DEVELOPMENTS IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS

Since the emergence of standardized management systems, quality, environment, safety and health, it has experienced a continuous development of existing schemes and development of new regulations. Throughout the years, we have been looking at how companies are implementing different management systems gradually extended or tailored to their process, product and market for getting better management and underwriting policies, objectives and specific goals. This paper will give an overview of the most important management systems, seeking similarities and differences between them as well as strengths, weaknesses, and key aspects of implementation and integration.