Transcript Standards

DO STANDARDS MATTER?
A UK PERSPECTIVE
Frank Post, Group Communications Director
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THE BSI GROUP
• An independent, global services company
• UK’s National Standards Body as
recognized by the UK Government
• Governance along international PLC lines
– full Board of Non-Exec and Exec Directors
• Formally a Royal Charter company
since 1929
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BSI GROUP
“An independent global services
business that inspires confidence and
delivers assurance to all our customers
through standards based solutions”
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THE BSI GROUP
• A well established global service
organization
• Presence in more than 100 countries
• 2,100 employees
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GLOBAL PRESENCE
London
Washington
Beijing
Mexico City
Singapore
New Delhi
Worldwide Offices
Sao Paulo
Sydney
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BSI AS THE UK’S NATIONAL STANDARDS BODY
• Facilitate standards development
• Manage stakeholder representation from Industry,
Government, Regulators and Consumers for committees
• Represents the UK internationally at ISO and IEC
• Supports the UK Government’s commitment to EU
standardization (Directive 98/34) as the representative for
CEN and CENELEC
• Offer an expanding range of fast track products and services
to meet changing demands of the UK
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STANDARDS IN SUPPORT OF REGULATION
“I agree with the principle [of using standards in place of
regulation]...In modern communications and IT, for example, it
makes immense sense for standards – principally those driven
by the industry itself – to become the de facto mechanism for
regulating some of the technologies.”
Andrew Miller MP, Chairman of the House of Commons Regulatory Reform
Committee,
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Regulations costs UK businesses £100bn p.a (10% GDP)
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Government committed to reduce burden of regulation. Standards
seen as a means to simplify regulation and focus on risk.
• EU: 22 New Approach Directives including, electromagnetic compatibility,
and radio & telecoms – all based on state of the art performance focussed
specifications
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IMPROVING THE EFFICIENCY OF PUBLIC PROCUREMENT
“They are important to the spread of e-auctions where one of the
biggest drivers is to get the right taxonomy and specification so it is
understood by all. British standards are tremendously helpful in
letting everyone concerned know what is needed.”
Richard Abbott, Office of Government Commerce Procurement
Programmes Director
• 2003 UK public sector expenditure on procurement was £100bn.
• UK Treasury target of procurement efficiency savings of £21.4bn over 4
years
• Standards simplify the purchasing process through setting clearly defined
and consistent requirements
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STANDARDS SUPPORTING INNOVATION
“Overall, standardization should be used in a more strategic manner
for growth and procurement as it is standards that make marketable
products out of innovations.”
Innovation & Standardization, Financial Times Germany, 27th March 2007
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Standards help innovation by:
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Establishing common vocabularies
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Disseminating new technologies
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Consideration of health, safety and other aspects
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Performance specifications
Standards alignment with Innovation agenda
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Nanotechnology
Biometrics
– Cell Based Therapeutics
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Fuel Cells
– Sensors & Photonics
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Regenerative Medicine
– Advanced Materials
BSI input in to the UK’s Technology Strategy Board and Sainsbury Review of Science and
Innovation
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PERCEPTION OF STANDARDS
“You don’t wake up every morning and
say ‘Thank goodness I’ve got some
standards’. On the other hand if they
weren’t there it would make life rather
difficult. It’s a bit like anything that’s
[part of the] infrastructure – the only
time you notice it is when it’s not there
and you know it’s not working.”
“I don’t employ anyone at
management level who comes to
work today to just make sure we
do what we did yesterday. Even in
the area of safety, we are always
trying to improve, be better than
we were yesterday .”
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NATIONAL STANDARDIZATION STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK
Mission:
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Secure a step-change in the understanding and use of standards &
standardization, for the benefit of Business, Government and Society.
Activities:
• Business & Government engagement:
• Emerging technologies and fit to UK technology strategy
• Promotion of standardization to education sector
• Increased provision and content of standards training
• Work and collaboration with overseas standards making
parties
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ECONOMIC BENEFITS OF STANDARDS
“Standards are crucial to sustainable
development, they are invaluable in helping
countries develop their economies and build
capacities to compete on global market.
Standards make a positive difference to our
world.”
