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Tuesday, December 23, 2008 |
Honeywell Process Solutions says it is the first company to offer TUV Rheinland Security Training for Process Industries. It is partnering with TUV Rheinland to offer specialized
certification courses for plant security professionals. The TUV
Security Professional Manager training course covers "everything from
natural disasters to terrorism threats."
The course will be offered by Honeywell through TUV Rheinland
Functional Safety Program. Honeywell will be first manufacturer to
offer both security and safety certification for process industries
under the roof of the program.
Upon completing the three-day course Â- designed for a range of
personnel such as plant security managers, HSE professionals, human
resources leaders who work with security and process operators Â-
participants will be able to better assess their plants' security needs
and identify elements of an integrated security solution. Additionally,
participants will have a better understanding of threat and risk
assessment, technology development, design and selection, and evolving
trends in safety and security.
Various course topics include the need for security; terrorism and
terrorist intent; global security environment; principles of
protection; business value of security; legislation and regulation; and
measuring effectiveness of security systems. Participants who pass the
examination will receive a TÃ[ogonek]V Rheinland certificate and will be
permitted to use a TÃ[ogonek]V Rheinland Security mark on their business cards.
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Last week I wrote a short news item about Axeda acquiring parts of Questra in the "remote services" space. I have some questions that won't get answered until the first of the year, but in this blog post, CEO Dale Calder answers some questions from Questra users about the future of their investment. He still refers to the merger of the two leaders in the space, but Questra seems to have just disappeared. So much for a "leader."
3:40:44 PM
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I read a lot of technology news and have a hard time figuring out the best places to discover news and ideas. Here's a new site called TechFuga. What do you think about this? At first glance, I kind of like it.
3:33:33 PM
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With the automotive company bail out/loans in the news, the UAW gets its share of mixed publicity out of the deal, as well. Here is a discussion of union/management/work rules at Evolving Excellence blog. Like the author, I'm not anti-union--or pro-union. Twice in my life I worked in a plant where a union organizing drive and vote took place. The first time I was an hourly worker--this was while I was in college. I spent one year working full time and attending classes full time. The second time, I was salaried, but management had a brain storm (or brain fart, whichever) of reclassifying me to an hourly position with the thought that I'd vote against the union. (My dad was Mr. Republican in the county.) Actually, at the time I was a registered Democrat--but I didn't vote for the union. And I kept a low profile. I didn't make a difference. I think most people thought like me--management wasn't that bad and unions tend to be quite bureaucratic. As the writer of the blog above noted, most times unions get in because management is atrocious. Then management is as bad as unions about writing in ridiculous work rules.
The Evolving Excellence writers are Lean practitioners. The fundamental value of Lean is the value of people. As you ponder your 2008 and plan your 2009, think about the value of people you work with. How can you treat each other graciously (something I'm still working on)? How can each one be focused, at least while at work, on gaining value for the organization that pays our incomes and provides a valuable service? How can you work with common sense?
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