What is Accreditation?
"Accreditation is an endorsement of an organization’s competence, credibility, impartiality, and integrity in carrying out its conformity assessment activities."
The increasing demand for quality of products and services offered both in external and internal trade necessitates compliance with technical regulations, standards, and other regulatory measures covering health, safety, and quality. In regulatory systems, government authorities implement regulations covering approval of products and services. In voluntary systems, different sectors of industry establish conformity assessment procedures to ensure market access, comparability, and fair competition.
Accreditation Activity
The provision of goods and services conforming to technical regulations (mandatory) or standards (voluntary) requires efficient procedures for assessment of conformity. These activities (testing, calibration, inspection, certification, GHG validation) are carried out by Conformity Assessment Bodies (CABs) having the necessary technical competence.
Both domestically and globally, there is an increasing demand for independent verification of CABs for competence and credibility. Accreditation by SLAB formally demonstrates this performance capability.
What are the benefits of being accredited?
Building Trust
In global trade, customers seek assurance on the products and services you provide. Getting accredited builds trust, proving your commitment to quality and safety.
International Recognition
Through multilateral recognition arrangements between accreditation bodies, overseas markets readily accept test results, inspections, and certifications from SLAB-accredited bodies.
Minimizes Risk
Accredited organizations significantly reduce the risk of providing unreliable calibration, inspections, or testing services, ensuring conformity to regulatory specifications.
Reduce Costs
Operational improvements, reduced re-testing, minimized downtime, and optimized efficiency resulting from accreditation directly yield cost savings that outweigh the audit costs.
Demonstrate Credibility
Accreditation proves your conformity assessment procedures are executed with high competence and impartiality, providing your certificates and reports absolute authority.