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New Otis Gen2 Switch Lift Installation
New Otis Gen2 continued … SANAS Annual AIA Review
RSA Lift Industry … Challenge or Threat?
Regulatory Health & Safety News ...
Local News and Reviews Hoist & Lift Fatalities
From Bonnie Peden’s Pen - Durban Q & A Workshop
From Willem du Toit’s Desk : Reporting on Goods Hoists The History of C45 & DM17 Hoists vs. Access-only Goods
Good Management Practices drive Productivity
The World’s 10 Richest Men are all Self-Made
TUT Lift Regulations Courses for 2018 LIASA 2018 General Meetings - Jeppe Quondam LIASA - Website - LIASA Contact Details Educom Communication Details ...
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ESTABLISHED JANUARY 2003
April 2018 Journal No.128
TECHNICAL EDUCATION COMMUNICATION NATIONAL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE: Chairman: Ronnie Branders; Dep/Chair: Eugene Ferreira;
Treasurer: David Kleinhans; Secretary: Ms Bonnie Peden; Exco: Peter Murray; Bruno Isler; Clifford Kleinhans;
Mickey Martin; Hennie Hudson.
DOYENS OF THE LIFT INDUSTRY: Buddie Ceroni (2004)†; Schalk v/d Merwe (2005)†; Dr Theo Kleinhans (2006
& 2011); Willem du Toit (2008 & 2015); Bruno Isler (2009 & 2016); Alfie da Silva ((2010); Manny Perreira (2010);
Peter Murray (2012); Sanjeev Singh (2013); Rodney Coetzee (Post. 2014)†; Billy Clifton (2014); Mickey Martin (2017
PAST & CURRENT CHAIRMEN: Steve le Roux (1995-7)†; Dr Theo Kleinhans (1997-2003); Ben Peyper (2003-6)†;
Sanjeev Singh (2006-15); Ronnie Branders (2015 -)
HONORARY LIFE MEMBERS: Eddie Cook (2017); Mannie Perreira (2017);
Educom
LI FT I NSPECTO RS ASSOCI ATIO N OF SOUTH AFRI C A - ES ABLI SHED 1996
UNPRECEDENTED ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND SAVINGS
Otis’ innovative ‘GEN2 SWITCH’ system of energy regenera-tion is capable of generating electricity during operation and us-ing it to recharge its deep-cycle accumulators. This system, to-gether with the GeN2 technology, allows significant savings in the power consumption of the motor.
No specific electrical installations are required; a normal, single phase 220V power supply found in any building is sufficient. And with a power supply contract of only 0.5kW, substantial savings can be achieved in both the cost of the installation and the fixed charges of the electricity bill.
SAFETY IN THE EVENT OF A POWER FAILURE
The Otis GeN2 Switch is an environment-friendly, machine-roomless elevator with unsurpassed levels of comfort, reliability and safety. It uses an exclusive drive system of flat, polyurethane-coated steel belts, a technology, invented and patented by OTIS.
It is highly efficient and functional elevator, ideally suited for residential buildings, especially those that were built without an elevator. No specific electrical installation is required; you just plug it in like any electrical appliance in the building.
Thanks to its stored power, the OTIS GeN2 Switch can make up to one hundred trips in the event of a power failure. This ena-bles the elevator to continue in service, which is especially nec-essary in the case of disabled or reduced mobility users, and more especially in a hospital or nursing home.
The OTIS GeN2 Switch incorporates a system of accumulators that allows the elevator to continue working in the normal way for an extended period of time in the event of a power failure. Apart from solar electric panels, these accumulators are re-charged even further with energy generated by the elevator itself when it travels up empty or travels down loaded, thereby achiev-ing further savings in the electricity bill.
