(ISO: Geneva) -- The number of management systems has risen dramatically in recent years, reflecting the needs and demands of more organizations looking to improve their performance across a wide range of areas and sectors. And most companies have more than one. The International Organization for Standardization’s (ISO) useful guide to integrating management system standards—whether they be from ISO or not—has just been updated.

From improving quality to energy efficiency, environmental performance, or even road traffic, the increasing use of management systems attests to progressively complex operating environments and contexts. The quest for continual improvement and sustained performance has prompted the need for a handbook to help guide organizations through effective management system design that is agile and integrated, to respond and grow.

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