INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS

Integrated management systems lead to greater efficiency. If you currently have separate systems in place, you can contact us to find out how you can make potential savings.

In today's competitive business environment, streamlining activities is essential to keep administrative costs low. Key management principles include eliminating redundancy and strengthening systems. Implementing an integrated management system provides the framework for this. By integrating your management systems, you reduce duplication and improve your efficiency.

Integrating management systems is much more efficient than maintaining separate management systems. If you currently have separate management systems in place, you can contact us to find out how you can make potential savings.

WHAT ARE INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS?

An integrated management system is a system designed to manage multiple aspects of an organization's activities, complying with the requirements of several standards, such as those for quality, environment, and occupational health and safety management.

Most organizations already have systems in place – formally or informally – to address these issues. What many managers don’t realize is the extent to which this creates duplication of processes or unnecessary extra work for their employees. Ultimately, safety, environmental management and quality control have many things in common that can lead to increased efficiency and effectiveness in your organization.

In practice, an integrated management system allows for the merging of existing formal systems and the implementation of best practices throughout the organization.

BENEFITS OF MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS INTEGRATION

Successfully integrating your management systems leads to several very tangible benefits for your organization, such as:

Minimizing effort and avoiding duplicate work
More efficient use of management time
Using resources to execute and manage systems in a more efficient way
Achieving more cost-effective certification
Reduction of audit visits

INTEGRITY MANAGEMENT AND CERTIFICATION

Most organizations are aware of the benefits of certification to ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ISO 45001 and other management system standards. It is important to know that the purpose of ISO and other standards is to help you manage and operate a better organization.

We can perform a fully integrated audit against the requirements of several management system standards.

ANNEX SL AND THE INTEGRATION OF MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS

Annex SL is the document that defines the new high-level structure for all ISO management systems standards. Annex SL is designed to better and easier implement integrated management systems by providing organizations with the necessary tools for optimization, and also helps to promote standardization and transform existing management systems into an integrated model. Read more about Annex SL here.

The common structure has been introduced in the new versions of ISO 9001 and ISO 14001, and will also be introduced in ISO 45001. This will make the standards more compatible and allow for more effective integration. MG Global can help you achieve this.

INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY COMPATIBLE

The general structure of Annex SL has been introduced in the new versions of ISO 9001 and ISO 14001, and will also be introduced in ISO 45001. This makes the standards much more compatible and allows for more effective integration of management systems in three key areas: quality, environmental management, and occupational health and safety. Here is a brief overview of each of these widely accepted and implemented integrated management system standards:

ISO 9001: Certification to the requirements of the ISO 9001 quality management system demonstrates that your organization meets strict requirements for quality management systems related to: facilities, people, training, services and equipment. Achieving this certification is the first step in implementing a process of continuous improvement throughout the organization.
ISO 14001: Certification to ISO 14001 is essential for any organization that intends to establish, implement, maintain and improve an effective environmental management system. The extent to which ISO 14001 is applied is based on factors such as the organization's specific environmental policies, the types of products and services it provides, and its location and operating conditions.
ISO 45001: ISO 45001 (the new version of OHSAS 18001, which was published in March 2018) covers the crucial area of occupational health and safety. This standard will provide a framework for reducing workplace risks, improving worker safety, and generally creating better working conditions for employees around the world.

MG GLOBAL CAN HELP YOU WITH THE INTEGRATION OF YOUR MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS

MG Global has the necessary experience to provide you with guidance and instructions for integrating management systems into your organization. Contact us for more information.