4.4. Alignment with quality
ISO 14001 [1] shares common management system principles
with TL 9000 [3]. Mobility Solutions has selected to integrate,
or at a minimum coordinate, the activities associated
with elements common to ISO 14001 [1] and TL 9000 [3].
The Green Team has expanded the scope of its activities and
is currently supporting the Mobility Solutions goal of merging
quality management systems (QMS) and integrating the
PBEMS into one Mobility QEMS with a single registration
and one registrar and common management system processes.
This philosophy has lead to the development of a joint
QEMS auditing program and selection of a common registrar.
The advantages include reduced auditing costs and less disturbance
of the population being audited. Due to a shortage of external
auditors qualified in both TL 9000 [3] and ISO 14001
[1], multiple third-party auditors are used.