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Environmental auditing and continuous improvement at lockheed
Author(s) -
Posson Mark C.,
Barney Craig A.
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
environmental quality management
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.249
H-Index - 27
eISSN - 1520-6483
pISSN - 1088-1913
DOI - 10.1002/tqem.3310020306
Subject(s) - audit , environmental compliance , focus (optics) , function (biology) , business , process management , environmental audit , engineering management , engineering , computer science , accounting , environmental science , environmental protection , physics , evolutionary biology , optics , biology
Continuous Improvement can be applied to every business function, including environmental auditing. The benefits of customer focus and performance measurement are realized in a more efficient business system and a higher level of environmental compliance. Lockheed has successfully used Continuous Improvement principles in the development and implementation of its environmental auditing program, which are described in this article.