Standards Development SABS CONFIDENTIAL Mmakgabo Maheya 1 1
Standards Development SABS CONFIDENTIAL Mmakgabo Maheya 1
1 Background of SABS and structure 2 Key principles in standards development 3 Deliverables and benefits 4 Knowledge Management in Practice 2 CONTENT
Background Governed by Standards Act (Act 8 of 2008) as a national standardisation body. Mission: to provide and promote standardization services Objectives: Protecting the integrity of the market and the end user Creating a competitive advantage for the SA Industry Improving market access to South African companies both locally and internationally: Participation at regional (SADC, ARSO, AFSEC, etc. ) International (ISO, IEC, etc. ) Globally acceptable standards are considered first 3 Background
Develop, promote and maintain South African National Standards Promote quality in connection with commodities , products & services • To promote access to markets • To advance socio-economic wellbeing of SA in global economy • Localisation of production in support of government’s Industrial Policy Action Plan (IPAP) Render conformity assessment services and assist in matters connected therewith • Facilitate access of markets for SA industries – improving their competitiveness in global environment SABS MANDATE 4
Standardisation SABS Structure Certification Testing Standards 5
Key principles Committees with a balanced stakeholder representation Standards development process Regulators Government NGO’s Industry Consumer SMME’s Academia Labour 6
Project approach, market relevance, coherence, transparency and consensus based principles Key Principles • Stage 1: Preliminary Project proposal, allocation, registration • Stage 2: impact assessment Value add • Stage 5: Committee stage Circulation of Committee Draft_3 weeks • Stage 3: SAC approval • Stage 4: Preparatory WG establishment, Working Draft Project approval • Stage 6: Public enquiry • Stage 7: Approval stage Circulation of DSS_ 60 days Approval and publication
Principles . Developed by TCs . Chaired by an elected member – preferably external to SABS. . Subject matter Expert. Serve a renewable 3 year term . Participating _attend meetings, vote and attend. . Conditions for upgrade & downgrade of status. . Negative impacts of not fulfilling obligations of “P” membership . Secretariat support provided by SABS serves as a publication house. Strategic Business Plan - Focus approach of activities and serves as “business plan” of committee – available publicly on website
SANS STA SATS/SATR/CKS • NWI • WG • NWI • SABS TC/ SC • WG • DSS • SABS TC/SC • WG • SAC • PUBLICATION • Publication • NWI Deliverables
Benefits of standards • Competitive edge equips businesses with relevant information on emerging trends and changing practices. • Innovation Participation in standards development exposes businesses to the expertise and research of other organizations within the same industry or sector. • Confidence and status means for organizations to demonstrate social, health and environmental responsibility in their business practices. 10 Benefits
Benefits Cost savings and increased revenue Makes delivery of a service more efficient and cost-effective by reducing costs for development and production 11
SABS TC 170 – KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT SCOPE focus on the framework, terminologies, methods, processes, tools and techniques, to enable organizations to develop and retain critical knowledge and experience in order to improve SABS CONFIDENTIAL • Standardization in the field of knowledge management that will performance and sustain competitiveness within their operating environment. 12
• ISO 9001: 2015 as well as ISO 55001 recognises knowledge as an organisational asset that requires appropriate management. • A standard will assist organisational leaders in identifying and applying best practice within their organisations to improve performance and sustainability. • Due to rapid urbanisation, the Indigenous Knowledge Base is similarly under threat. • The standard will provide assurance that this national asset is captured effectively and remains accessible to future generations. • The standard will contribute to economic strengthening by contributing to more effective transfer of knowledge and skills to build capacity and capability in order to maintain competitiveness SABS CONFIDENTIAL Why is development of National Standard important 13
• In essence, knowledge management is in its application could transform the capability of the organisation which is an area which South Africa need greatly. • As a country, we have institutions that are giving us data, interpret it in to information-“tell us what is wrong and how we can fix it”. • There is a general consensus that the country lack the capacity and capability to implement-an area which Knowledge Management Practitioners are supposed to close relatively easy, only if there was a standard way of doing so. • Some organisation and KM practitioners are doing it better than others-but there is no consistency or predictability and sustainability of the impact of a KM approach • When one Minister is removed from office or redeployed to another department, policy implementation get stalled if not scraped altogether; again pointing to the lack of proper handover –an area that knowledge managers should add value. • In both instances, there is a clear gap in the Management systems which frustrates the overall objectives of our beloved land SABS CONFIDENTIAL Facts about KM 14
Remedial actions so far • Knowledge management practitioners in the country together with national standards body established the KM committee. • Critical areas of concerns identified SABS CONFIDENTIAL • Establishment of Knowledge Management committee in South Africa 15
Services Committees Important committees to liaise with KM SABS TC 176 Quality management and Quality Assurance SABS TC 003 Conformity assessment. SABS TC 37 Terminology and other language and content resources. SABS TC 279 Innovation Management 16
Further enquiries: Standards Division : SYTEMS AND SERVICES Ms Yvonne Ndlhovu : yvonne. ndlhovu@sabs. co. za 012 428 6254 Programme Manager: Systems and Services Standards Mr Mmakgabo Maheya : mmakgabo. maheya@sabs. co. za 012 428 6707 Team Leader : Systems and Services Standards SOUTH AFRICAN BUREAU OF STANDARDS 1 DR LATEGAN ROAD, GROENKLOOF, PRIVATE BAG X 191, PRETORIA, 0001, SOUTH AFRICA This communication is sent from the SABS Group of Companies and complies with the communication requirements of the Companies act. For further information please visit http : //www. sabs. co. za/Terms/index. asp ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
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