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Monday, February 05, 2007

Stamp of Approval - Star VPP

Yesterday's Boston Globe has an article about a U.S. Postal Facility in Massachusetts that has achieved VPP STAR status. What I like about this article is that it describes how employees were involved to make small changes that had a big impact on safety. It reminded me of Kaizen, which is approach to making improvements that involves continuous improvement through small changes resulting from employee suggestions.

Read the entire Boston Globe article

Labels: VPP Safety Articles and Papers