Quality and environmental manegement systems in cement plants: An application in the sector

In this work, cement company?s ISO 14001 Environmental Management System workings and the integration of the needs of the system with Quality Management System are presented. The company determined continuous development strategy by the help of Integrated Management System. In this scope the company aimed to develop Integrated Management System by ISO 9001:2000 Quality, ISO 14001 Environmental Management Systems. ISO 14001 Project get started with a project plan. With the investigation of the operational environmental aspects the pre-budget is determined. Project team lead the studies with the scope of the legal requirements. Documentation structure is formed and integrated with Quality Management System. The formed system is controlled by the internal audits and documented by an independent external body including all the plants. With the documented system a proactive environmental culture formed in the company. Environmental standards are determined with the evaluation of the environmental aspects, elimination of the waste with suitable methods and the documented procedures in all plants. The control methods are successfully applied with the needed source of the Top Management. System continuity is provided by the performance measurement and monitoring, corrective and preventive actions, communication and continuous training.Key Words: Quality, Quality Management System, Environment, Environmental Management System.