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Environmental Management Systems: Process Mapping Approach

Process mapping is an approach to systematically analyze a particular process by mapping each individual step, or unit operation, undertaken in that process in chronological sequence. The following document utilizes screen printing to help illustrate how to go about process mapping your company's production processes.

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Environmental Management Systems: Process Mapping Approach (Draft) (PDF)(15 pp, 63 K)