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- OHSAS 18001(International Occupational Health and Safety Management System) certification
- Giheung Corporate R&D Center, 2007
| OHSAS 18001 is the internationally recognized assessment specification for occupational heath and safety management system, ensuring that an organization makes strenuous efforts to remove risks and carry out activities for occupational health and safety in order to guarantee safety and health and prevent industrial disasters. Giheung Corporate R&D Center submitted approval for system deployment for OHSAS 18001 in July 2007 and finally got certified for OHSAS 18001, becoming the first R&D center in whole Samsung Group on October 19, 2007. By nature of work, labs and pilot-lines are prone to accidental disasters. With the system in place, forward-looking and structured risk management would be enabled and disasters would be effectively prevented. This system is integrated with ISO 14001, the environmental management system. |
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- Risk reduction with TWRI assessment
- Giheung Corporate R&D Center, 2007
| TWIR (Total Worker of Risk Index) is used to assess the level of risk that a work faces in his or her workplace. The index is quantitative, improved from qualitative assessment used in the past. Giheung Corporate R&D Center measured risk level of each lab in April 2007 quantitatively and set a target. Persistent efforts followed for improvement. As a result, the risk index was read at 9.4 in July 2007, down from 54.7. |
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- Roaring with laughter
- Fun place to work, 2006
One beautiful day in May, the Cheonan plant, the Busan plant, and the Kiheung R&D center explode in a series of laughter. Competitions were held with employees and the management team present together. Putting behind them the daily chores and cares, they enjoyed the day, happy and merry. This was the day when Samsung SDI held its Guinness Championship competition.
Cases of employees holding a ‘record’ in a variety of fields were collected and contenders of the competition selected. The event was a fun filled one intended to build a company full of fun and excitement.
excellent business performance and contribution to the company, whereas the Surprising Record (SR), in which individuals and divisions showcase their unique talents, hobbies and all things unusual, to allow a live audience to decide who indeed owns the most surprising talent.. In spring and fall however, the Funny Record (FR) was held, in which many races and games took place.
Through these events, 85 Guinness champion prizes were awarded for their extraordinary records such as ‘the one holding the most number of patents (103 patents)’, ‘the person who traveled the longest distance for a business trip(700,000 miles)’, ‘the person who suggested the most number of improvement ideas (2,205 suggestions)’, and ‘the person with the most number of pass books (12 books)’. The FR Guinness Championship, in particular, received flattering reviews stating it had revitalized the daily lives of the employees.
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- Challenge!! ESS Champion
- Corporate R&D Center, 2006
In September 2006, the “Challenge!! ESS Champion” event was held in Corporate R&D Center. The event was designed to share expertise learned from ESS activities and to raise environmental and safety awareness.
By nature of its business, the R&D center is less prone to massive accidents than manufacturing sites, but still has potential to suffer from accidents derived from incompliance with policies and processes. Considering that, Corporate R&D Center conducted the “Environment, Safety & Security” campaign in an effort to embed the accident-proof practices specific to an R&D center in its culture from February to October 2006. Each lab was assigned with a responsible person for leading the ESS education. The campaign activity manual was created and distributed to help the center detect environment, safety and security problems on site and correct them. Thanks to theses efforts, the center recorded accident-free in 2006.
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- Restructuring of Suwon plant
- Business restructuring, 2006
The CRT production lines at the Suwon plant lost its competitiveness due to fall in product price, unfavorable currency exchange rates, over-supply and a decrease in general demand. In response, Samsung SDI undertook business restructuring initiatives and concentrated Korean CRT lines to the Busan plant in 2006.
During the process, Samsung SDI promised the labor council that it will retain 100% of its employees. Following this Samsung SDI began the voluntary retirement system, which supplied volunteers additional financial benefits on top of their retirement grants. Most of the employees who used to work in the restructured plant were assigned to other plants hence maintaining their jobs. Samsung SDI ensured the financial future of voluntary retirees through providing provision on matters such as guidelines in business start-ups, obtaining licenses and finding new jobs. In this way, Samsung SDI was able to close uncompetitive production lines at the Suwon plant and assign human resources to new and developing businesses that needed more resources for expansion.
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- CRT line restructuring in Samsung SDI Malaysia
- Business restructuring, 2006
Losing competitiveness in the wake of environmental changes, one CRT line in SDI Malaysia also closed down in 2006. Some of the operators of the line were recruited by other production lines. Those who took voluntary retirement received early retirement benefits as by those at the Suwon plant.
While the company was going through all this, it found out that Korean employees preferred retaining of their jobs as opposed to early retirement benefits, whereas the Malaysian employees preferred early retirement benefits. In total 217 individuals of the total workforce applied for early retirement.
Even so, Samsung SDI never stopped investing into the PDP business development. Planned works for 2007 include the construction of a P4 Line at the Busan plant and the PDP module lines at the Hungary plant.
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- Expat. replacement with locals
- Human rights and diversity, 2005
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In 2004, Samsung SDI refined the overseas sites localization structure. With an aim of motivating local employees and developing of self-development capabilities, the refinement was characterized by restructuring in favor of local employees and redefining the role of Korean expats. Accordingly Samsung SDI set the 3-year plan for localization of expatriates, targeting 2007, when the number of expatriate posts will come down by 37%, and is now taking action for it. From 2006, Samsung SDI will find out excellent localization practice and spread it to all overseas plants.
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- Sending love greetings cards
- Fun place to work, 2005
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Growing number of employees are away from their hometown tied up with their busy work. Cheonan plant of Samsung SDI holds the event called ‘Sending love greetings cards’ every May, that is, sending thank-you cards to their valued ones including parents, family, and teachers, etc in commemoration of May, the month of family. When they put their heart of appreciation into the small cards, they can have time to console their heart yearning for the beloved and create an atmosphere to share the love with each other. Employees of Samsung SDI and partner companies join this event together.
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- Amicable workplace of merit praise
- Fun place to work, 2005
Compliment gives us energies of life and builds confidence among members. In addition, in a factory where there are many employees working in the production-sites, health is considered to be very important. Samsung SDI organized by the joint labor- management council executes the activities giving word of praise and sending them gifts to improve the employees' health.
Choenan plant practices ‘Compliment Vitamin’ by selecting vitamin man of each department with voluntary recommendation made by the colleagues for their good conduct and praise-worthy episodes; 1 vitamin man for each department is selected every month, and vitamin supplement corresponding to the amount of 50,000 Won is given to him as an award. Busan plant selects an Employee of the Compliment of the Plant every month, and gives him custom-made tonic herb medicine. Fridays of the 1st week of every month is ‘Compliment Day’ on which the compliment tonic is awarded. The chief of the joint labor- management council visits the job site of the employees selected as the compliment members to give the invigorant model and medical examination voucher, and holds bull session with all the members of the department. The awardees can get herb medicine to be taken for a month prescribed with the voucher.
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- The well program
- Health and Safety, 2005
Samsung SDI Cheonan plant is running ‘The Well Program’ with an aim of work efficiency improvement and better quality of life through health care. The program is a care program for cerebro-cardiovascular patients, people with aural/visual problem symptoms, musculoskeletal disease patients, and anti-smoking management programs. It enables to take comprehensive care of employees health from controlling threatening diseases to health promotion, for example, anti-smoking.
The Cheonan plant investigated causes of musculoskeletal diseases, and aural problems. |
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| When causes were found to have something to do with any operation processes, the plant improved lines with facility automation and working environments. These efforts worked well in that they prevented diseases and patients and people with symptoms saw their conditions improved. | |
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