffing levels have
absolutely nothing to do with utility performance. Here are a couple
of different thoughts:
Individual performance
In the end, it comes down to the performance and work ethic of
individuals. Like the Dallas Cowboy's commercial where Jerry Jones
talked about Deion,"Give me eleven men like that and I can rule the
world." That comment isn't to far off from reality. I have been
involved in some successful military units and sports teams and it
truly takes everyone giving it their best shot.
Bureaucracy
As a workforce starts to become to big with many layers, the ability
to get things done goes down hill.
Workforce management
Union vs non-union plant makes a world of difference... It's
difficult to be competitive when it takes three people to change a
lightbulb. No disrespect intended, but a union plant must work much
smarter to be competitive with the non-union plants to make up for the
inefficient use of personnel.
Ability to make process improvements
If a staff spends 95 percent of it's time just performing routine
duties, there is not enough time to perform process improvements which
would lessen the routine burded. Kinda like which came first, the
chicken or the egg...Vicious circle.
Good leadership
Some of the best lieutenants were once grunts... Often times managers don't
really know what is reasonable because they really don't understand the task.
Experience and common sense is key.
A few observations and a million disclaimers
Glen
______________________________ Reply Separator _________________________________
Subject: What does "lean" really mean
Author: radsafe@romulus.ehs.uiuc.edu at INTERNET
Date: 4/8/96 4:30 PM
This article was published in Public Utilities Fortnightly, 2/1/96,
page 54. I found it to be interesting, and, is presented here for
information only.
---------------------------------------
According to Mercer Management Consulting's 1995 utility Staffing
Survey, being the leanest utility around doesn't necessarily guarantee
success. All survey information was based on 1995 participants in the
survey:
The leanest utilities did not achieve superior growth rates in
operating profit. The survey found there was very little correlation
between staffing levels and growth rate in operating profit between
1990 and 1994.
Lean utilities generally did not enjoy superior stock market
performance. In fact, the highest growth rates in market value of
common stock occurred with utilities having the largest relative
staffs.
Large staffing decreases do not always translate into increasing
common stock prices. The survey found that the market value increased
the most during the 1990s for companies that increased staffing.
Utilities with staff increases experienced the highest rate of
operating growth.
This report also featured bar graph depiction's of the survey results,
showing the percentages growth in terms of staffing changes
throughout each year's quarters.
---------------------------------------
I do not have any information regarding how many utilities are
nuclear, or the mix. I will try and get a full copy of the article.
Sandy Perle
Supervisor Health Physics
Florida Power and Light Company
Nuclear Division
Juno Beach, FL
(407) 694-4219 Office
(407) 694-3706 Fax
sandy_perle@email.fpl.com
homepage: http://www.lookup.com/homepages/54398/home.html
DISCLAIMER: The comments and opinions are mine alone and do not
necessarily reflect those of my employer
--IMA.Boundary.209860928
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; name="RFC822 message headers"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
Content-Description: cc:Mail note part
Received: from fep0.rl.gov by ccmail.rl.gov with SMTP
(IMA Internet Exchange 1.04b) id 169c1010; Mon, 8 Apr 96 18:44:33 -0700
Received: by fep1.rl.gov (5.51/5.17.rl-1)
id AA01000; Mon, 8 Apr 96 18:49:08 PDT
Received: from romulus.ehs.uiuc.edu (romulus.ehs.uiuc.edu [128.174.74.24]) by
pos
toffice.cso.uiuc.edu (8.6.12/8.6.12) with SMTP id UAA24636; Mon, 8 Apr 1996
20:43
:11 -0500
Received: from localhost by romulus.ehs.uiuc.edu (NX5.67d/NeXT-2.0)
id AA27300; Mon, 8 Apr 96 20:43:09 -0500
Date: Mon, 8 Apr 96 20:43:09 -0500
Message-Id: <9603088290.AA829010228@ccmail.ceco.com>
Errors-To: melissa@romulus.ehs.uiuc.edu
Reply-To: radsafe@romulus.ehs.uiuc.edu
Originator: radsafe@romulus.ehs.uiuc.edu
Sender: radsafe@romulus.ehs.uiuc.edu
Precedence: bulk
From: BRZGV@ccmail.ceco.com
To: Multiple recipients of list <radsafe@romulus.ehs.uiuc.edu>
Subject: Re: What does "lean" really mean
X-Listserver-Version: 6.0 -- UNIX ListServer by Anastasios Kotsikonas
X-Comment: Radiation Safety Distribution List
--IMA.Boundary.209860928--