BUSINESS STANDARDS
is the quarterly magazine of BSI Group, highlighting the vital role that standards play in today's business environment. Regular features include interviews with leading business figures, as well as news on the latest developments in management systems and standards.
Change comes to China
25 Jul 2008
Topics: China
BSI British Standards has launched a new online standards portal, which will provide Chinese industry stakeholders and policy officials with access to international standards information and technical regulations. With this launch, British Standards continues to make inroads into the world's second largest economy. The bilingual portal (www.standardsgateway.org) was developed jointly by BSI and the Standardization Administration of the People's Republic of China (SAC). It is intended to facilitate international trade between the UK and the People's Republic of China. The portal offers access to nearly 100,000 national, regional and international standards and guidelines, as well as a core database containing 3,000 standards records considered vital to successful trade between the two nations. In addition, the portal includes educational materials on the structure, history and operation of the UK and Chinese standards systems.
For more information: www.standardsgateway.org
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BSI British Standards has launched its online Draft Review system for national Drafts for Public Comment (DPCs).
Business continuity comes to ICT
When BSI published PAS 77IT Service continuity management. Code of practice in 2006, it sparked such interest that it set the stage for a new British Standard. The result is BS 25777 Code of practice for information and communications technology continuity, which has been published as a draft for public comment and is targeted for publication before the end of the year.
Are you "Fit to supply" 2012 Olympic Games?
Business Link, the support and networking agency funded primarily by the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (BERR), is working with BSI to help companies in their goal to win contracts for the 2012 Olympic Games.
Given the forthcoming revision to ISO 9001 Quality management systems, it's a good time to remind everyone that 13 November 2008 is World Quality Day.
A new edition of ISO 9001, the quality management system standard, is being introduced in Autumn 2008. This will be the fourth edition of the standard, first published in 1987.
We are under increasing pressure to comply with a growing number of regulations and to maintain growth - while under greater scrutiny than ever before. How can this be good for business?
We are all in the risk management business. In the current climate, as consumers we are encouraged to claim compensation or sue for damages for almost any negative incident we encounter.
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