A management system for your company provides structure, accountability and direction to the employees who work for it. It is the framework that your company uses to establish goals and strategies, as well as the tools that you employ by your team to get the results you require whether it’s to comply with legal requirements related to occupational safety or to improve profits through streamlined processes.
Management systems are built on the idea that tasks can, in theory, take care of themselves when all processes are documented and the responsibilities assigned. Certainly, this is not always the case, but it’s the goal that companies strive for when they introduce a management system.
This logic is applicable to any management system, whether they are used for environmental issues affecting your company sustainability, quality or energy. They all share the same fundamental roles: plan and carry them out, evaluate the results, and continuously improve. This is the reason why there are a lot of similar tools on the market.
It is not logical to manage multiple systems at once, since management systems are used in all areas of a business and typically have a cross-functional focus. The idea of creating a management system in addition to the one you already have for quality management is, for instance, a source of unnecessary burdens for employees and doesn’t make sense from an ISO perspective either. For this reason, it’s becoming more important to use management system software that combines several existing and new systems under a single umbrella.
