The audit requirements for integrated management systems

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AbstractThe purpose of this article is to provide readers with an understanding of the new management systems and tools together with their inter‐relationship and differences. For a company already certified to BS5750, the adoption of BS7750 may appear to require the expansion of administration to encompass the addition of a further standard and this is the path many companies are likely to take. In most organisations, however, quality, health and safety, and costs are critical to business success. To build an integrated management system must be a more efficient and effective means of accomplishing the same goals. Additionally, other systems such as Supply Chain Management and Activity Based Cost Management have strong relevance to environmental auditing. The overall objective of implementing an environmental management system such as BS7750 is to improve environmental performance and gain financial benefits as a result. These aims can be achieved by the continual assessment of business activities encompassing everything from the raw materials used to the disposal of products. Such a system should result in the greater control and knowledge of the business and hence ensure continual improvement. Copyright © 1994 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. and ERP Environment