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Innovation
The role of standards
by Marcus Long, BSI British Standards
13 November 2008
BSI Group
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Who is BSI?
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Governance along international PLC lines
– full Board of Non-Exec and Exec Directors
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Independent, no owners/shareholders
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Formally, a Royal Charter Company and National
Standards Body
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Core activities:
• Facilitate, promote, sell and distribute standards
• Register, approve and affix quality marks
• Market and sell
– Systems assessment services
– Product and materials inspection
– Testing and certification
– Training
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Portal to international standards making
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BSI British Standards
Total staff
300
Committee members
7,673
Technical and Subcommittees
1,247
Current projects
6,175
Current British Standards
25,750
Standards published per annum
c. 2,000
ISO/European secretariats held
212
Renowned standards originating
from BSI
And next…
ISO 9000
ISO 14001
ISO/IEC 27000
ISO/IEC 20000
ISO 10002
OHSAS 18001
BS 25999
Building Consensus
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Benefits of standards for innovation
• Share best practice: designers focus on real product
enhancement
• Set benchmarks: performance, quality, safety
• Establish parameters for interoperability
• Make transparent technical requirements that innovative
products must meet to gain market acceptance
• Reduce risks/costs: development, production, transaction
• Include all stakeholders: large companies, SMEs, NGOs
• Promote fair competition
• Increase diversity and quality of suppliers
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Standards portfolio: the consensus ‘pyramid’
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CONSENSUS
ISO
Benefits:
Consumer Awareness
Marketing Potential
Risk Management
Credibility
European Standard
British Standard
Types of Documents:
Technical Specifications
Codes of Practice
Method
Guide
Publicly Available Specification
Private Standard
Company Manuals
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Innovation communication: getting the message out
• Increasingly important
focus on innovation
• Publication puts together
the message about
innovation in the context of
several key areas, e.g.
– Nanotechnology
– Biometrics
– Marine energy
– Transport/logistics
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Innovation Engagement and Coordination
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Importance of innovation in Government objectives
• PSA 4: ‘Promote world-class science and innovation in the
UK’
– Recognition in government
papers of BSI as integral part of
‘innovation ecosystem’ along with
metrology, patents and
Technology Strategy Board
– Development of key programmes
• Nanotechnologies, biometrics,
advanced materials, services
– Strategic view of innovation:
management of innovation
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Importance of innovation in DIUS objectives
• DSO 1: ‘Accelerate the commercial exploitation of creativity
and knowledge through innovation and research …’
– Concept of ‘Innovation support network’
– Ongoing collaboration and relationship-building
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Innovation update: TSB engagement
• Key element of Sainsbury Review and ‘Innovation
Nation’: coordination between bodies
• Senior-level relationship-building
• Scoping out potential for pilot areas of work:
– Level of present standards engagement, e.g. in KTNs
– Workshops and ‘pilot’ programmes to meet both
organizations’ aims
– Presentation to KTN Directors end November 2008
• Also appropriate coordination with NPL, UKIPO and
other members of the DIUS ‘family’
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Standards in services: why it matters for innovation
• Economies increasingly ‘service-driven’ (c. 75% of UK GDP – BERR)
• Forthcoming EU Directive, due to come into effect 2009
• Development of outcome-based service standards focuses on
interface between customer and service provider to raise quality of
service without restricting innovation
• CEN’s CHESSS project: “a consortium of national standards bodies
… to determine the feasibility of horizontal service standardization.
The underlying concept … is that there are fundamental principles of
good service, delivery and assessment that will be applicable to any
service offering”
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Services: UK Govt focus on innovation
• BERR/DIUS reported on how to
stimulate and support innovation
in and across service sectors to
enable them to meet the global
challenges of the future
• Role of standards recognized,
particularly in sectors such as
logistics
• Case study of the carbon
‘footprint’ standard (PAS 2050)
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Innovation ‘management’: UK and Europe
• BS 7000-1, Guide to managing
innovation – new edition April
2008
• UK Government focus: raise
innovation capability in business
for benefit of economy
• CEN study (e.g. national
certification standards in Spain
and Portugal): a new committee
now likely
• DG Enterprise’s scheme for
SMEs ‘IMP3PROVE’
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How it works: www.bsigroup.com/nano
• Nanotechnologies
– Started with
Nanoparticles
vocabulary (PAS 71)
in 2005, sponsored
by Government; now
in development at
ISO
– Nine UK standards
publications on
terminology and
guidance – a growing
programme
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Other key areas
• Medical
– Regenerative medicine
glossary (PAS 84) and
guidance
– New ultrasonics
techniques
• Sustainability
– The first carbon footprint
standard (PAS 2050)
– Energy techniques
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