NEW OTIS GEN2 SWITCH
THE ELEVATOR REIMAGINED
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With our LIASA ‘Q&A’ session hosted by Sanjeev Singh in Durban over the 8th and 9th March, we were fortunate to visit the 1st (as far as we know) new Otis ‘Switch’ lift installation in the RSA. The building’s facilities manager accompanied us to ensure that we took photos of the lift only, since they are currently busy applying for their maximum ‘Green Rating’.
Of value to our readers is the fact that this lift can trav-el a 100 trips on a full ‘solar power’ charge. Connect-ed to the 380-volt mains supply, the drive motor actu-ally re-generates power back into the system.
Seen above is the AC gearless-drive permanent magnet belt drive machine at 2:1 reeving ratio and closed-loop for added safety, the controls of which plugs into a standard 220-volt single phase plug socket outlet. The absorbed intensity is 1,5 amps. Also in the shaft-head is the over-speed governor (left arrow) and the load weighing device right. Of interest is the lower yet manageable 0,63m/s, identical to a hydraulic drive lift, but without the permeating oil-smell in the building.
Seen above is a very serviceable latest design no-nonsense landing lock that will no doubt give years of trouble free service, requiring minimal lubrication and adjustment … all resulting in minimal down-time. The car door drive likewise compliments the whole installation to ensure years of trouble-free low-cost lift service. This door drive is likewise fitted with a V3F digital control system. The aluminium sill is self-cleaning, with the door hanger track using a protected roller system … all low maintenance items.
The controller which we could not photograph, utilizes a modular micro-processor VCS 220 system, com-bined with an advanced V3F drive (variable voltage variable frequency).
The Gen2 Switch utilizes a surprisingly smaller battery system than we had envisaged for the projected 100-trip storage. This obviously counters the fluctuating Eskom power . Even more surprising is the fact that this battery is made of 97% of recycled material. No wonder the raving of converting to the new ‘standard for green’. With a Class A rating, the Gen2 Switch has earned the highest possible VDI 4707 standard.
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NEW OTIS ‘GEN2 SWITCH’ LIFT INSTALLATION
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Seen above is the battery power charge indicator, which changes to ‘red’ when the battery power becomes too low. The observation lift as seen above in its open shaft, is cer-tainly a credit to Otis. Possibly one of the greatest ad-vantages of this Gen2 Switch is the fact that it requires no machine or control room, since the driving machine and control are all hosted within the confines of the unit, and requires no 380-volt 3-phase power. One could state that
… this is technology that is designed to work for you!
SANAS ANNUAL AIA REVIEWS
Having had our SANAS annual review last week, we can only concur on the professionality of the auditors from SANAS HQ. They certainly know their job. Of particular notice was their willingness not only to point out shortcomings, but to infer the requisite cor-rections to remedy the various situations.
Importantly, this review was the last within our four-year accreditation term. Bonnie will now have to translate our total SANAS internal system into a com-puterized PDF system for submission by August to SANAS. This then doubles as application for the en-suing 4-year accreditation period.
Of greatest concern to every AIA, is the cost of this SANAS accreditation imposed on us through the OHSAct LEPCR. Whereas our original accreditation cost in the region of R160 000, this last review was over R32 000. Then DoL cannot understand why there are no new applicants for AIA accreditation. These costs come off the top of our audit inspection income, adding to an already cost-laden inspection fee! … What will the new 4-year term accreditation cost?
To exacerbate the above cost, was the cost of our in-spection tool annual calibration, which has to be certi-fied by a SANAS accredited authority. This amounted to an additional R6450 … Where does it stop?
We had several non-compliance findings, which like any Annex ‘B’ non-compliance, we had a reduced 30-days to rectify. At least we are in good company for even former TUT lecturer, AIA Willem du Toit had findings against him following his recent review. We certainly are not perfect and accept the professional criticism levied against our AIA’s.
NOW COMES THE CRUNCH ...
When will Dol in their wisdom, pass the same tedious and costly SANAS accreditation requirements onto the ‘LEPCR Service Providers’? - This will most assuredly split the men from the boys as regards the physically contracted lift and escalator service pro-vider contractors.
