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Integrated Management System
In my current job/company we've been using this approach since start-up (ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and OHSAS 18000). Until now experience is positive: auditing all together at same time, functional departaments recognize their links easily, top management has a more clear vision of company strengths and weaknesses, corrective actions and horizontal expansion are taken in place faster than other units.
Key point to introduce this "way" of doing things was prepare and teach people about "process", their descriptions, indicators etc.
Big test now is our preparation to achieve TS16949 certification and we'll see if our "processes" do have consistency.
In my current job/company we've been using this approach since start-up (ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and OHSAS 18000). Until now experience is positive: auditing all together at same time, functional departaments recognize their links easily, top management has a more clear vision of company strengths and weaknesses, corrective actions and horizontal expansion are taken in place faster than other units.
Key point to introduce this "way" of doing things was prepare and teach people about "process", their descriptions, indicators etc.
Big test now is our preparation to achieve TS16949 certification and we'll see if our "processes" do have consistency.

