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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


We Are…

Philip McCutchionOperations Director, Accredit UK Ltd

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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


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.

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Why IT Suppliers Need Certification

Proven QualityReduced RiskBest FitStandardsTrustAccess to wider markets


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


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


Types of Certification

Awarded ByVendor – MCITP, CCNA, CNE etcIndependent – CompTIA, BSi, IITT, Accredit UKFrameworks – EFQM, SFIA, eCF

Awarded ToOrganisationsIndividuals


Are all Certifications Equal?

IndependenceAccreditationDesign (who by & for)ScalableBroad-ranging v industry specific


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


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


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


What JamesCash.co.uk did

What we choseWhy we chose itHow they complement each otherHow we got them


How We Benefited

Vendor relationshipsStrategic AlliancesAccountability internallyPlaying with the Big Boys


How Our Customers Benefited

Why Our Clients Love Best PracticeWhat Accredit UK means to our clientsWhat Accredit UK means to us