TITLE:
Development of an Implementation Framework for Integrated Management System Based on the Philosophy of Total Quality Management
AUTHORS:
Subrata Talapatra, Md. Kutub Uddin, Md. Habibur Rahman
KEYWORDS:
Integrated Management, Environment, TQM, Safety, Reliability
JOURNAL NAME:
American Journal of Industrial and Business Management,
Vol.8 No.6,
June
15,
2018
ABSTRACT: The
focus of this paper is to develop a framework for implementation of integrate
management systems (ISO 9001, ISO 14001, OHSAS 180001 and SA 8000). At present, these management systems are used individually in
several industrial organizations. Dealing with these separate management
systems and ensuring their alignment with business goal are the two big issues.
Increased compatibility between these standards has paved the road for
integration. With the co-ordination of holistic approach like TQM, it can easily embed the existing quality, health &
safety, social responsibility and environmental processes in the culture of
continuing improvement. Several researches have been conducted to understand
the different aspects of integration. But, no suitable aspect of integration
has been developed yet. The main finding of this paper concludes that,
integration on the basis of philosophical compatibility between TQM and other
standards can create a generic approach for implementation. Furthermore, this
aspect of integration will also give administrative benefits related to implementation
and maintenance of the systems.