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Integrated
Management System
For
small and medium-sized enterprises (SSI - SME's), there
is in a increasing need, resulting form the innovation
system dynamism and the changes market and customer
requirements for a company to design its own
organisation and the management and organisation action
are systematically and more process and
customer-oriented and to make them more accessible.
Management systems are the ideal solution here. In
general terms these systems are understood to be the
totality of all organisational and management principles
and methods which make the processes of work performance
manageable, make systematic organisational action and
ensure established corporate objectives are achieved.
Major organisational and management principles and
methods are:
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Breaking
down and agreeing on concrete objectives and sub
objectives
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Gearing
activities to agreed objectives
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Establishing
organisational structures (e.g. hierarchy,
responsibility, authority and powers)
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Systematized
and to some extend standardized regulations for
certain procedures as well as
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Regularly
determining if the objectives have been reached and
initiated further improvements (in with a continual
improvement process)
Integrating
management systems has become an increasingly important
competitive issue. A growing body of information
indicates that facilities that integrate their
management systems (QMS, EMS, OHSAS, ISMS, etc,) can
realize significant benefits, such as streamlined
operations and decision-making, simplified employee
training, more efficient use of resources, and a
reduction in audit costs.
The two most
common models for integration is QMS and EMS (ISO 9001
and ISO 14001, respectively) share many common elements.
This should be no great surprise, because ISO 9001: 1994
was one of the source documents used by the drafters of
ISO 14001. The two standards are very compatible in
their current forms. The ISO committees responsible for
the development and maintenance of these two standards
continue to examine potential opportunities to increase
the compatibility or alignment of the two standards.
While
an EMS can be readily integrated with an existing QMS,
the overall purposes of these two systems must be kept
in mind. A QMS is intended primarily to ensure that a
facility satisfies its customers by assuring the quality
of its products. An EMS generally has a broader context
– the relationship between a facility and the
environment in which it operates. Also, an EMS often
concerns itself with a broader range of stakeholders,
such as neighboring communities, customers, and
regulatory agencies. System integration can have
environmental benefits. By linking environmental
management more closely with day-to-day planning and
operation, some facilities have been able to raise the
visibility of environmental management as a core
organizational issue. In addition, these facilities
enhance their abilities to address environmental issues
when making modifications to products or processes for
quality purposes.
Why
Integration ?
Business
perspective
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Improve
efficiency and effectiveness
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Reduce
costs
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Reduce
audit time
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Maximize
resource utilization
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Develop
a systems approach
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Demonstrate
linkage to business strategy
What
degree Integration ?
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Quality
& Environmental
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Environmental
& Safety
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Quality
& Safety
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Quality
& Environmental & Safety
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Quality
& Information Security
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Quality
& Medical QMS etc,
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