Management System Implementation – ISO Information
Apr 25th, 2012 by Jayne
Apr 2nd, 2012 by Jayne
After 20 years of Incineration – goes back to Landfill
Policy on managing waste in our own backyard is no longer in effect
The Region of Peel decision is to transport waste to landfill, after 20 years of having the waste managed and burned effectively and efficiently in Brampton, Ontario and turned into energy, creating jobs and improving environmental impacts. The facility’s track record shows this. Public concern for the facility also indicates that the public in the Region of Peel support this technology.
Increases truck traffic on Hwy 401 by 40 to 60 trucks a day
Region of Peel councillors voted 19-2 to re-direct 160,000 tonnes of garbage to landfill (Twin Creeks landfill in Warwick, Ontario). This is a decision made by councillors after one hour of reviewing options. The policy of the Region was to manage waste within their own backyard. The waste will now be trucked by Waste Management – travelling on Hwy 401 from Brampton/Mississauga to Warwick, Ontario – approximately 155 miles one way.
Is trucking the waste to Warwick, cost effective? Are gas prices not going up?
Will Waste Management of Canada Corporation come back to renegotiate disposal costs due to gas price increases?
Warwick Community Landfill
What environment, health & safety impacts will this expansion cause?
Does the community in Warwick know that the landfill they have will now be receiving more waste? In early 2008 there was an appeal to the Ontario Municipal Board by property owners over the Warwick landfill expansion, it was withdrawn after discussions with Lambton County and Waste Management of Canada.
Who is holding the controls over the destiny of what needs to be done related to managing waste? Can the public really speak up??
Public Liaison Committee – MOE requirement
Region of Peel Councillors – attendance at Public Liaison Committee – Nil
Oh public input is important to the Ministry of Environment, but what does this mean?
For the last 20 years, I have chaired the Public Liaison Committee – Waste to Energy facility incinerator, now owned by Algonquin Power, overseeing through the Certificate of Approval by the Ministry of the Environment the operations and controls on the facility and the Region of Peel’s input on waste management. During this time period, not one Region of Peel Councillor attended our meetings. Do they not represent the public???
In those 20 years, our committee has reviewed yearly stack testing reports done by outside Engineering/Consulting firm – Genivar, with results always being under the A-7 legal threshold limits. We had only one public complaint which when investigated was not directed to the facility but a neighbouring industry.
What value is the committee if Regional councillors who represent the public don’t come to any committee meetings or request input into decision making related to the facility’s operations now or for the future?
Algonquin Technology - Invested $10 million in equipment and modifications in 2010
The report in the newspaper says that the council has written off Algonquin’s technology as out of date. This facility has been the flag ship for Ontario. The Region of Peel has proudly shown many other municipalities across Canada its operations, visitors have come from around the world to see how the facility operates meeting stringent Ministry of the Environment requirements. What will these municipalities think now that they say the technology is out of date???
Algonquin Power in 2010 invested ten million dollars to upgrade and redesign its equipment and on a yearly basis they reviewed and instituted improvements to the facility. How would the Regional councillors know this? Not one of them ever attended a public liaison committee meeting – even thou they represent the community. What does the public think of this???
5 Year Plan for Region of Peel is to build another Incinerator
John Sanderson is quoted as saying this “reflects “our current fiscal environment”.
The Region is said to now save $40 million over 5 years, so that the Region can put this money to build their own incinerator. Does the Region have an account to put this savings away each year to do this? Will this be a true savings? Let’s watch.
Waste management companies have spent millions or should I say billions of dollars in environmental assessment studies and approvals to be able to build incinerators in Ontario with no success.
Will the public allow another “incinerator” in the Region of Peel in 5 years? It took 5 to 10 years of development by private industry to get the first waste to energy facility in place. Algonquin Power has the facility and the approvals to keep operating now for the next 20 years.
Why Incinerate vs. Landfill?
