{"id":28,"date":"2015-03-26T23:05:14","date_gmt":"2015-03-26T23:05:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pinnacleeg.com\/iso\/iso-14001-certification-johnson-matthey\/"},"modified":"2015-04-08T15:59:35","modified_gmt":"2015-04-08T15:59:35","slug":"iso-14001-certification-johnson-matthey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.pinnacleeg.com\/iso\/iso-14001-certification-johnson-matthey\/","title":{"rendered":"Case Study &#8211; ISO 14001 Certification &#8211; Johnson Matthey"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"justify\"><strong><em>&#8220;We wanted a system that not only worked for us, but one that added value to our business. With the Lean EMS\u00ae approach as a framework we developed a robust EMS that is at once a strong foundation and a useful system&#8221;<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"right\"><strong><em>Corbin Kearns, Plant Manager<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><strong>Outcome:<\/strong><br \/>\nJohnson Matthey, Smithfield, PA uses Pinnacle&#8217;s <a title=\"ISO 14001 implementation\" href=\"http:\/\/www.pinnacleeg.com\/ISO-14000-14001-Training-Consulting.php\/page\/services\/service\/environmental-management-systems-EMS\" target=\"_blank\">Lean EMS\u00ae methodology<\/a> as a framework to achieve <a title=\"ISO 14001 Certification\" href=\"http:\/\/www.pinnacleeg.com\/sspems-lean-ems-curriculum.php\/page\/services\/service\/leanemscurriculum\" target=\"_blank\">ISO 14001 certification<\/a> and lay a foundation for achieving global environmental sustainability objectives.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><strong>Industry:<\/strong><br \/>\nAutomotive OEM Manufacturing, Chemical<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><strong>Objective:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>To develop a robust EMS that can evolve as production grows, consistent with Johnson Matthey&#8217;s global environmental sustainability values.<\/li>\n<li>Achieve <a title=\"ISO 14001 Certification\" href=\"http:\/\/www.pinnacleeg.com\/sspems-lean-ems-curriculum.php\/page\/services\/service\/leanemscurriculum\" target=\"_blank\">ISO 14001 certification<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Minimize bureaucracy and EMS management overhead.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p align=\"justify\"><strong>Approach:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Use Pinnacle Enterprise Group&#8217;s <a title=\"ISO 14001 Consultants\" href=\"http:\/\/www.pinnacleeg.com\/ISO-14000-14001-Training-Consulting.php\/page\/services\/service\/environmental-management-systems-EMS\" target=\"_blank\">Lean EMS\u00ae<\/a> to guide us through the process efficiently.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p align=\"justify\"><strong>Benefits:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Rapid implementation and certification.<\/li>\n<li>A robust EMS ready for immediate use and easy to manage.<\/li>\n<li>User-friendly documentation improved training effectiveness and ownership.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p align=\"justify\"><strong>Lean EMS\u00ae Supports Commitment to Sustainability<\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">One of Johnson Matthey&#8217;s newest plants is located in Smithfield, PA. The new facility is part of the Environmental Technologies Division within Johnson Matthey&#8217;s worldwide manufacturing operations. Johnson Matthey Smithfield manufactures catalysts for the automotive and diesel truck markets, so they are very much interested in pro-active environmental leadership both internally and toward their customers.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">One of the first items of business when the plant opened in August 2009 was to put a stand alone <a title=\"ISO 14001 Environmental Management System\" href=\"http:\/\/www.pinnacleeg.com\/ISO-14000-14001-Training-Consulting.php\/page\/services\/service\/environmental-management-systems-EMS\" target=\"_blank\">Environmental Management System<\/a> in place that would reflect Johnson Matthey&#8217;s global sustainability priorities as a company, serve as a foundation for operating the business and become a scalable tool as the facility evolved. A rapid implementation was not the first priority, but the company wanted to have the system in place early in the life of the facility.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">Plant manager Corbin Kearns and Health and Safety Engineer Mary Lynn Seremet both had previous experience with environmental management systems, so when they evaluated a partner for guidance in the <a title=\"ISO 14001 Implementation\" href=\"http:\/\/www.pinnacleeg.com\/sspems-lean-ems-curriculum.php\/page\/services\/service\/leanemscurriculum\" target=\"_blank\">implementation<\/a>, Pinnacle Enterprise Group&#8217;s <a title=\"ISO 14001 Consulting\" href=\"http:\/\/www.pinnacleeg.com\/sspems-lean-ems-curriculum.php\/page\/services\/service\/leanemscurriculum\" target=\"_blank\">Lean EMS\u00ae<\/a> was especially interesting to them.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">&#8220;The approach was attractive because it seemed very straightforward,&#8221; stated Kearns. &#8220;It&#8217;s intuitive and because it&#8217;s visual-based it seemed easier to follow than traditional text-based systems.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">Johnson Matthey Smithfield had already decided that settling for an <a title=\"ISO 14001 Certification\" href=\"http:\/\/www.pinnacleeg.com\/sspems-lean-ems-curriculum.php\/page\/services\/service\/leanemscurriculum\" target=\"_blank\">ISO 14001 certification<\/a> alone would have little benefit to them. They were interested in using the opportunity of their <a title=\"ISO 14001 Implementation\" href=\"http:\/\/www.pinnacleeg.com\/sspems-lean-ems-curriculum.php\/page\/services\/service\/leanemscurriculum\">ISO 14001 EMS implementation<\/a> to create a useful system, a foundation which could be built upon for continual improvement. According to Corbin and Mary Lynn, that is exactly what they have achieved.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">Pinnacle&#8217;s <a title=\"ISO 14001 Training\" href=\"http:\/\/www.pinnacleeg.com\/sspems-lean-ems-curriculum.php\/page\/services\/service\/leanemscurriculum\" target=\"_blank\">Lean EMS\u00ae<\/a> helped the company to create a basic set of processes and documents which left a solid framework specific to Johnson Matthey Smithfield&#8217;s requirements. According to the leadership, it gave them a starting point which was already robust, so it could be easily added to and improved upon, but it was also immediately useful in the day to day operations.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">The characteristic of the project that pleased the company most was that they actually were not surprised by anything. The ease of implementation in working with Pinnacle performed to expectation in every way.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">Pinnacle took them step by step through development of the lean visual system. The company completed the process in less than 5 months and passed the <a title=\"ISO 14001 Certification\" href=\"http:\/\/www.pinnacleeg.com\/sspems-lean-ems-curriculum.php\/page\/services\/service\/leanemscurriculum\" target=\"_blank\">ISO 14001 certification<\/a> audit with 0 nonconformances. When the certification was complete, Johnson Matthey Smithfield possessed an intuitive system that was simple for everyone to use and added value to the business.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;We wanted a system that not only worked for us, but one that added value to our business. With the Lean EMS\u00ae approach as a framework we developed a robust EMS that is at once a strong foundation and a useful system&#8221; Corbin Kearns, Plant Manager Outcome: Johnson Matthey, Smithfield, PA uses Pinnacle&#8217;s Lean EMS\u00ae [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,6,10,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-continual-improvement","category-iso14001","category-pinnacle-enterprise-group","category-process-improvement"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.pinnacleeg.com\/iso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.pinnacleeg.com\/iso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.pinnacleeg.com\/iso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.pinnacleeg.com\/iso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.pinnacleeg.com\/iso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.pinnacleeg.com\/iso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":53,"href":"http:\/\/www.pinnacleeg.com\/iso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28\/revisions\/53"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.pinnacleeg.com\/iso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.pinnacleeg.com\/iso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.pinnacleeg.com\/iso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}