Hazardous materials are contained in many products used to operate and maintain military installations, weapons systems, and equipment, and they can pose significant risks to the overall DoD mission. To ensure that these risks are appropriately controlled during daily business operations, DoD launched the hazardous materials (Hazmat) business process reengineering (BPR) initiative.
The Hazmat BPR provides a foundation for continual improvement in DoD performance across all DoD Military Services and Defense Agencies. Integrated into the DoD Business Enterprise Architecture in 2006, the Hazmat BPR established requirements for reliable Hazmat information and a common business process for Hazmat management—within a rigorous environmental management system framework.
DoD's Environment, Safety, and Occupational Health (ESOH) and Logistics communities are currently developing a Hazmat Master Data Capability (MDC)—leveraging the Defense Logistics Agency's overall MDC effort—to provide centralized access to accurate, standardized Hazmat data.
Hazmat BPR requirements will improve Hazmat operational controls, reduce DoD's data management workload, and enhance overall ESOH support to the warfighter. BEI is actively engaged in helping the Military Services and Defense Agencies implement these transformational Hazmat requirements.
For more information, see Hazardous Materials Process Controls and Information Management (HMPC&IM) in the BEI Library.
Protecting and improving resources available to the warfighter—both in-theater and at home—helps DoD sustain its operations.
To foster integration of environmental and business practices, the Environment, Safety, and Occupational Health (ESOH) portion of the DoD Business Enterprise Architecture (BEA) utilizes an environmental management system (EMS) approach. The foundational products in the BEA are an activity model ("what we do") and a business process model ("how we do it"). Each of these architectural products is developed within an EMS structure—required by DoD Directive 4715.1, Environment, Safety, and Occupational Health—providing the architectural foundation for continual improvement in ESOH performance.
The ESOH content in the BEA is closely aligned with DoD's overall ESOH policy, providing a synergy that accelerates progress toward ESOH strategic goals set forth in the DUSD (I&E) Defense Installations Strategic Plan.
