ISO CERTIFICATION PROCESS Philip Thompson Head of BPIF Business

ISO CERTIFICATION PROCESS How is the scheme administered?  International Standards Organisation – ISO - Worldwide body for setting standards  United Kingdom Accreditation Service – UKAS - run the accreditation of certifying bodies in the UK  British Printing Industries Federation – BPIF – owners of the Scheme Certification Requirements

ISO CERTIFICATION PROCESS What is the BPIF’s role is this?  The scheme has been developed by the BPIF’s Technical Standards Committee to help members towards achieving certification  The scheme is available to all but protected by copyright and publically available for information only

ISO CERTIFICATION PROCESS SunChemical COLOUR GAP ANALYSIS  The first stage towards certification is to undertake a Colour Gap Analysis  This is undertaken by reviewing the company’s workflow processes from copy reception through to the proof and printed product at the completion of the process using check lists specifically designed for the purpose

ISO CERTIFICATION PROCESS CONSULTANCY ADVICE  Any weaknesses in hardware or software indentified by the GAP analysis that could result in non-compliance can be addressed  Any production or procedural weakness identified by the GAP analysis that could result in non-compliance can be addressed

ISO CERTIFICATION PROCESS TEST RUN  Undertake a test run on a selected press (or presses) to UKAS audit certification standards  Advantage is you will know whether or not there is work to do before auditing the press  Action can then be taken to make any changes before the certifying body undertakes its tests

ISO CERTIFICATION PROCESS DOCUMENTARY PROCEDURES  We have created universal documents which can be adapted to the specific requirements of a company  This ensures the documents needed for Stage 1 of the audit are complete and ready  Licence to use is issued on a site by site basis  Updates issued within an annual management fee

ISO CERTIFICATION PROCESS  In summary, the BPIF offer the private seminar, the SunChemical GAP analysis, the consultancy services and the documentary procedures are four consultancy functions that the BPIF can provide companies with now.

ISO CERTIFICATION PROCESS What is the purpose of the BPIF services?  The BPIF services are aimed at equipping members to be ready for an audit to the standards of UKAS  This means being ready for a fully independent UKAS audit (as with 9001, etc)  This is not related to commercial schemes offered by some software and hardware suppliers which cannot be independently audited

ISO CERTIFICATION PROCESS  Questions?