Our select stakeholders advisory committee implied this requirement originally when we assisted with the lead-up to the published OHSAct September 2010 amendment bill. Our wording uncontestably pointed to the service providers becoming SANAS accredited. But when the Bill was gazetted, the RLI’s of the day found us targeted by DoL for said accreditation. Hence the birth of the new OHSAct regulated …
“Accredited Inspection Authority”
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LIFT COMPONENT THEFT ... A NEW THREAT?
A new evil is becoming more prominent in South Africa … theft of lift components for their scrap value. In January we heard of steel counterweight blocks being stolen out of oper-ative lifts. This resulted in dangerous situations where in fact a lift ran away because of the heavy imbalance! Below is an example of a lift that was operative until vandals broke into the motor room overnight and cleaned out the copper coils of the motor and generators.
On the same installation, irreparable damage was done when the already obsolete control contactors were smashed for their meagre copper coils and contacts, seen below ...
One can only question the unscrupulous scrap dealers who readily buy the above stolen scrap without any questions asked. It does not matter how little the thief gets for his trou-ble … because its pure profit. The lift owners on the other hand, are now faced with a hefty upgrade bill. We heard about a fatal lift accident that happened last Thursday 22nd, where a person was killed whilst removing
blocks from a Cwt, causing the lift to ‘run away’ because of the mechanical imbalance. The brake coil had been re-moved and the Cwt buffered - No safety slings! He was killed where he was standing on a ladder in the pit?
DETERIORATING LIFT SERVICE - A CHALLENGE?
AIA’s and RLI’s are becoming more and more perturbed with the condition of the lifts that they are mandated to in-spect. Recent discussions focus more on the service non-compliances than on the defined regulatory non-compliances that they log on the Annex B comprehensive report. In the case photgraphed below, the installation does have a certifi-cate and record book holder secured to the shfat wall above the top floor level, but its easier for the serviceman to leave the record book and drawings on top of the car … where they get trampled on and defaced. The inspectors then ques-tion how they must log these ‘service’ requirements?
A perennial finding below, is the broken aluminium sprague tubing that do not get repaired. The servicemen will see it month after month, but do nothing about it. Considering that the wiring is 3-phase 380-volt power, implies a latent danger of a fatal electric shock … plus … that it looks lousy! Regrettably the senior lift company management see these
articles in Educom after Educom … but we see no im-provement. The disclaimer is …
“That it’s not my lift!”
SCHINDLER - LATE RSA LIFT INDUSTRY - CHALLENGE OR THREAT?
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UK HEALTH & SAFETY NEWS
Non-Compliance photos from Willem du Toit to demonstrate the regulatory requirements for hoist upliftment
Note the small machine compartment, the non-compliant
access door and no permanent ladder to that doorway.
A frequent finding is the lack of rope-keeps or anti jump-off
brackets around a rope diverter. These car gates must be very
difficult to operate under these poor service and repair conditions?
Above is a further example ofa motor room door with abso-lutely no permanent access! The ‘No-Admittance’ sign can almost be considered superfluous. Where is the permanent
stepladder - Never mind a ‘clear’ access to the lift.
Discounting the re-drilling and fitting of larger bolts to the top side of the crown-bar, inclusive of the heavy-handed
welding - what about the missing rope-keeps and safety rope-guard?
REGULATORY HEALTH and SAFETY NEWS
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This surprising finding is according to an annual list compiled by the ... “Mexican Council for Public Security and Criminal Justice”. Los Cabos in Mex-ico (according to the list), is the bloodiest city in the world, followed closely by Caracas in Venezuela.
Two other South African cities crack the Top 50 - Durban (44th) and Nelson Mandela Bay (46th). Con-spicuously absent from the list, as was the case last year, is Johannesburg. Gang violence in the Cape Flats appears to be the prime cause for the ranking.
