HOW TO INTEGRATE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS?
Integrated Management System ISO 14001
ISO 45001
Environmental Management Systems.
Occupational Health and Safety Management Systems.
ISO 37001
ISO 9001
Anti-Bribery Management Systems.
Quality Management Systems.
Different perspectives, one shared purpose.
7 Steps to integration 1. Identify which systems you have and which ones you want to integrate
How to apply it?
Question
Understand the management systems you already have and define what you want to achieve through integration.
What do we currently have? What do we want to manage through a unified approach?
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2. Compare the requirements and identify common requirements
How to apply it?
Question
Review the standards and identify elements that can be managed together.
What activities, records, or controls do we already carry out in our daily operations that simultaneously comply with two or more standards without the need to establish anything new?
3. Build a common structure
How to apply it?
Question
Define how the Integrated Management System will operate: processes, designated personnel, and documents that meet more than one standard.
How can we structure the IMS so that it naturally supports the organization’s business objectives and the requirements of each standard?
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4. Integrate risks and opportunities
How to apply it?
Question
Analyze risks from a combined perspective, considering all relevant aspects.
Have we evaluated, at the same table, how risks and opportunities affect or benefit the customer, the environment, legal compliance, and business continuity?
5. Align objectives, indicators, and action plans
How to apply it?
Question
Connect the integrated management system’s objectives with the organization’s strategy. One unified objective, multiple benefits.
Do our policy and objectives reflect a single strategic business direction, or do they continue to operate as isolated initiatives competing for budget?
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6. Integrate operations and avoid duplicating activities
How to apply it?
Question
Incorporate quality, environmental, and risk control instructions into the management system’s processes.
Are there any problems or redundancies?
7. Measure, review, and improve the integrated system
How to apply it?
Question
Integration does not end when documents are combined. It is necessary to verify whether the system is actually working and improve it.
Is the system achieving its objectives? Are the processes working as expected? What can we improve?
References: Fraguela Formoso, L. Carral Couse, G. Iglesias Rodriguez, A. Castro Ponente and M. J. Rodriguez Guereiro. Integration of management systems. Need for a new entrepreneurial culture. Dyna rev. Fac. mina. Vol. 78, Núm. 167, pp 44-49.
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