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Environmental management information systems: New tools for measuring performance
Author(s) -
FitzGerald Chris
Publication year - 1994
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.3310040205
Subject(s) - competition (biology) , business , environmental scanning , competitive advantage , quality (philosophy) , environmental management system , market competition , process management , electronics , industrial organization , computer science , environmental economics , marketing , engineering , economics , ecology , market economy , philosophy , epistemology , irrigation , electrical engineering , biology
Successful implementation of environmental management information systems (EMIS) has become essential to the success of total quality environmental management (TQEM) programs. Effective TQEM programs will be early indicators of which companies survive and thrive in today's competitive business environment. Highly competitive industries such as chemicals, electronics, and oil and gas are becoming very effective in cooperating to develop metrics, models, and tools that are based on business processes rather than regulatory edicts. Now electric power companies, newly exposed to market competition, are starting to develop and implement these metrics, standards, and tools. That industry provides a model for joining TQEM and EMIS.