Most recently revised standards such as ISO9001, ISO14001 and ISO45001 now all follow a common structure called "Annex SL". This means that these standards have the same general headings and many common requirements such as context, leadership, training and competence, documented information, internal auditing, management review and corrective action. As a result, implementing integrated systems is much easier and effective that never before.

The implementation of an integrated management system (or the integration of existing, separate management systems) will greatly reduce the time, workload and effort versus having multiple standalone systems. Integrated systems also require less time to audit than individual, standalone systems so your external audit duration and certification costs will be greatly reduced.