... Background Motorola The concepts of Six Sigma began in "tough times" at Motorola in 1987. So tough in fact, that the company was seeking a solution to "stay in business". While they had several "quality" programs in place, their quality of performance was recognized as poor. From...

...Session 734-2 Integrating Environmental Management with Safety and Heatlh—Part II Craig J. Liska Corporate Director, International EHS Motorola, Inc. Schaumburg, IL Overview This paper was prepared for the 41st Annual American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) Professional Development Conference...

... Introduction An organization that fully integrates safety into the business and makes it part of performance expectations at all levels, as well as maintains systems that recognize and correct hazards, is bound to have a clear business advantage. Motorola, Plantation, Florida management...

... operations for which a number of different types of hazards can occur, and where systems are of varying complexity, a set of analysis tools is recommended to allow the EHS professional greater flexibility in matching methodology to the system. Within Motorola, a decision chart is used to assist the analysis...

... everyone knew what they were supposed to do and did it. Maytag repairman again. I had moved to Ft. Lauderdale, and every day I drove by Motorola. For 2 years I said, “gee I’d like to work there”. Finally, in 1989 I started at Motorola. Here I was the Safety Manager. No more Occupational Health Nursing...