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Innovation The role of standards

Innovation The role of standards. by Marcus Long, BSI British Standards 13 November 2008. BSI Group. Who is BSI?. Governance along international PLC lines – full Board of Non-Exec and Exec Directors Independent, no owners/shareholders Formally, a Royal Charter Company and National

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Innovation The role of standards

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  1. Innovation The role of standards by Marcus Long, BSI British Standards 13 November 2008

  2. BSI Group

  3. Who is BSI? • Governance along international PLC lines – full Board of Non-Exec and Exec Directors • Independent, no owners/shareholders • Formally, a Royal Charter Company and National Standards Body • 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 • Portal to international standards making

  4. 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 ISO 9000 ISO 14001 ISO/IEC 27000 ISO/IEC 20000 ISO 10002 OHSAS 18001 And next… BS 25999

  5. Building Consensus

  6. 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

  7. Standards portfolio: the consensus ‘pyramid’ CONSENSUS ISO European Standard Benefits: Consumer Awareness Marketing Potential Risk Management Credibility Types of Documents: Technical Specifications Codes of Practice Method Guide British Standard Publicly Available Specification Private Standard Company Manuals CONTROL

  8. 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

  9. Innovation Engagement and Coordination

  10. 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

  11. 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

  12. 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’

  13. 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”

  14. 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)

  15. 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’

  16. 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

  17. Other key areas • Medical • Regenerative medicine glossary (PAS 84) and guidance • New ultrasonics techniques • Sustainability • The first carbon footprint standard (PAS 2050) • Energy techniques

  18. bsigroup.com marcus.long@bsigroup.com

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