Our own experience is that whereas we used to stay in and around Sea Point on inspection trips to Cape Town, especially for jogs along the water front, we no longer book accommodation there. We most cer-tainly will not venture out there alone after dark. The Nigerian drug lords appear to have taken over that area, resulting in the decline of this former pristine area, in spite of its top prime realty ratings.
Johannesburg is not far behind, since even during working hours do we not move around Hillbrow-Berea and downtown city areas without a security guard to accompany us. Our inspection equipment
bag slung over our shoulder is a sure invitation to criminals.
According to 702.co.za, Forty-two South American cities rank amongst the world’s top-50 most violent - So you cer-tainly don’t want to reside there.
HOIST & LIFT FATALITIES
At both the March DoL Workshop in Pretoria and LIASA ‘Q & A’ session in Durban, the focus on the regulations and standards revolved around the safety of the public users. The consistent striving for increased safety compliance could not be overstated.
A prime discussion point at each tea time, was the increasing fatalities suffered lately, especially over the past 12 months. It was significant that more people were fatally injured by hoists than by passenger lifts. This alone justifies the indus-try’s thrust against regulatory and safety non-compliance.
The focus for all RLI’s, AIA’s and facilities’ managers must therefore be on getting the older C45 and DMR-17 hoists registered and upgraded to compliance of the minimum stan-dards ASAP ... D-Date is end 2020! (See Page 8)
LOCAL NEWS & REVIEWS
ICONIC CAPE TOWN - WORLD’S 15TH MOST VIOLENT CITY (702.CO.ZA)
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DURBAN ‘Q & A’ WORKSHOP
On Friday 9th March, LIASA held a ‘question & an-swer’ workshop in Durban. Hosted by Sanjeev Singh with Dr Theo Kleinhans in attendance, a very positive workshop was attended by 9 local delegates from the independents, multi-nationals and LIASA RLI’s.
Very importantly, Sanjeev explained the latest LEPC (lift & escalator) regulations and their associated stand-ards. Of particular note was the definition of the previ-ously regulated C45 and DMR-17 hoist compared to the latest SANS 1545:5 ‘Access goods only lifts’. Obvi-ously any goods lift (hoist) installed after 2015, must comply with the latest standard. Original C45 and DMR-17 hoists must by October 2020 meet the up-grade requirements as published. For more information please see Willem du Toit’s article on Page 8.
Notably, was the positive attitude of the person present. They entreated Sanjeev to please hold more such work-shops where they get first-hand information of the lat-est happenings in the regulation of lifts and escalators.
DEFINITION of a LIFT
There are still RLI’s that question the difference between a hoist and a lift. If the unit is installed in a brick shaft, has a car and has landing gates … it’s a ‘Lift’ irrespective of which SANS 1545 standard applies.
Simplistically, if it’s an electric drive (usually single rope) in an open hatchway with a cradle rather than a car, it’s a hoist. It goes without saying that there are a multitude of variations to these two applications.
We also still receive inquiries on the difference between ’modernisation’, upgrade and modification’. Willem du Toit has explained this in the Educom in several articles over the past years. All three words are semantic differences of modi-fying an existing component due to obsolescence, with a mod-ern more readily available component.
Each such modification then requires a new Annex ‘A’ for that portion, such as landing locks, car internal finishes (especially for additional weight). A few callers questioned if retaining the gearcase and AC drive motor (not changing the equipment), but converting it to V3F and adding an encoder
… It is a modification and requires an Annex ‘A’!
FROM BONNIE PEDEN’S PEN - Answering LIASA inquiries ...
LIASA FACEBOOK
In view of the escalating inquiries for infor-mation and advice, I have considered the best option to be a LIASA technical ‘Facebook’.
RLIS’s can in future be more transparent in their inquiries, since I am sure that more posi-tive results can then be obtained from our in-dustry specialists - especially on the technical side where some RLI queries require search-ing the SANS standards for a technically cor-rect reply. At least try it ...