What is in your Garbage? Infectious waste in municipal garbage
Look at what is in your garbage. This black garbage bag we use to put our waste into contains “medical waste”. We have downsized hospitals; patients are now in the homes thanks to our government decisions to run health care more effectively. Typical regulations and policies concerning medical waste for health care facilities prohibit disposal of infectious or medical waste in landfills, unless they have been autoclaved or otherwise decontaminated.
How quickly people forget what caused the Bubonic Plague – garbage. – fleas, rodents.
What was once incinerated is now ending up in landfills due to Councillor’s decision.
Point of Use Destruction
The Region of Peel was a leader in having waste managed by burning it and creating electricity, by managing the disposal of what was created within its own boundaries. Now the Regional Councillors have made a decision to go backwards.
Will our Regional Councillors be accountable for this? How??
What impact will all this have? We now have waste being transported out of the Region. Other municipalities waste coming into our region.
Waste is big money, but making the right decisions to manage our waste is what we vote our Councillors in to look after the environment, health & safety and well being of the people within our communities.
Did the Region of Peel Councillors consider all the impacts? I do not believe so.
Do they have the background knowledge to make decisions of millions of dollars that impact the lives of the public?
Do the Regional Councillors know what the public wants? A poll was conducted by Environics Poll, March 20, 2012 of Region of Peel residents and EFW (Energy from Waste) was overwhelmingly supported by 82% of peel residents.
Public Take Charge? Speak up – tell Region of Peel Councillors what you think of their decision
What can we do now? Any input to assist in having our waste to be incinerated verses landfill would be appreciated. Tell your Regional Councillor what you think of their decision, I did.
Jayne Pilot, Chair, since 1993
Public Liaison Committee
Algonquin Power EFW/Region of Peel
Mar 26th, 2012 by Jayne
To see Honourable Jim Flaherty’s response for the Tax Incentive Program submission – Canadian Business Tax Incentive 2011-2017 – Pilot Project — The Grey Tsunami & Business Sustainability.
If we want to support jobs and economic growth in Canada, our government needs to support the business sustainability through an effective and efficient operations of business processes. In the next five to ten years, 1/3 of our population is retiring and with them goes the managers who have managed business operations for years. We need to capture this knowledge now with proper management system structures.
Mar 21st, 2012 by Jayne
January 2012 – Jayne Pilot chosen as Director for Canada Pakistan Business Council.
News Article, Jayne Pilot received Female Professional of the Year July 2011.
Jan 20th, 2011 by Jayne
Pilot Performance Resources Management Inc., with support from Industry leaders, has put forward to the Canadian Federal Government Ministry of Finance, for a Business Tax Incentive called “Canadian Management System Business Sustainability Traceability Initiative (CMS-BSTI)”, January 17th, 2011. Your comments and support is needed.
Business Sustainability
The Canadian government and business owners are increasingly aware of the constant need to improve business sustainability and quality for the global marketplace.
The Canadian Plant Insights and Strategies for Industry Leader’s survey found 31% of businesses don’t have a formal process in place to identify and mitigate risks and another 20% weren’t sure they had one.
For further details on the Canadian Plant survey results, refer to http://www.canadianmanufacturing.com/fabrication/news/business-outlook-2011-innovation-advantage-17967
The CMS-BSTI Tax incentive initiative program looks at the management of business process operations for ensuring identification of risks (environment, health & safety, quality) and management of business operations for continual improvement in performance, productivity and profits. The criteria it supports is management systems to international standards – ISO.
The Grey Tsunami and Business Sustainability
Canada’s enormous baby-boom generation will reach retirement age within the next five to ten years with more than a third of our workforce retiring. This “Grey Tsunami” will have a huge impact on the loss of Canadian skilled top managers responsible for business sustainability.
In the face of these challenges, many companies need to redesign their existing management systems in a kind of “Management System Make-over” ™ . They may also need to automate systems to ensure control of critical information and document management. These make-overs need to take place while the current management is still available to participate and offer advice and guidance.
