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Accreditation

How can accreditation apply to your business?

Accreditation applies to various types of conformity assessment body.

Conformity assessment is the demonstration that what is being supplied meets the requirements specified or claimed. It can be applied to a product, service, process, management system or a body or persons, and includes activities such as testing, inspection, certification, and validation and verification.

The organisations that make these checks are called conformity assessment bodies.

 

Why should your organisation become accredited?

More and more businesses are choosing accreditation because of the opportunities and benefits it brings.

Accreditation can:

  • Assure the efficiency and validity of processes
  • Confirm accuracy of measurements
  • Create assurance around innovation
  • Demonstrate technical competence
  • Prove impartiality
  • Deliver confidence
  • Gain commercial advantages
  • Increase international acceptance for import & export