Bonnie Peden
INSPECTION TOOL CALIBRATION
AIA’s and RLI’s in the Gauteng area can have their inspection equipment calibrated at reasonable cost and delivery within a week through …
Malcolm Whiting of ‘Current Techniques’ Mobile: 083 289 5843 Tellefax: 086 671 5481
You drop and collect at his workshop just of Solomon Mahlangu in Garsfontein, Pretoria
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FROM WILLEM du TOIT’S DESK - Reporting on Goods Hoists
In 2010 the Lift, Escalator and Passenger Conveyor Reg-ulations (LEPCR) changed to incorporate Hoists, but un-der the definition of “Access Goods Only Lifts”.
BUT … Chapter 17 Goods Hoists were still defined in DMR. So lift installers, property owners and lift service providers legally had a choice, while these Regulations ran parallel.
TO STOP THIS … New DMR promulgated 24 June 2015 excluded the Goods Hoists. Chapter 23.(2) states that Goods Hoists previously installed under chapter 17 of the DMR shall comply with the requirements of LEPCR of 2010 as ‘Access Goods Only Lifts’.
Since all existing Goods Hoists cannot fully comply with
SANS 1545-5, a code of practice, called “minimum re-
quirements” to comply, with were promulgated on 03
February 2017.
What should comply by Now?
‘Access Goods Only Lifts’ sold and installed after 2015 shall fully comply with the LER and SANS 1545-5:2007. ‘Goods Hoists’ sold and installed prior to 2015 should by now ...
Be registered with DOL as an Access Goods Only Lifts
Have Annex K certificates issued … and on site,
Have monthly maintenance in place or longer inter-vals if prescribed by the manufacturer,
Have all records as per the LEPCR in place – rope certificates, etc.,
Have trained and appointed lift operators - these are usually non-automatic lifts,
Have some audits done to verify compliance, which
is required before end 2020.
Minimum Requirements
Machinery Spaces
• Machinery shall be kept in safe lockable spaces or cabinets.
• Safe accesses, free of any storage or rubbish shall be provided to the machinery spaces.
• Ladders to these spaces shall be permanently in stalled and shall provide safe access well into these machinery spaces.
• The working areas of the machinery spaces above the shafts shall have full floor covering.
• The clear heights of the working spaces shall not be less than 1.5 meters.
• The lighting in the machinery spaces shall be 300 Lux and the accesses to these spaces 150 Lux.
• There shall be 220 Volt socket outlets in the machin ery spaces.
• Record book and certificate holders shall be provided in the machinery spaces.
Machinery
• Rotating elements shall be guarded or painted cau tion yellow if they pose a low risk such as smooth flywheels.
• Slack rope devices shall be installed on positive drive (drum or hydraulic) units.
• Safety gears shall be installed on units with less than two ropes - if design permits.
• Safeties shall, where possible be installed under the cars and not on top of the crown beams.
(Continued opposite - Page 9)
Willem presented this talk at the recent DoL Work-shop in Pretoria on 7th March, with several government inspectors, LIASA RLI’s and representa-tives from the LMI inspectors and lift Industry present.
From Hoist to Access Goods Only Lift ...
History
Goods hoists were first installed under regulation C.45 of the Factories, Machinery and Building Works Act no. 22 of 1941. In 1983 the Ma-chinery and Occupational Safety Act was introduced (MOSAct No. 6 of 1983). This included the new Driven Machinery section 17 for goods hoists.
The Act then changed name in 1993 to the Occupational Health and Safety Act 85 of 1993 (OHS Act). Although the Act and Regulations changed name, it did not change the requirements for the goods hoists.
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• Sheaves for the suspension ropes shall be 25 times the diameter of the suspension ropes.
• When more than one suspension rope is used,
there shall be automatic tensioning devices – com-
pression springs.
Controls
• There shall be lockable main switches at the ac cesses to the machinery spaces.
