The scope of the PBEMS covers the design and development
of wireless hardware products. All Lucent employees
who support product realization are included within the scope
regardless of organizational reporting structure or geographic
location.
Employees included within the scope of the PBEMS are
tenants in facilities with existing environment, health and safety
(EH&S) management programs which pertain specifically to
facility activities and impacts. Tenants are covered by those
existing facility environmental management programs. This
PBEMS does not include or impact those facility-related
EH&S programs.
The PBEMS is integrated within key business strategies
and processes (Product Planning, Product Development and
Product Deployment Management) to provide a management
structure that addresses the immediate and long-term environmental
impact of Mobility Solutions hardware products.
Mobility Solutions has chosen to integrate the PBEMS with
the business quality management system (QMS) as a general
requirement of the PBEMS. The business QMS is certified
to the TL 9000 standard [3]. TL 9000 [3] defines the telecommunications’
quality management system requirements for the
design, development, production, delivery, installation, and
maintenance of products. Both ISO 14001 [1] and TL 9000
[3] require several procedures that are virtually identical. Integration
of the PBEMS with QMS procedures fulfills ISO
14001 [1] requirements, eliminates redundancy and ensures
consistency. Integration with TL 9000 [3] elements is discussed
throughout this section.