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today must comply with many different requirements to
satisfy the demands of numerous requirements and
stakeholders. Business drivers may be legal, customer,
quality, environmental, IT security, compliance, health
and safety ISO 9001, AS 4801, ISO 14001, corporate
responsibility and accountability, sustainability etc;
the list seems to be getting longer all the time. What usually happens next? A
separate system is developed to comply with the new
requirement. After a while it becomes difficult to
efficiently deal with all the competing needs as systems
developed in isolation end up conflicting. Is it not better to have one integrated system working for the organisation to address all objectives, which should be "transparent", easy to use and helpful to run the business more effectively - an asset in itself? Certification and compliance of an integrated management system with required standards and legislation does several things: <> it increases efficiency and effectiveness, <> it provides strong leadership and standards of business conduct, <> it standardises company operations and provides the basis for improvement, <> it improves the company's image and status with customers and suppliers. |
You may wish to achieve formal external certification to one or many standards, or you may want only the benefits to your company of meeting standards' requirements without external certification. Your management system can be developed in stages or integrated, achieving certification to different standards step by step or alltogether. In any case it is important to establish a unified basis upon which all stages can be built. Note: Many standards share much in common, justifying an integrated approach. This and the following pages outline the philosophy and approach of Integrated Management Systems, an organisation dedicated to enabling more effective business performance. For a free assessment of your company's requirements see our
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