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The Big Picture About Environmental Management Systems Lawrence D. Fredendall Department of Management Clemson University What is a System? Set of interacting elements that form a whole “regularly interacting or interdependent groups of items forming a unified whole towards the achievement of a goal” (APICS Dictionary, Cox and Blackstone eds., 1998) Environmental Management Systems (EMS) What is an EMS? Part of overall management structure Purpose of EMS Address immediate long-term environmental impacts Why have an EMS? Provide order and consistency in methods EPA View of EMS Purpose(Unite