IMS 9001/14001/18001 integrated management 5

An Integrated Management System (IMS) brings together various sets of rules that serve corporate governance (i.e. the management and monitoring of organizations): for example, quality management (ISO 9001), environmental protection and occupational safety management (ISO 45001 and 14001). This creates synergies between the various standards. The process managers thus pool resources and enable a leaner and more efficient management of the company and the organisations.

Integrated Management Systems

Integrated Management Systems (IMS) is the integration of QMS (Quality Management System), EMS (Environment Management System), OH&S (Occupational Health and Safety), ISMS (Information Security Management System), Social Responsibility, and other regulations/standards and requirements into a single management system. IMS fosters the approach that an organization should establish one integrated system that is best for the business and not set up separate, often duplicate, processes or documentation to satisfy each management standard. IMS contains company-wide processes that conform to various management system standards such as AS9100, ISO 9001, ISO 14001:2015, and ISO 45001:2018 and are primarily established in support of the business goals.

At Omnex, integration means developing common organizational processes based on standardized workflows, conducting integrated risk analysis (using FMEAs and Control Plans for quality, environmental and health, information Security (Cybersecurity), and safety risks), and conducting integrated audits. We continue to pioneer ever more effective and efficient ways of defining, implementing, and auditing Integrated Management Systems.

Integration and standardization not only reduce confusion and redundancy in the workplace, but cost an estimated 50% less to implement and most importantly cost 50% less to maintain. Furthermore, the cost for registration is reduced by as much as 33%.

Omnex has been implementing integrated Management Systems since the 1990s, beginning with the integration of ISO 9001, and ISO 14001 in the Americas. Since then, we have integrated ISO 9001, ISO 14001, and OHSAS 18001 (currently as OH&S 45001) for organizations around the world.