Major U.S. Airline

Project Summary: Continental Airlines operates greater than 200 facilities worldwide ranging for aircraft maintenance facilities to major hubs to remote stations. Environmental Affairs are centralized in Houston, Texas and a staff of 5 is responsible for environmental compliance and management at each of these facilities. This very lean group was overwhelmed with data about sites but had very little available information for day-to-day use. EDSG was contracted to develop a strategic plan for management of a wide variety of environmental information. Functional requirements considered in the strategic plan and solution design were:

• Compliance management
• Facilities information
• Environmental cost tracking
• Remediation project tracking
• Document management
• Air permits
• Wastewater permits
• Waste management
• Chemical inventory
• Spill reporting

For each functional area, EDSG assessed current work practices, applications in place (if any), requirements for future solutions, integration points with other business applications, and output requirements. In addition to addressing functional requirements, EDSG addressed technical requirements and the framework required by Continental IT staff for new applications. Based on the analysis of processes, current and future, EDSG recommended an EHS MIS strategy and solution design for Continental. This design consisted of the use of existing applications, new COTS applications, integration with existing systems, and development of a web interface tying all components together.

Advanced Micro Devices (AMD)

Service: Detailed Design

Project Summary: Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) is a global supplier of advanced computer chip technology with 15 production and assembly locations in the U.S., Europe and Asia. As a part of AMD’s annual corporate sustainability reporting program, corporate EHS personnel are charged with collecting and rolling-up key EHS performance indicator (or metrics) data from each location semi-annually. Due to the challenges associated with managing and maintaining multiple spreadsheets along with the need for controlling data entry and streamlining summary report generations, AMD hired EDSG to help them identify potential market solutions to better automate their process.

EDSG assisted AMD with defining their functional requirements and completed a market assessment where two commercial products were recommended for further analysis. After facilitating vendor demos wherein AMD selected their top choice, EDSG recommended that AMD consider a pilot implementation prior to final software purchase to ensure quality of fit and assess the software vendor’s support capability. EDSG, in concert with the software vendor and key AMD personnel, conducted the pilot wherein the software was configured and loaded with historical AMD facility data. Feedback from users was solicited and a summary report of software strengths/weaknesses, vendor performance and overall fit for AMD was generated.

Motorola (SPS)

Project Summary: Motorola is a major telecommunications and electronic equipment manufacturer with sites and operations worldwide. EDSG contracted with the Semiconductor Products Sector (i.e. division) to assist with a market software evaluation for replacing legacy methods and systems associated with hazardous material, chemical inventory, MSDS, air EHS MISsions and compliance task management. A needs assessment and requirements workshop was conducted to identify mandatory vs. preferred requirements and to assess existing system functionality. Once the requirements were established, a thorough market assessment was conducted followed by an overall solution design which incorporated a core commercial engine with minimal custom components. Selected software modules were subsequently configured and deployed at eight manufacturing sites world wide. Those modules included:

• Hazardous material management and inventory tracking
• Materials Safety Data Sheet management
• Compliance/task management
• Air EHS MISsions management

Pfizer

 

Project Summary: Due to recent and ongoing major acquisitions, Pfizer is currently the world’s largest pharmaceutical company. As a result, they are working to leverage and consolidate EHS information management systems from a corporate and global perspective. EDSG conducted a custom developed benchmarking survey for Pfizer focusing both within the pharmaceutical industry and across industry lines to determine best practices for their specific needs and structure. The benchmark results set the framework for the next step – to develop an EHS MIS Strategic Plan/Solution Design on both the corporate and business levels.