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Supplier accreditation and the benefits for SMEs
This session will provide a first-hand account of how an SME achieves certification and the benefits it provides them with as well as
explaining the certifications available for SMEs and how accreditation adds value to the supply
chain
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We Are…
Philip McCutchionOperations Director, Accredit UK Ltd
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We Are…
Richard Tubb, Director, Netlink IT
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Talking About …
Why IT Buyers Need Certification
Why IT Suppliers Need Certification
What Netlink IT didHow We BenefitedHow Our Clients
Benefited
Certification or Accreditation
Why the Economy Needs Certification
Types of CertificationAre all Certifications
Equal?Making it/IT Work for
Buyers and Sellers
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Certification or Accreditation
Accreditation:
the formal recognition by an accreditation authority to the technical and organisational competence of a conformity assessment body to carry out a specific service in accordance to the standards and technical regulations as described in their scope of accreditation.
Certification:the procedure by which a third party gives written assurance that a product, process, system or person conforms to specified requirements.
UKAS
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Why IT Suppliers Need Certification
Proven QualityReduced RiskBest FitStandardsTrustAccess to wider markets
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Why the Economy Needs Certification
Innovation Business innovation may be responsible for the lion’s share of
the UK’s productivity growth from 1997 to 2007 Innovation pays, and it can be “simply a condition of survival”
NESTA Innovation Index Survey, 2009
Most significant barriers Finding sources of funding Risk & cost of innovating (invention?) Management capacity to innovate effectively
Removing the Barriers to Innovation, 2010
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Why the Economy Needs Certification 2
Bench Marking leads to industry wide Continuous Improvement
Delivers efficiencies into the procurement process
Opens up the supply chainEnables and exploits innovationLowers costs
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Types of Certification
Awarded ByVendor – MCITP, CCNA, CNE etcIndependent – CompTIA, BSi, IITT, Accredit UKFrameworks – EFQM, SFIA, eCF
Awarded ToOrganisationsIndividuals
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Are all Certifications Equal?
IndependenceAccreditationDesign (who by & for)ScalableBroad-ranging v industry specific
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Making it/IT Work for Buyers and Sellers
Accredit UKDesigned by SMEs for SMEsPublic sector involvementPQQ – mapping work currently in progressThe Public Sector has to look at alternative
modelsInnovationSmaller, more local suppliers (part of chain?)More for less – a lot, lot less
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Why IT Buyers Need Certification
How do you currently choose an IT provider?
Pitfalls of the most obvious choicesIs Big Best?Choosing a specialist supplier
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Why SME IT Suppliers Need Certification
Comparisons with other professionsWhy IT isn’t as mature as other
industriesWhy most IT companies pretend to
know everything
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What JamesCash.co.uk did
What we choseWhy we chose itHow they complement each otherHow we got them
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How We Benefited
Vendor relationshipsStrategic AlliancesAccountability internallyPlaying with the Big Boys
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How Our Customers Benefited
Why Our Clients Love Best PracticeWhat Accredit UK means to our clientsWhat Accredit UK means to us
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