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Why use Data Driven Decision Making (DDDM) – Part 2: Data Driven Safety at Your Facility

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  This is Part 2 of a multipart series on Data Driven Decision Making. Each part is intended to stand alone, but they can all be read together as well.   Every organization is at a different stage in their journey and so different parts of this series may be applicable. The first part dealt with some reason behind why organizations would rely upon data to make decision as opposed to the intuition and experience of their high paid experts. Here is a link to Part 1 . Safety. Production. Cost reduction. Run Time. Efficiency. Innovation. Profitability. As the Saying goes – “Safety First”. The first stop on our Journey to Data Driven Decision Making is Safety.  Safety deals with the most valuable resource for all organizations – their people. Regardless of product or service, people are required to make organizations function, thrive and evolve. From a data perspective, Safety is a great place to start the journey towards Data Driven Decision Making as the organization likely ...
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Why Use Data Driven Decision Making (DDDM)?

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Safety. Production. Cost Reduction. Run Time. Efficiency. Innovation. Profitability. Each of the potential outcomes above requires adjustments in operations, equipment and analysis. Automation is the foundation and the road to the destination, and data is the vehicle that gets us there. Perhaps the question that we should be asking ourselves is why should I use data driven decision making instead of intuitive decision making? Companies go to great lengths to find and hire smart and intelligent people with significant relevant experience – one of the prevalent thoughts is that if companies spend considerable time and effort to find experienced workers that they should let them manage and make decisions. Certainly they should, but how do they also ensure transparency, consistency and continuous growth? While many people still use intuition or “gut feel” to make decisions 1 , most organizations realize that data driven decision making helps eliminate biases and false assumptions and can l...
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