Environmental Management Information Systems: Making the Business Case

摘要

Fueled by the commingling of data for business administration, regulatory compliance, environmental management, and corporate social responsibility (CSR), Environmental Management Information System ("EMIS") software has evolved from an unwelcome expense and liability to an essential asset to leverage for competitive advantage. Because of its elevation in the evolutionary chain, the archaic EMIS moniker is being quickly replaced by the more appropriate EERP ("Environmental Enterprise Resource Planning"). As your organization looks for ways to gain competitive advantage, EERP software, not an old-fashioned EMIS, will facilitate the optimal flow of business and environmental data across the internal and external boundaries of your organization to help drive improvements in operational efficiency, differentiation of products and services, and enhancement of corporate brand value. In this article, we will look at the evolution of EMIS and ERP to EEPR and the value of EERP software including the added benefits of a cloud-computing solution. We will also consider how to extract the most value from your EERP software.