• There shall be well kept, up to date durable and legible wiring diagrams.
• Controllers shall have two contactors for the main motors – mains + up or mains + down.
• Two independent contacts of the motor contactors shall be in series with the brake coil.
• Three phase installations shall be protected with reverse phase protections.
• All units shall be equipped with top and bottom final limit switches.
• Where shaft inspections or repairs require a person to ride on top of the car, inspection controls shall be installed on top of the car.
• The cars shall be provided with overload devices and signals.
• There shall be no controls inside the cars.
• Push-pull emergency stop switches shall be in stalled on top of the car and in the pit with stop switches on each landing if the landing doors are perforate.
• The landing door locks shall have two contacts in circuit – one to prove the door is closed and one to prove the lock is made.
• The car doors shall have gate switches which shall be tamper free and out of reach of the users.
• 220 Volt light and socket outlet circuits shall be protected with earth leakage devices.
Shaft enclosures
• The shafts shall be enclosed to a height of 2.5 me ters in all areas accessible to persons. The enclo sures shall have sufficient strengths – they shall withstand 300 N forces).
• When the cars are travelling at speeds exceeding 0.25 meters per second, the shaft enclosure shall be imperforate.
• Shaft lights shall be installed with intensity of 100 Lux anywhere in the shafts.
• The landing doors shall be equipped with electro- mechanical locking devices. Two contacts shall be used in the control circuits.
• Triangle dislocking devices shall be provided for all landing doors. Boxes with triangle locks to protect other types of dislocking devices will also be
acceptable.
• When the cars are travelling at speeds exceeding 0.25 meters per second, the landing doors shall be imperforate.
• When the landing doors are imperforate, there shall be indications that the cars has stopped on a land ing – vision panels or indication lights.
• On each landing there shall be a durable notice which indicates the maximum allowable load and forbidding persons from riding in the car.
• In the pits without the necessary refuge space (500mm x 600mm x 1 000mm) shall be properly designed bumping poles to land the cars on when entering the pit – Instructions shall be displayed to use the bumping pole.
• Car to landing sill clearances shall not exceed 35mm.
• Safe Spaces on top of the car and in the pit shall be clearly identified.
• Bi-parting and vertical rise doors shall be counter balanced with proper handles or pull straps..
Cars
• The cars shall be equipped with gates, scanners or “load shift bars” and it shall not be possible to move the cars unless these devices are closed.
• The car roofs shall cover the full car size (floor are as of the cars).
• The car roof shall have sufficient strength to carry the weight of two persons (1 000N each) anywhere on the roof.
• Inside the car there shall be a durable notice which indicates the maximum allowable load and forbid ding persons from riding in the car.
• There shall be in the cars electric lights of at least 100 Lux.
• Positive drive units shall have buffers on top of the cars which shall not make contact before the final limits open.
• Positive drive units with limited head rooms (not spaces of 500mm x 600mm x 800mm) and top-of- car inspection controls shall have extendable bump-ing poles with safety switches on top of the lift cars.
Registration
• All units must be registered with the Regional De- partment of Labour.
• The OHS Act Regulations apply the same as for Access Goods Only Lifts.
REASONS for SUCCESS
“Flaming enthusiasm, backed by horse sense and persis-tence, is the quality that most frequently makes for success”
Dale Carnegie .
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GOOD MANAGEMENT PRACTICES DRIVE PRODUCTIVITY
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That good managers are vital for corporate success should not come as a surprise. Early economists like Al-fred Marshall, back in the 19 century, had noted the im-portance of good management practices to drive produc-tivity. But because managers’ behaviour is such a difficult thing to quantify, economists have struggled to measure how important good management practices are in ex-plaining a firm’s success.
In 2008, five leading economists from Stanford University and the World Bank tackled this difficult question. They wanted to know whether investing in good management practices improve productivity and profits, and so, be-tween 2008 and 2010, they conducted a large field exper-iment in India.
