Workshop presentations discussing the benefits of an EMS - available in PowerPoint and HTML or PDF form:

• Gastonia Wastewater Treatment Division, Gastonia
  January 2001 - 2 pages
• Novozymes North America Inc., Franklinton
  December 2000 - 3 pages
• Honda Transmission Manufacturing Plant , Russels Point, OH
  August 2000 - 2 pages
• U.S. Postal Service: Suburban Maryland Processing and Distribution Center , Gaithersburg, MD
  November 1999 - 12 pages
• Saturn and five of its suppliers , Spring Hill, Tenn.
  Describes efforts of automobile manufacturer Saturn and five of its suppliers in Tennessee to implement an EMS as part of a pilot program of the Tennessee Manufacturing Extension Program. Lessons learned, benefits and costs of implementation - Fall 1999 - 8 pages
• Saturn +5 ISO 14000 Pilot Project Group Member Organization Questionnaire Summaries
• Printed Wiring Board Case Study 7 - Identifying Objectives for Your Environmental Management Systems Materials
  December 1997 - 7 pages
• Printed Wiring Board Case Study 8 - Building an Environmental Management System: H-R Industries' Experience
  December 1997 - 7 pages
• IBM's Experience Implementing ISO 14001 on a Global Basis: Does ISO 14001 Achieve Its Intended Goals?
  FELSEF Newsletter February 1999 - 7 pages
• ABB Automation Inc., Columbus, OH
  December 1998 - 4 pages
• Environmental Management System Demonstration Project
  This final report on NSF International's Environmental Management System (EMS) Demonstration Project summarizes the EMS implementation experiences of 18 organizations of a variety of types and sizes. The goals of the project were to: (1) document the experiences of a variety of organizations as they attempted to develop an EMS based on ISO 14001; (2) demonstrate the benefits and challenges of, and incentives for, EMS implementation; (3) determine what types of tools and assistance organizations need to be successful with EMS implementation; and (4) provide a forum for organizations to learn from each others' EMS experiences. December 1996 - 112 pages

  The following are workshop presentations available in both PowerPoint and HTML that discuss individual North Carolina facility experiences:

  • IBM's Environmental Management System by Susan Clarke
  • Dawn B. Sudmeyer, Camp Lejeune
  • Sean Bir, Konica Manufacturing USA Inc.
  • Environmental Management System Development and Implementation by Don E. Carmichael, City of Gastonia Wastewater Treatment Division
  • ISO 14001 Management Perspective by Bob Danhauser, Charleston Commissioners of Public Works
  • Ford Motor Company by Bob Devlin and Gary Davis
  • Ford - Norfolk Assembly Plant by Gary Davis
  • Mercedes-Benz U.S. International Inc. by Mark L. Warner
  • NCI Inc. by Jack Rockstad
  • Purolator Products Inc. by Steve Ross
  • Benefits of an EMS to a Local Government by Steve Shoaf, et al., City of Burlington
  • Eaton - Cutler-Hammer: Gaining Competitive Advantage Through Environmental Management System by Jim Takac