Standardization, Standards, Innovation

Newell Hampson-Jones, Education Sector Representative, British Standards Institution

7th December, 2011

Produced in Collaboration with:Dr Robert HeinemannUniversity of Manchester

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What are standards?

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Before Standardization

• c. 3000 BC – c. 1500 BC Indus Valley Civilization First to develop uniform weights and measures

• c. 80–70 BC – c. 15 BC Marcus Vitruvius Pollio ‘The first engineer’

• 1215 Magna Carta Clause 35 established consistent measures

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The Birth of Standardization

• Industrial Revolution

• 1841 – Sir Joseph Whitworth

• 1850 onwards – The birth of the railways

• 1895 – Henry Skelton

• 1901 – Sir John Wolfe-Barry

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History of BSI

1900

2010

1946

Founder member of ISO

1929

Granted Royal Charter

1901

Engineering Standards Committee founded in London

1903

Kitemark introducedFirst StandardsBS 1 published

1931

Renamed BSI

1959

First laboratories opened

1964

Founder Member of CEN & CENELEC

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Types of Standard

Low High

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European Standards (EN)

Publicly Available Specifications (PAS)

Private Standards

British Standards (BS)

Corporate Technical Specifications

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• Proposal for new work• Project acceptance• Drafting• Public Comment• Approval• Publication• Review

The Standardization Process

• European standards body

• Differences in process

• Adoption by Weighted vote

European Committee for

Standardization (CEN)

• International (global) standards body

• One member, one vote.

• Final Draft International Standard

International Organization for Standardization

(ISO)

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Standards and

Innovation

Blind, K.., Gauch, S., (2007). “Standardization Benefits Researchers.” Wissenschaftsmanagement Special, 2007 (2), pp. 16-17

Standards and Innovative Research

Standards in the research and innovation process, by Blind & Gauch

Bakal, M., (2011). Challenges and Opportunities For The Medical Device Industry: Meeting The New IEC 62304 Standard RTC, [online] Available at:<http://rtcmagazine.com/articles/view/102203>.

Bakal’s typical stages both software and hardware teams use for analysis, design, implementation, and testing.

Using Standards to Design & Engineer

Innovation

Using Standards to Design & Engineer

Innovation

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Testing• Snapshot in time

• Susceptible to golden sampling

• “The sample submitted complied with the requirements of EN XXXX”

Certification• More than just a

test or quality control system

• Many certification and testing bodies in the UK

• UKAS (United Kingdom Accreditation Service)

Testing and Certification

Using Standards to Design & Engineer

Innovation

CE Mark

• Conformity to New Approach Directives

• Not a quality mark

• Mandatory in the EU

• BSI cannot give authority to apply the CE marking

• It is illegal to use the CE marking on a product that is outside the scope of all the New Approach directives.

Kitemark is…• Owned exclusively by BSI

• Issued under Licence

• 3rd party voluntary mark of quality and safety

The Process• Pre-Audit visit

• Initial Assessment visit

• Type Testing of new product

• Initial assessment report

• Award of Kitemark

• Continuing assessment visits

• Audit testing

CE and the Kitemark®

Using Standards to Design & Engineer

Innovation

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Useful Standards to Follow

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• Become a Committee member

• Become a Consumer & Public Interest representative

• Join BSI

• Join the British Standards Society

• Become a BSI author

• Standards Development & Standards Proposal websites

How Can You Get Involved?

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• Become a Committee member

• Become a Consumer & Public Interest representative

• Join BSI

• Join the British Standards Society

• Become a BSI author

• Standards Development & Standards Proposal websites

• Become a user of standards Standards and publications

Self-assessment tools

British Standards Online (BSOL)

How Can You Get Involved?

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Name: Newell Hampson-Jones

Title: Education Sector Representative

Address: BSI

389 Chiswick High Road

London

W4 4AL

Telephone: 020 8996 7227 / 07767 886 713

Email: newell.hampson-jones@bsigroup.com

Links: www.bsigroup.com / www.bsieducation.org

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