Keeping in mind the increasing global nature of companies with international suppliers and clients, it is important to implement systems that work for your company, as well as ones that fit with international requirements, that are recognized and understood around the world. International standards have been developed by the International Organization for Standardization with input from over 170 countries.
Some of the concerns addressed by ISO 9001, the Quality Management system include:
The creation of such international systems has three immediate benefits:
CMS-BSTI Tax Incentive Program
The CMS-BSTI Tax incentive program supports improvements to business management system processes so that the knowledge and information will not be lost and that business sustainability for the future will be in place. The CMS-BSTI Tax incentive program focuses the company not just on its business plan, but its management system structure or foundation.
Eligible expenditures or activities would include consultant or staff costs for development, revision or improvement to management systems, equipment or software, training, materials, supplies, audits, etc.
Are you Ready for the Grey Tsunami?
Is your organization ready to deal with the challenges of the Grey Tsunami as it relates to managing your business operations? Do you have management system processes in place for current and future managers to operate more effectively? To what criteria do you manage your company?
Support for Canadian Business Tax Incentive for 2011-2017
Support for this tax incentive initiative has been given by standards bodies, government, registrars and industry associations.
Are you interested in supporting this Canadian Business Tax Incentive? If so, please put your comments on our blog. Your name and association or company will be added to the listing provided to the Canadian Federal Government.
Jun 3rd, 2010 by Jayne
The criteria Pilot Performance has supported since 1994 to assist Managers in improving business operations, is management systems to international standards – ISO. Business operates in a global marketplace and therefore it is imperative that all parties understand how the business is set up and managed. ISO is supported in over 170 countries.
To ensure that systems are in place whether the person responsible is absent or not is critical today. Many managers are retiring and their knowledge will also be retiring, unless systems are put in place while they are working at the company.
Automation of schedules, functions – action items that are critical for compliance and conformance need to be put in place. Tracking of key performance indicators assists top managers to know the status of the company.
Boards of Directors and investors want to know that “risks” whether related to environment, health & safety or quality are identified and managed.
With regulatory and corporate requirements being critical for the sustainability of a company, the importance of managing the business information (documents, records), corrective actions, training requirements, audit results impacts a company’s bottom line.
Managers need to have the data to make correct decisions with actual information. These action items when tied to the bottom line provide a realistic way to manage a business, as the company is in business to make a profit.
The first step is to “Identify” your organization’s risks, focusing your objectives and targets to “Insure” the monitoring and measurement for the “Improvement” and sustainability of your business.
We believe knowledge is power and therefore provide online training to assist Managers in understanding and implementing a management system framework that will ensure effectiveness and efficiency in running a business.
We support technology leverage. The automation of integrated management systems to the bottom line for sustainability, conducting business with integrity and transparency. Working on line, in real time and not reactionary, setting up processes once.
For further information on automation of management system work processes on line contact Jayne Pilot at jpilot@pilotims.com
May 19th, 2010 by Jayne
The term “environment” is used extensively today by many organizations.
The definition as defined by the International Organization for Standardization – ISO means “surroundings in which an organization operates, including air, water, land, natural resources, flora, fauna, humans and their interrelation. Note: surroundings in this context extend from within an organization to the global system.”
It is important to remember that air and water moves and has an impact not just in one location.
Risks are rising tied with the environment, and yes we have many initiatives that governments, corporations, associations, groups have put in place from energy and water conservation to green house gas, to greening buildings – LEED standards, vehicles, waste reduction and diversions, etc.
It is important to have these project or programs in place, but how are we managing them.
The term “manage” is also used extensively and we have the “environmental management system” and we have “business sustainability”. Improving on environmental initiatives saves money and improves our ecosystem.
Environmental risks have a huge effect on the return of investments, but in addition can also provide substantial tax credits under Research & Development plus capital write-offs for clean energy-generating technologies, and environment grants and funds for clean-tech projects.
