TEXT VERSION OF SLIDE:

• Title: SAFETY IN THE VALUE CHAIN
• Type: Text Slide
• Content:
  • Safety and Health issues must be managed throughout the product life-cycle.
  • The return on investment for Safety & Health decisions is greatest when the decisions are made early in the life-cycle.
• Speaker Notes:

  The value chain is a series (chain) of activities that includes all activities in the product life-cycle. When attempting to make improvements, each activity was investigated to determine what can be done to increase the value perceived by a customer. Activities may include inbound logistics, warehouse and storage, production, finished product storage, outbound logistics, marketing and sales, and customer service.