They approached large, multi-plant Indian textile firms and divided them in two groups. One group – the treat-ment group – was given five months of extensive man-agement consulting by a large international consulting firm. This included a month of diagnosis, where the con-sulting firm would find opportunities for improvement, and four months of intensive support for the implementation of these strategies.
In contrast, the other group – the control group – received only one month of diagnostic consulting, but no intensive follow-up. At the end of the study, in 2011, the research-ers tested the performance of the firms in the two groups. The results, published in The Quarterly Journal of Eco-nomics in 2013, were quite remarkable.
Even with just four months of follow-up, those in the treat-ment group saw an increase of 11% in productivity, and an increase in annual profitability of about $230 000.
Interestingly, firms also spread these management im-provements from their treatment plants to other plants they owned, creating positive spillovers that resulted in returns that far outstripped the initial investment.
What made the difference?
The authors suggest two reasons for the improve-ments : First, owners delegated greater decision-making power over hiring, investment and pay to their plant managers.
“This happened in large part because the improved col-lection and dissemination of information that was part of the change process enables owners to monitor their plant managers better.”
Second, the extensive data collection necessary for quality control, for example, led to a rapid increase in computer use.
Better information management resulted in better perfor-mance.
The concern with the study, though, was that it failed to measure the persistence in performance. Did the differ-ences between the treatment and the control group with-er away as soon as the management consultants left, or
did they persist for a month, a year, or even longer?
To answer this question, almost the same team of au-thors returned to India in 2017 to measure the perfor-mance of the firms eight years after the initial interven-tion.
Their results appeared in an NBER working paper in Feb-ruary. They found that management practices do persist. Despite the fact that several firms (in both the treatment and control group) dropped some of the management practices that were initially proposed by the consultants, the difference between the two groups were still large …
Worker productivity is 35% higher in the treatment group compared to the control group.
The spillover effects, in particular, were still there: in fact, in most cases, the plants that did not receive treatment but were part of the same firm were indistinguishable from the plants that did receive management consulting services.
As the authors note: While “few management practices had demonstrably spread across the firms in the study, many had spread within firms, from the experimental plants to the non-experimental plants, suggesting limited spillovers between firms but large spillovers within firms”.
The authors were also able to collect information on the reasons certain management practices were dropped over the period of eight years. Three reasons were fre-quently mentioned …
The new management practices faded when the plant manager (project champion) left the firm …
When the directors, notably the CEO and chief finan-cial officer, were too busy to get involved ...
and when the practice was not commonly used in many other firms (talking as opposed to doing).
“The first two reasons highlight the importance of key employees within the firm for driving management prac-tices, while the latter emphasizes the importance of be-liefs.”
There were other surprising consequences of intervention too. Not only was worker productivity higher in the treat-ment group, but treated firms continued to use consulting services in the years following the initial intervention, not only improving their operational management practices, but also their marketing practices.
Management consultants often get a bad rap, but random control trials like these - experiments that are costly and time-consuming - clearly demonstrate the ad-vantages, in profits and productivity, of investing in good management practices. Successful firms thrive because of good managers.
The key is to hang on to them ... empower them with the ability to make decisions ... and free up their time. (Prof Johan Fourie - USB)
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THE WORLD’S 10 RICHEST MEN ARE ALL SELF-MADE
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Prof Johan Fourie, Associate Professor in Business Eco-nomics at the University of Stellenbosch Business School - Author of the article on Page 10 (opposite) …
Do consultants add value - The input of Consultants into Organized Management
focusing on ‘Management Productivity’
Published 1st March 2018 in ‘finweek’ of ‘fin24’
BLOOMBERG BILLIONAIRES INDEX
In a global economy that roars continuously forward at lightning speed, fortunes can potentially be made and lost in the span of a day. The Bloomberg Billionaires Index is a daily ranking of the world's 500 richest indi-viduals.
