The
Sustainable Environmental Management Information System
This
system collects data that is used to draw up environmental
action plans, support decision-making in
sustainable environmental management, and promote environmentally-friendly
design.
For
example, Ricoh wanted to reduce their resource input by 3.2 times, so they used
this System to help them see what they could do to achieve that goal. (Which
they did: in 2016 they reduced input levels by 3.7 times.)
Environmental Impact Information System
This
system collects and processes data on environmental impact caused by each
operational process—including procurement, design, manufacturing,
transportation, use, maintenance/services, and recycling. Besides identifying
the environmental impact of overall operations, the system automatically
collects environmental data from the operational flow of each process, and such
data is used to support PDCA in environmental improvement activities carried
out at each process.
(PDCA stands for Plan Do Check Act
and is used in business for the control and continual improvement of processes
and products.)
Critical data assets are data
on environmental impact. Both
these systems are used to “improve the quality of living and drive
sustainability.” Ricoh's key operations and production processes are research,
procurement, design, manufacturing, transportation, maintenance/services, and recycling. For Ricoh, quality
management probably means making sure that operations and production processes
are being done as efficiently and sustainably as possible.
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