What is an Integrated

Management System?
It is a management system that integrates all

of an organization's systems and processes in

to one complete framework, enabling an
organization to work as a single unit with
unified objectives.

Why an Integrated Management

System?
Helps to avoid and to balance conflicting objectives.
Reduces costs.
Creates consistency.
Helps to coordinate activities between all levels of the

organisation.
Helps to harmonise and optimize workplace practices.
Improves communication.
Helps to focus the organisation on the achievement of
business goals.
Helps to eliminate conflicting responsibilities and
relationships .
Facilitates training and development .

THE IMS TREE

Which Management System

Standards can be integrated?
ISO 9001 (Quality Management)
ISO 14001 (Environmental Management)
OHSAS 18001 (Occupational Health &

Safety)
ISO/IEC 27001 (Information Security)
ISO 22000 (Food Safety)
ISO/IEC 20000IT Service Management

The Integrated Management

System Process
Combining Separate
systems being used

IMS
One system incorporating
all common elements.

Identifying integratable
common elements

Integrating Common
Elements

Scope of IMS ?
A unified whole Organisation .
All functions aligned behind a single

goal: Improving the performance of the

entire organization.
A genuinely co-ordinated system: one
that's greater than the sum of its parts,
and can achieve more than ever before.
A one structure management team that
allows to effectively and efficiently
deliver an organization's objective.

Quality Management System

ISO 9001:2008
The International Organization for

Standardization developed the ISO 9001

system in the late eighties.
It is a Quality management tool designed to

help an organization achieve its Total Quality

Management (TQM) goals.
ISO 9001:2008, the more recent version of

ISO 9000

Other Certifications
Environmental Management System (ISO

14001)
Occupational Health and Safety

Management System (OHSAS 18001)

Certification Process
GAP Assessment
Start Building new systems & processes
Documentation
Training/ Guidance for implementation
Internal Audits
Review & Closure after Audit
Certification Audit