The utmost benefit of implementing a management system structure to ISO is that once in place, it provides a company with an on going assurance of being managed effectively & efficiently, ensuring controls of identified risks.
May 7th, 2010 by Jayne
Emergency Preparedness Week, May 2 – 8th, 2010 is an annual Canadian event that takes place each year during the first full week of May, it is a national event coordinated by Public Safety Canada, with the provinces and territories and its partners.
Activities are organized across Canada to raise awareness of the importance of having an emergency plan, to identify risks and be prepared.
Do they check if companies have management systems in place that verify that emergencies can be managed???
Emergency management raises the understanding of risks and contributes to a safer, prosperous, sustainable, disaster resistant and resilient society, not only in Canada, but around the world. Emergency preparedness assists to prevent disasters or significantly reduce the social, economic and environmental costs and damages when events occur.
It is also an important role in managing a business, be being prepared for all kinds of emergencies to ensure the safety of workers, contractors, responders and the public. It is important to know what actions are required in an emergency, what notification, communication and documentation systems need to be in place, as well as evacuation methods and outside assistance needed.
The area of emergency preparedness is outlined in the following standards:
There are many disasters tied with emergency preparedness from bomb threats, chemical releases, nuclear emergencies, pandemics, power outages, to earthquakes, fire, floods, tornadoes, hazardous material incidents, to technological emergencies-process or system failures, etc
Gulf of Mexico – Oil Disaster
The exploding oil rig disaster that took place in the Gulf of Mexico, April 20th, 2010 illustrates the risks of drilling in offshore waters and the environmental devastation of 5,000 to 7,000 barrels a day of oil damaging our ecosystem and the economic livelihood for those living and working in the area, as well as the impact on the world for food and higher oil prices.
The following questions should be asked.
My conclusion is that companies and government need management system structures in place to ensure that risks are managed.
ISO standards should not be voluntary, but mandatory as they impact us all around the world.
Key parts of an emergency management system to international standards would consist of:
Step 1: Identify – Planning – Prevention & Mitigation, Identification of Processes and their Risks, Legal, and Plans.
Step 2: Insure – Implementation – Preparedness – Responding and managing actions through emergency response plans (documentation & records), assistance partnerships – roles/responsibilities, resource inventories, training, and equipment. Response – managing consequences, communications, search & rescue. Checking- inspections, corrective actions. Recovery – Repair or Restore
Step 3: Improve – Audits and Management Reviews – Continuous Improvement of emergency management practices and processes.
Pilot Performance provides online webinars in Emergency Preparedness Planning.
Mar 2nd, 2010 by Jayne
Business Challenges
With the downsizing of organizations today and the upcoming baby boomers going to retire in the next five to ten years, the management of businesses will be a challenge for those coming into the position as ”Managers” or “CEOs” to sustain or improve business operations and profitability.
Pilot Performance has assisted major organizations since the early 90′s in doing “Management System Make-overs” TM, utilizing the international standard (ISO) criteria for quality, environment, health & safety as the framework . We have supported integrated management systems, identifying risks tied with all processes.
What I realized after doing many audits on companies, was that businesses can have information in documents and correspondence, but in many cases they are on a person’s own computer and when a person leaves, significant information is buried down under.
To add to this dilemma, we are all working with less people and at a faster pace. It is key to track decisions, responsibilities, corrective/preventive actions to know what is going on in the business.
Companies today are also working with suppliers, clients in many countries and will need to have a way to manage more on a global front with transparent business practices. The use of the internet to access information is key for the global value network.
How can we then manage? We have to be able to work in real time to share information to be competitive and improve performance.
I then realized that the new business model will be an online automated management system, so companies can focus and share their vision, track their strategic action plans, manage and control who is responsible for what, when, etc.
We have to work in real time to be competitive in the future.
What are other companies doing to improve their business management?
Pilot Performance – Resource Management Inc.
Management System Implementation – ISO Information
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