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INTRODUCTION TO BSI
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Content
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• BSI Group
• BSI Business Information
• BS Online

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BSI vision
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Every day, people all over the world use and rely
on goods, commodities and services that have been
designed, inspected, tested or traded relying on
BSI
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HISTORY
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• Est. 1901
• Worlds 1st National Standards Body

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Royal Charter
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BSI is incorporated by Royal Charter which gives
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Independence Integrity Impartiality
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BSI Group
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Product Certification
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• KITEMARK
• Wholly owned by BSI
• Introduced in 1903
• Consumer Safety Mark, gt 80 Awareness UK
• Internationally recognised
• 2,000 licence holders

• CE MARK
• Under European Directives CE marking is a legal
  requirement
• BSI is a Notified Body for most major European
  Directives (16 out of 21)
• 2,700 CE certificates

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The first 100 years from this
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The first 100 years to this
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• Cardiac pacemakers
• Biocontamination control
• Atomic and nuclear physics
• Quality and Management Systems
• IT Security

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British Standards
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• 2,000 standards published p.a.
• 24,000 current British Standards
• 10,000 current standards projects
• 2,500 research and development committees for UK,
  Europe International
• 23,000 research and development committee members

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Original Content Creators
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• ISO 90002000 (Quality Management System)
• was BS 5750
• ISO 14000 (Environmental Management System)
• was BS 7750
• ISO 17799 (Information Security)
• was BS 7799
• OHSAS 18001 (Occupational Health Safety)
• was PAS 88

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BSI Business Information
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• Commercial arm of BS (publications, conferences,
  solutions)
• Goal is to bring products to market through
• dynamic NPD
• sales marketing
• customer services
• and relationship building

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BSI Business Information
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• Main target customers
• Large corporates
• Government
• Educational and academic institutions
• SME

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BSI GROUP Key Asian Customers
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BSI Business Information
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Other Products

• Books
• Beyond Registration (ISO 9000)
• Risk Management for Good Governance
• Guidance and Directories
• CE Marking for Machinery
• Electrical Plugs and Wiring/world Electricity
  Supplies

• CD-ROM
• - BS 8888 Technical Product
  Specifications
• - EMS Standards and Guidance
• - ISO 9000 Quality Management
  Implementation

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British Standards Online
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• Intuitive and user-friendly, keeping training to
  a minimum
• Content is King!
• Most Comprehensive and authoritative source of
  British, European and International standards
• 42,000 standards
• Searchable by 12 variables

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British Standards Online
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• Over 24,000 current documents
• PDF download
• Includes withdrawn documents
• Still relevant
• 53 modules, many subject areas

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British Standards Online
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• Value of BSOL in the Asian Market
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• British Standards adopts all European Standards
• One of the most comprehensive and extensive
  standards database in the world
• One-stop shopping for British, European and
  International Standards

Essential for exporting Asian products to right
specification
Essential for setting up business in European
markets
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British Standards Online
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Success in Asia Pacific

• BSOL has long standing subscription with Hong
  Kong Polytechnic University
• Eurocodes new construction standards included
  in BSOL
• Vietnam has formally adopted Eurocodes, Singapore
  and Malaysia soon to do so

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British Standards Online
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• www.bsonline.bsi-global.com
• Log on and try for yourself!