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Are you "Fit to supply" 2012 Olympic Games?
25 Jul 2008
Topics: Olympics
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. According to the Business Link website (www.businesslink.gov.uk), "Purchasing decisions are increasingly based on whether suppliers can demonstrate their ability to deliver services and products to consistently high levels of quality, efficiency and competence. As well as private sector companies, central government and local authority bodies are particularly attracted to businesses with management systems standards in place."
The site goes on to point out that standards such as ISO 9001 for quality management, OHSAS 18001 for health and safety management and ISO 14001 for environmental management provide these assurances, as well as a framework to monitor and control business processes and risks. As a consequence, BSI and Business Link have created the "Fit to Supply" scheme, which offers a "simple, structured and cost-effective way for businesses to demonstrate competence through official certification". The scheme helps identify what is compliant and whether there are any gaps in a company's practices and procedures.
Certified companies will be able to "confirm to existing and potential customers, investors, shareholders, employees and suppliers that they are officially Fit to Supply", the site points out - a major step on the road to London 2012.
For more information: www.bsigroup.com/july08fittosupply
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