BSI Standards Solutions
Developing and Publishing standards for
organisations, companies and government

Standards Development
What is a standard?
• A standard is an agreed way of doing something
• A set of principles agreed between multiple stakeholders
• Developed voluntarily by technical experts and relevant stakeholders
• They are voluntarily applied unless when taken up into legislation or
contracts
• Standards formats:
Standards take many different formats as guidelines, methods, codes
of practice, requirement specifications and vocabulary

About BSI
Who We Are
BSI is a Royal Charter Company since 1929
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Fully self-funded “non-profit-sharing” company
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Governance along international PLC lines - full Board of Directors
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Three divisions:
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Britain’s
National
Standards
Body

BSI Standards Solution’s Principles and Values
• Core Principles for our Business
– Independence
– Integrity
– Innovation

Where you can find us
2,750 staff worldwide Operations in over 120 countries 56 offices globally
London
Washington Beijing
Mexico City
Dubai Singapore
New Delhi
Sao Paulo
Sydney

BSI Standards Solutions looks at the world from another angle

BSI Standards Solutions
Founded in 2001 – clients asked for consultancy services
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Consultancy unit of BSI British Standards
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Provides solutions for clients – built on a consultancy model
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Tailor projects to meet individual clients’ needs, with a fast and flexible
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solution
Goal: To assist clients achieve their strategic goals and maximise their
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value proposition through standardization

Standards Development – Why ?
Some reasons why organisations standardize
Customer expectations - for consistency in products and services
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Minimising risk in a volatile business market
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Effective internal communications, co-ordination and control
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Clarity of specifications with suppliers
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Removal of unacceptable practices
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Dissemination of good practices – internal and external
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Demonstrate and control global leadership in an area
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Codification of tacit knowledge
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Flexible to rapid change
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Ease of use in complex environments
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Brand protection
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You have to consider many factors as a company today

Standards Strategies

BSI Standards Solutions
Our services…

Publicly Available Specification - PAS
• The PAS is a consultative publication where the
development process and written format is based on
the British Standard model
• Any organisation, association or group who wish to
document standardised best practice can publish a
PAS
• The PAS requires less consensus-building than an
ISO, European or British Standard and offers the
sponsor more control over how the content is
developed

PAS benefits
• Faster development process than a full consensus British
Standard
• Capture and share knowledge across the industry
• An effective tool to build awareness and develop a market
• A credible document as a result of BSI’s independence in
facilitating the process of consensus building with the
stakeholders
• A PAS can be produced for product specifications, codes of
practice, guidelines, vocabularies
• A document that provides a benchmark for assessment
• A PAS has the potential to be developed for promotion into
the formal standards process at the National, European or
International level

PAS 911 Fire Strategies – Guidance and Framework

Other standard services by BSI Standards Solution
• Research – what other standards are there in the
world in your industry? Can you copy any of the best
practice? BSI has the tools to find out this for you.
• Standards portfolio management – some major
companies today have several thousands of internal
standards, written and published in different styles.
This can be very confusing for the staff world-wide
when they try to comply. BSI can help you to map out
which you need and then edit them into a professional
format.

Compliance Research
Compliance
• Increasing the need for compliance
– Litigation
– Shareholders’ demands
• We conduct research to assist
clients to comply with:
– Standards and legislation
– Labelling and packaging requirements
– Environmental requirements
– Certification and testing requirements
• Our other services include:
– Building & maintaining online compliance
databases
– Technical translations

Compliance Research
Case Study | A Multi-National Bank
Issue: Exposure to unknown levels of compliance
related risk across MNC
Implications: Damage to brand and reputation in
the event of crisis; liability
Project: Establish a common set of standards
benchmarked against best practice
Benefits: Brand protection; strengthened
compliance capability; leverage of existing IT
systems
Developing a standards strategy helped this
Developing a standards strategy helped this
major global financial institution identify and
major global financial institution identify and
implement the appropriate standards to
implement the appropriate standards to
manage and control risk across the business
manage and control risk across the business

Compliance Research
Case Study | Brewing Research Int’l
Issue: Varying labelling requirements across different
countries
Implications: Products not allowed into countries
through customs due to inaccurate labels
Project: Identify labelling requirements in 27 countries
Benefits: Reduce labelling costs; eliminate hold-ups
at customs; industry cooperation to pool resources
through their trade association (BRI)
BRI Members: Nine of the world’s top ten brewers
Conducting compliance research helps
Conducting compliance research helps
businesses know and understand their
businesses know and understand their
obligations, enabling the possibility to reduce
obligations, enabling the possibility to reduce
costs and lower the corporate risk profile
costs and lower the corporate risk profile

Portfolio Management
Portfolio Management
• Strategy Development (i.e. GAP Analysis)
– Internal review
– Benchmarking
– Identification of gaps
• Compliance Research
– Legislative
– Standards
– Industry practices
• Standards Development (public and/or private)
• Maintenance
– Strategy
– Standards

Portfolio Management
Case Study | National Grid (Transco)
Issue: Industry break-up leading to fears of
divergence, legal responsibilities and risk
Implications: Safety case to regulator needed
re-stating; new hub for inter-operability
Project: Review & optimise suite of standards
Deliverables: Revised & optimised suite of
industry standards; industry consensus; testing
schemes
By developing a bespoke standards portfolio
By developing a bespoke standards portfolio
for National Grid, BSI ensured the standards
for National Grid, BSI ensured the standards
were up to date, fit for purpose, consensus-
were up to date, fit for purpose, consensus-
based, and remain so for many years to come
based, and remain so for many years to come

Supply Chain Management
Key issues in supply chain management…
• Traceability of products and services
• Demands for CSR from customers and shareholders
• Sustainability
– Environmental
– Social
– Economic
• Business continuity and risk planning
• Demands on suppliers

Supply Chain Management
How BSI can help integration across the supply chain
Set standards,
Demonstrate Maintain
identify compliance
Audit supply Certify and
accountability supply chain
needs, and build
chains and provide
and certified management
supply chain
test materials quality marks
status system
management
systems
BSI Standards Solutions

Supply Chain Management
Case Study | Global Mining Company
Issue: Traceability in supply chain
Implications: Exposure to ethical issue and quality
issues
Project: Establish a standard methodology for
assurance of traceability in the supply chain; train
suppliers and vendors along the supply chain on the
new standard
Benefits: Brand protection; underpin brand strategy &
product mark; avoid regulatory intervention
By developing a standard with BSI to manage its
By developing a standard with BSI to manage its
supply chain our client has independently ensured
supply chain our client has independently ensured
the CSR aspects of its products and underpinned
the CSR aspects of its products and underpinned
the core value and image of its brand
the core value and image of its brand

BSI Standards Solutions
Our Clients…

BSI Standards Solutions – Contact us
Healthcare, fire, health & safety, quality
Contact: Chris Bell chris.bell@bsigroup.com 0208 996 7921
IT, ICT, transport and logistics
Contact: Tim Christmas tim.christmas@bsigroup.com 0208 996 7903
Energy, environment, manufacturing and services, international projects
Contact: Quincy Lissaur quincy.lissaur@bsigroup.com 0208 996 7468
Construction, risk, BCM, crisis management
Contact: Sofie Sandell sofie.sandell@bsigroup.com 0208 996 7934
General queries
Contact: Rob Greaves robert.greaves@bsigroup.com 0208 669 7381
Our website: www.bsi-global.com/en/Standards-and-Publications/How-we-can-
help-you/Professional-Standards-Service