Former UN Secretary General, Kofi Annan
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CONTRIBUTORS TO OUTPUT GROWTH IN THE UK (1948 -2002)
Standards
Annual GDP
Growth
Technological
Change
Employment
GDP % Growth Per
Annum
Capital
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ECONOMIC BENEFITS OF STANDARDS
BSI’s portfolio of formal standards:
• Contributes £2.5 billion annually to UK GDP
• Has contributed £75 billion since 1948
• Accounts for 13% of UK labour productivity growth
• Standards are an important part of the international technology
transfer process
But will only be sustained if:
– Standards are relevant, timely and cost effective
– We communicate better the benefits and opportunities of standardization
– There is greater collaboration and harmonisation internationally
Source: DTI Empirical Economic of Standards 2005
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ECONOMIC BENEFITS OF STANDARDS
• Germany:
– Econometric study found standards contribute 1% of GNP, more
than patents & licences
– Standards help disseminate new ideas, products and technologies
– Standards have positive influence on innovation potential
– Company survey found 84% of companies use European and
International standards as part of their export strategy
• Australia:
– 1% increase in standards stock increases economy wide productivity
by 0.2%
– Water & electrical industries benefit by AUS$1.9bn p.a. through
standards establishing networks and accessing these networks
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STANDARDS PROMOTING TRADE
“International standards make a
contribution to the dismantling of
barriers to trade and thus promote
international trade”
Günter Verheugen, Vice-President, Enterprise
Industry, European Commission
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STANDARDS PROMOTING TRADE
• WTO TBT agreement: Avoid unnecessary obstacles to trade
• Allows for simplification of trade and removes obstacles to trade
• Reduces need for changing design and manufacture to meet
national requirements, reducing complexity and cost
• Provides greater choice and understanding for consumers
• China increasingly adopting
international standards as part of its
WTO commitment - c.50% of Chinese
(GB) standards are now based on
international standards
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SUCCESS THROUGH STANDARDS
• A provider of communications solutions and services
operating in 170 countries, with a turnover of £19.5bn and
more than 104,000 employees
• Uses standards to help create the future market and avoid alternative &
technical formats.
• Competition is based on:
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Design
Price
Quality
Reputation
Service
• BT used standards to help establish the viability of e-commerce for
their own, their customers and their customers’ customers benefit. This
activity alone is estimated to save the company £20m each year
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SUCCESS THROUGH STANDARDS
• A leading provider of IT solutions to retailers and
retail banking with a turn over of €1.7bn and
more than 7,000 employees
• Subsidiary, Datalect Group implemented ISO/IEC 20000
IT Service Management Standard
• Benefits include:
– Improved service levels
– Closer working of the organizations departments
– Reduction in complaints
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SUCCESS THROUGH STANDARDS
• Global IT Giant with 38,600 employees in more than
100 countries with a turn over of £11.2bn.
• Heavily involved with standardization spending c.$20m p.a. to be
involved with more than 80 standards organizations including ISO,
IEC and open source organizations
• Involvement is because :
– Aids innovation
– Propels wider industry forward
– Provides users with long term technical stability
“Successful standards expand opportunities for the entire industry”
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CHINA – UK COLLABORATION
• Strong relations developed with Chinese standardizers
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2004 SAC – BSI Joint Co-operation Agreement
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2005 CNIS – BSI Joint Co-operation Agreement
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2006 BOSTC – SAC – BSI Olympics Agreement
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Relations also developed with regional standards organizations
and other governmental bodies
Key areas of co-operation:
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Information security
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Construction
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Sustainability & environment
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Energy
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European market access
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Infrastructure
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Knowledge exchange (secondments and training)
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BSI IN CHINA
• BSI’s first office established in Hong Kong in 1995
• 10 offices employing 250 people serving 4,000 customers
including the Industrial & Commercial Bank of China, China Life
Insurance Company, Baoshan Iron & Steel, Air China
• Certification services provided to major management system
standards e.g. ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ISO 27001, ISO 20000, ISO
22000
• 2005 BSI British Standards Chief
Representative appointed to build
relations between Chinese and UK
standardizers
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CONCLUSIONS
Do standards matter?
• Pivotal in stimulating innovation, creating value, effective
procurement and reducing the regulatory burden
• Significant contribution to increasing trade, improving efficiencies
and mitigating operational risk
• Can be delivered through formal (e.g. ISO/CEN) or informal (e.g.
consortia) frameworks
• But in all cases capture and disseminate best practice
Challenge!
• Extend best practice into next practice
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CONTACT US
Name: Frank Post
Name: Gary Teng (滕钢)
Title: Group Communications
Director
Title: British Standards Manager, China
Address: Room 2008, East Ocean Center
Address: BSI Group
No.24A Jian Guo Men Wai Street
389 Chiswick High Road
Beijing
London
100004
W4 4AL
P.R.China
United Kingdom
Tel: +86 10 6515 7060
Tel: +44 (0) 20 8996 9000
Email: [email protected]
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Links: www.bsi-global.com
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