INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS

A few computerized PLM schemes are dynamic systems and can be integrated into an overall maintenance management information system. These contain maintenance inventory and purchase order modules and go far beyond just another work order system . They provide the necessary information to control complex maintenance environments, thereby improving productivity and reducing operational costs. 

Beyond playing a significant role as a measurement tool, audits provide the opportunity to share a set of fresh perspectives on areas where requirements have yet to be codified (e.g., process control procedures, management information systems, and maintenance programs). Audits also serve to indicate ongoing efforts to reexamine and reevaluate operations to further reduce operational risks and consequent liabilities (including property damage and business interruption). 

Research indicates that the OSHA Integrated Management Information System (IMIS) identified 70 percent of the reactive incidents in Section 3.3, but none were tracked as reactive incidents. Only 25 percent of the reactive incidents that occurred from June 1994 through June 1999 were reported to EPA. These reports are contained in the RMP 5-year accident histories sent to EPA prior to the June 1999 deadline for initial submissions. 

Integrated Management Information System (IMIS) Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Retrieved information... 

Mis. 1990. Management Information System, Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR), Office of External Affairs, Exposure and Disease Registry Branch, Atlanta, GA. September 24, 1990. 

Despite the benefits from stringent legislation and advances in environmental technology, the increase in the fleet of automotive vehicles and overpopulation in urban areas results in bad ah quality. It is estimated that up to 45% of Europe s urban population remains exposed to particulate concentrations above limit values, and up to 30% to ozone concentrations above target levels that assure human health protection. The concentrations of various pollutants in the atmosphere in various cities across Europe are shown in Table 1.4. The data in the table are from WHO s Healthy Cities Air Management Information System and the World Resources Institute, which relies on various national... 

Source of contamination at different DOD sites. (From DOD, Restoration Management Information System, Department of Defense, Washington, D.C., November, 1995.)... 

The data on media and contaminants are from the Restoration Management Information System. The types of media identified are groundwater, soil, surface water, and sediments 71% of the contaminated media is groundwater, and 67% is contaminated soil, which indicates that many sites contain both. Contaminated surface water and sediments account for 19 and 6%, respectively, of the media. The totals add up to more than the total number of the sites, because a site may contain more than one type of contaminated media. 

The first step is for someone in management to recognize the need for computer systems validation and to gather the other management expertise necessary to address the issue. This person is usually someone in the Quality Assurance Unit (QAU) or the computer operations, Management Information Systems - MIS, group. While these two departments need to be involved, computer systems users such as laboratory leaders, study directors, and other affected department managers need to be included in the development of a computer systems validation plan. 

Process measurements encompass the application of the principles of metrology to the process in question. The objective is to obtain values for the current conditions within the process and to make this information available in a form usable by the control system, process operators, or management information systems. The term measured variable or process variable designates the process condition that is being determined. 

DFS is being developed incrementally. The first phase focuses on building an electronic repository for final review documents and for capturing signature information. The review documents tracked and saved by DFS are associated with regulatory submissions in the Centerwide Oracle Management Information System (COMIS). Future phases of DFS will include an update of COMIS... 

Other data sets, with a broader coverage of jobs throughout the population, are likely to be needed for estimation of pesticide exposures in case-control studies. For example, Stewart and co-workers (Stewart and Stewart, 1994 Stewart et al, 1998) have used detailed occupational questionnaires with job-specific modules, together with data from the US Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Integrated Management Information System to aid in assigning study subjects exposures to multiple chemicals, including pesticides. 

Corporate Information Systems Terms such as management information systems (MIS) and information technology (IT) are frequently used to designate the upper levels of computer systems within a corporation. From a control perspective, the functions performed at this level are normally long-term and/or strategic. For example, in a processing plant, long-term contracts are required with the providers of the feedstocks. A forecast must be developed for the demand for possible products from the plant. This demand must be translated into... 

Database systems for record management (e.g., Blood Inventory Management systems, Donor Management Information systems)... 

Fig. 15.5 Results of a management survey Management information system Source McKinsey...

Emerging efforts to link chemical fate prediction and/or measurement with operational decision-making tools (battlefield management information systems) is a promising direction for new modeling and simulation efforts. 

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