While many of the names in the top ten have become as iconic in their own right as the tech companies that pro-pelled them to wealth and fame, there is always room for a few surprises.
In addition to their business acumen and accomplish-ments, many of the men on the list are also active philanthropists. And if the thought of all that wealth feels intimidating and out of reach, consider the fact that …
The ten richest people on Bloomberg's billionaire index are all self-made ...
Many with humble and unremarkable beginnings.
Yes, it might come as a surprise that Bill Gates, who has dominated "world's richest" lists for well over a decade and usually tops the index at number one, is cur-rently is second place with a net worth of US$ 91,8B. Dependent on stock price movements they sometimes interchange their two pole positions, but it appears that Jeff Bezos has now cemented himself into the absolute top position (certainly for the present).
Famous Quote:
"There are two kinds of companies ... those that work to try to charge more … and those that work harder to charge less ... We will be the sec-ond."
- Jeff Bezos
WORLD’S RICHEST PERSON JEFF BEZOS - WORTH US$124B
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TUT LIFT REGULATIONS COURSES IN 2018
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LIASA CONTACT DETAILS
Bonnie Peden - National Executive Secretary
Office: (011) 907-0133 - Telefax: (011) 907-0131
E-Mail: [email protected]
Website Address: www.iliasa.org.za
PO Box 531, Alberton, 1450
New LIASA membership cards have again been issued to all payed up members. Please check with Bonnie if you have not received your latest card, making sure that you are indeed paid up. Remember that proof has to be retained in case you are called on to present them to ECSA. Membership of LIASA ensures an ECSA subscription rebate more than equal to the LIASA subscription, being a motivator to engender or retain LIASA membership. □
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George Bernard Shaw
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Remember that this web is gratefully maintained by San-jeev Singh for the members’ benefit
LIASA 2018 MEETINGS
General Meeting - Wednesday 11th April @ 09:00
General Meeting - Wednesday 6th June @ 09:00
General Meeting - Wednesday 8th August @ 09:00
By 30th September please submit … - Nominations for Chair & Deputy Chair
- Nominations for National Executive Committee - Nominations for Merit Awards
Annual Gen. Meeting Wednesday 10th October @ 09:00
All above meetings to be held at Jeppe Quondam
ASPIRANT LIFT INSPECTORS ...
Please take note of the next courses this year ...
2nd to 6th July 2018 @ TUT
Examination on 21st July
5th to 9th November ... Go to our web for more info request directly from me …
“Short Learning Program (SLP): Lift Regulations – Prep-aration for Registration with ECSA”:
· Application form to be completed (remember to at-tach a copy of your ID document) · Course information
Please take note of the following:
1. Please note that each course will consist of only 20 candidates, meaning early response is necessary. 2. We will inform you as soon as the courses are full. For any further enquiry please contact us ...
Mariska Swartz
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Mechatronics and Industrial Design (B3-329)
TSHWANE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY (TUT) Private Bag X 680, Pretoria, 0001
Tel: +27 12 382-5164
Fax: +27 12 382-5602
E-mail: [email protected].
LIASA in 1995, to qualify for ECSA (Engineering Council) recognition as a ‘Voluntary Association’ (VA - Article 21 Association), formal Articles of Association were required, along with a formalized membership structure. These were drawn up by founder members Dr Theo Kleinhans and Steve le Roux. Steve was elected as Chairman of the National Exec-utive Committee in Gauteng, with Theo as Executive Secre-tary-Treasurer; Mike Russell as Regional Chairman Western Cape and Graham Mould as Regional Chairman Eastern Cape. Natal and the Free State were vacant at that time.
In January 2018, the LIASA membership has regrettably reduced down to 145 RLI members, but with several mem-bers now overdue in paying their 2017/8 subscriptions. This situation is ascribed to the curtailing forces of the new OHSAct defined SANAS accreditation for AIA’s, of which there are currently only 20 AIA’s fully accredited.
