SMS System Models and Development Resources
This section provides information to support the development and subsequent management of Sustainable Management Programmes
AS/NZS 4581:1999 : Management system integration - Guidance to business, government and community organisations.
Describes the components of a generic management system which are applicable to all sizes and types of organisations. Each component describes what needs to be done but leaves the 'how' up to each organisation. A major advantage of such a system is that it can apply to all aspects of an organisation's activities such as quality management, environmental management, occupational health and safety management and human resource management. The specific requirements for such activities can be added. The advantage of the generic management system approach is the potential for improving effectiveness and efficiency as well as overall improvement of business operations. | Standards NZ | Product Details | SAA/SNZ HB80:1996 : Benchmarking explained - A guide for undertaking and implementing benchmarking.
This Handbook provides a basic introduction to benchmarking.
It explains the basic concepts, describes the different types of benchmarking and briefly discusses benchmarking techniques. The reasons for benchmarking are also discussed, as well as some indication on how to use the results. | Standards NZ | Product Details | | SANZ/SAA HB 18.42:1991 : Guide 42 Guidelines for a step-by-step approach to an international certification system. | Standards NZ | Product Details | | SANZ/SAA HB 18.53:1991 : Guide 53 An approach to the utilisation of a supplier's quality system in third-party product certification. | Standards NZ | Product Details | AS/NZS 3842:1998 : Guide 62: General requirements for bodies operating assessment and certification/registration of quality systems.
Provides requirements which are intended to ensure that certification bodies operate third-party certification/registration systems in a consistent and reliable manner, thereby facilitating their acceptance on a national and international basis. This Standard is identical with and has been reproduced from ISO/IEC Guide 62:1996 (also published as the Handbook, SAA/SNZ HB18.62:1996). | Standards NZ | Product Details | SAA/SNZ HB18.65:1998 : Guide 65 General requirements for bodies operating product certification systems.
Provides general requirements for bodies operating a system for third-party product certification (which may include a process or service) as a means of assurance that the system complies with specified Standards and other normative documents. This Handbook is identical with and has been reproduced from ISO/IEC Guide 65. | Standards NZ | Product Details | AS/NZS ISO/IEC 17020:2000 : General criteria for the operation of various types of bodies performing inspection.
Provides general requirements for the operation of bodies that perform inspections, and criteria for independence. It does not cover testing laboratories, certification bodies or suppliers' declarations of conformity. Identical with and reproduced from ISO/IEC 17020:1998. | Standards NZ | Product Details | Environmental Management Systems Standards 14th June 1995.
This article focuses on the development of environmental management systems standards, one of a number of industry initiatives which are under way to address consumer expectations. | MAF | Product Details | Optimal Regulatory Model 11th April 2000.
This paper examines how one particular aspect of government regulatory activity is now undertaken: the setting and operation of the regulatory framework in which food producers, manufacturers and retailers operate. The focus of this examination is on the application of what we call the Optimal Regulatory Model. The paper explains the component parts of this model and their interrelation, and the roles or responsibilities undertaken at each level of the model, and what the model is expected to achieve. A brief discussion of the application of the Optimal Regulatory Model to several pieces of New Zealand legislation, the results of this application, and the domestic and international response, follows. As New Zealand's major food statutes are reviewed and amended to reflect the Optimal Regulatory Model the New Zealand Government has also been considering how best to ensure effective and efficient administration of that legislation, particularly at the central government level. The paper concludes with a short update on recent developments. | MAF | Product Details |
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