Introduction of Employee Participation Management System
Hanwha Ocean is partnering with Japan's Kyocera to drive production innovation through the introduction of a shipbuilding-tailored management system.
On the 16th, Hanwha Ocean announced that it has established a joint task force (TF) team composed of experts in production, design, and cost management to introduce a shipbuilding-specialized management system at its Geoje plant and has begun full-scale activities.
Igilseop, Hanwha Ocean Shipyard Director (Vice President) (fourth from the left), and Matsunaga Kazuhiro, Kyocera Business Division Head (fifth from the left), are signing the contract and taking a commemorative photo on the 16th. [Photo by Hanwha Ocean]
In the shipbuilding industry, most management performance depends on the production efficiency at the site, but many field technicians tend to lack a cost-conscious mindset, highlighting the need for awareness improvement.
To address these entrenched practical issues across the shipbuilding sector, Hanwha Ocean plans to be the first in the industry to introduce the "Amoeba Management System," establishing a management mindset where all employees are owners of the company and fostering a culture of cost reduction to lead production innovation.
The Amoeba Management System is a decentralized management system in which decision-making authority is fully delegated to small subdivided groups called amoebas, allowing each amoeba to actively achieve management goals through full participation.
Hanwha Ocean will collaborate with Kyocera to apply an organizational profit and loss management system across all production areas and build a shipbuilding-tailored system aimed at achieving a 30% improvement in productivity and maximizing cost competitiveness.
The detailed goals include ▲ establishing a profit and loss management evaluation process and system by organization ▲ building a performance reward system by organization based on profit and loss management ▲ fostering a culture of productivity improvement and strengthening cost competitiveness through the introduction of an all-employee participatory management system.
A Hanwha Ocean official stated, "Through the introduction of the new management system, all employees will enhance their pride in their work and continuously increase value through creative production innovation," adding, "We will promote a comprehensive reorganization of the overall production system and processes with the goal of strengthening ownership and streamlining the workforce."
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