Hanwha TotalEnergies Petrochemical
continues to promote management
innovation activities in order to become
the world's No. 1 petrochemical
company in terms of safety, cost and quality.
In order to become No. 1 petrochemical company with global competitiveness in terms of safety, cost and quality, Hanwha TotalEnergies Petrochemical is engaged in constant management innovation activities: Triple Zero, a working party-centered field innovation activity; TOP activities, an engineer-centered cost reduction activity; a suggestion activity, a communication activity where all employees participate; and a self-directed learning activity for strengthening technological capabilities.
Hanwha TotalEnergies Petrochemical has promoted the working party-centered field innovation activity since 1997, aiming at 'Zero accident and stable·safe Plant'. Hanwha TotalEnergies Petrochemical carried out Part 1 focused on the ‘Self-reliance Preservation activity’, Part 2 focused on the entire process and equipment examination and PE(Production engineering) training, and Part 3 with the goal of achieving Accident Zero, Cost down 10 billion, and Plant Trouble Zero, and has proceeded with Part 4 with the slogan of Triple Zero since 2012. Triple Zero, which started in 2012, is the ideal dream of all Plant which means Zero of shutdown, trouble and accident. Hanwha TotalEnergies Petrochemical will try to achieve the Dream plant by 2020.
An abbreviation of Total Operational Performance, TOP activity, developed by McKinsey in 1975 and applied to 2,500 companies around the world, is management innovation program that maximizes profits through corporate-wide / overall operational efficiency activities. Hanwha TotalEnergies Petrochemical proceeds with TOP activities annually as operational innovation activities to achieve Global Chemical & Energy Leader, thus improving corporate performance in the short term and building a High Performing Culture.
Hanwha TotalEnergies Petrochemical is operating a suggestion system called ‘What if? Why not!’. ‘What if ?’ means the progress of coming up with the creative idea based on the logical and liberal mind; ‘Why not!’ means developing the idea from ‘What if?’ to the applicable specific one.
Hanwha TotalEnergies Petrochemical's suggestion activities are a means of communication where all employees participate, contributing to innovating on the company, with approximately 120,000 cases submitted every year, which the highest level of participation compared to other companies in the same field.
Hanwha TotalEnergies Petrochemical operates the HTC Master System, which is an in-house functional
certification system, in order to treat technical personnel considerately, and enhance the
work performance of individual employees through employee self-development, thus leading
to safe operation of the plant. Since acquisition of the first master craftsman in 1999,
Hanwha TotalEnergies Petrochemical has had 503 master craftsmen, 115 HTC masters,
and 41 HTC junior masters, who are playing roles of top professionals in the company to
improve the competence of junior employees and ensure the safe operation of our plants.
On the master street of the Daesan plant, you can see the faces and names of proud masters
engraved on the copper plate along with the beautiful nettle trees.