Advantages of Accreditation
Accreditation is a way to demonstrate quality and competence. It has a positive impact on authorities, buyers, industry, manufacturers and consumers.
We can list the main benefits of accreditation:
- Provides greater safety for the customer
- Means the increase of competitiveness
- Provides “orderliness” of actions and minimizes the risk of errors
- A need may arise to consider receiving a task
- Simplifies global trade
Accredited bodies providing conformity assessment services comply with all necessary standards as well as regulatory requirements and industry criteria in relation to:
- Technical competence;
- Independence, impartiality and good faith;
- Risk management;
- Adequate use of human and technical resources;
- Mechanism for continuous improvement of product and service quality;
- A system of complaints and appeals.
Accreditation supports the market in facilitating the movement of goods and services where there is an increasing demand for quality and safety. It offers a harmonized, transparent and sustainable approach that:
- Helps fulfill legal requirements at a reasonable cost;
- Enables innovation;
- Reduces the need for regulators to use their own resources;
- Increases trust of consumers and businesses.