Management System Reforming in Automation Industry
Suontaka, Valtteri (2017)
Suontaka, Valtteri
2017
Tietojohtaminen
Talouden ja rakentamisen tiedekunta - Faculty of Business and Built Environment
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Hyväksymispäivämäärä
2017-11-08
Julkaisun pysyvä osoite on
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:tty-201710262079
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:tty-201710262079
Tiivistelmä
Valmet Automation must transit to the 2015 versions of current ISO 9001:2008 and ISO 14001:2004 standards by September 2018. The organization aims not only to fulfill the minimum requirements of the standards but also to develop their operation as much as possible. The aim of this study was to create a plan to transit to the new versions of the standards. In order to minimize the duplicate work and maximize the benefits obtained from transition, it was also examined, what kind of company’s management system should be in the future.
The study was conducted as a constructive research approach. The approach was utilized in the creation of the transition plan and the vision of the future management system. The theoretical background of the study consists of quality, management system, future trends and change management. In addition to the literature, benchmarking, interviews and other empirical material were utilized as the research material in the study. Based on this material, the current state of the management system was determined.
A gap analysis was conducted in this study, in order to identify, what organization should do to meet the requirements. The transition plan was created to fulfill these requirements which identified in the gap analysis. After the transition plan was created, it was taken into use in the organization. At the same time with the creation of the transition plan, the vision of future management system was designed. When creating the vision, future trends and their potential impacts on the management system were examined. The research of the future trends highlighted that the importance of information security will grow in the future. Therefore, the information security must be considered more and more in the future.
The vision of the future management system takes into account the renewed standards, the future requirements, and the usability, in order to create as a clear entity as possible. It was recognized in the thesis that utilizing ISO standard structure and end-to-end process structure in the documentation of the management system, various benefits can be obtained. With the new structure and more efficient linking, for example, the usability and auditing of the management system can be facilitated, and the system can be brought closer to the employees in different business functions.
The study was conducted as a constructive research approach. The approach was utilized in the creation of the transition plan and the vision of the future management system. The theoretical background of the study consists of quality, management system, future trends and change management. In addition to the literature, benchmarking, interviews and other empirical material were utilized as the research material in the study. Based on this material, the current state of the management system was determined.
A gap analysis was conducted in this study, in order to identify, what organization should do to meet the requirements. The transition plan was created to fulfill these requirements which identified in the gap analysis. After the transition plan was created, it was taken into use in the organization. At the same time with the creation of the transition plan, the vision of future management system was designed. When creating the vision, future trends and their potential impacts on the management system were examined. The research of the future trends highlighted that the importance of information security will grow in the future. Therefore, the information security must be considered more and more in the future.
The vision of the future management system takes into account the renewed standards, the future requirements, and the usability, in order to create as a clear entity as possible. It was recognized in the thesis that utilizing ISO standard structure and end-to-end process structure in the documentation of the management system, various benefits can be obtained. With the new structure and more efficient linking, for example, the usability and auditing of the management system can be facilitated, and the system can be brought closer to the employees in different business functions.