standards development - kmsasa industries –improving their competitiveness in global environment...
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Standards Development Mmakgabo Maheya
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Background of SABS and structure1
Key principles in standards development2
Deliverables and benefits3
Knowledge Management in Practice4
CONTENT
BackgroundGoverned by Standards Act (Act 8 of 2008) as a national standardisation body.
Mission: to provide and promote standardization services
Objectives:
Protecting the integrity of the market and the end user
Creating a competitive advantage for the SA Industry
Improving market access to South African companies both locally and
internationally:
Participation at regional (SADC, ARSO, AFSEC, etc.)
International (ISO, IEC, etc.)
Globally acceptable standards are considered first 3
Background
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Develop, promote and maintain South African National Standards
• To promote access to markets
• To advance socio-economicwellbeing of SA in globaleconomy
Promote quality in connection with commodities , products & services
• Localisation of production insupport of government’sIndustrial Policy Action Plan(IPAP)
Render conformity assessment services and assist in matters connected therewith
• Facilitate access of markets forSA industries – improving theircompetitiveness in globalenvironment
SABS MANDATE
Standardisation
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Certification
Testing
Standards
SABS Structure
Key principles
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Committees with a balanced stakeholder representation
Industry
Government NGO’s
Consumer Academia
LabourSMME’s
Standards development process
Regulators
Project approach, market relevance, coherence,
transparency and consensus based principles
Key Principles
Principles
Deliverables
SANS
• NWI
• WG
• SABS TC/ SC
• DSS
• SAC
• PUBLICATION
SATS/SATR/CKS
• NWI
• WG
• SABS TC/SC
• SAC
• Publication
STA
• NWI
• WG
• SAC
• Publication
Benefits of standards• Competitive edge
equips businesses with relevant information on emerging trends and changing practices.
• Innovation
Participation in standards development exposesbusinesses to the expertise and research of otherorganizations within the same industry or sector.
• Confidence and status
means for organizations to demonstrate social,health and environmental responsibility in theirbusiness practices. 10
Benefits
BenefitsCost savings and increased revenue
Makes delivery of a service more efficient and cost-effective byreducing costs for development and production
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Benefits
SABS TC 170 –KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT
SCOPE
• Standardization in the field of knowledge management that will
focus on the framework, terminologies, methods, processes,
tools and techniques, to enable organizations to develop and
retain critical knowledge and experience in order to improve
performance and sustain competitiveness within their operating
environment.
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Why is development of National Standard important
• ISO 9001:2015 as well as ISO 55001 recognises knowledge as an organisational asset that requires appropriate management.
• A standard will assist organisational leaders in identifying and applying best practice within their organisations to improve performance and sustainability.
• Due to rapid urbanisation, the Indigenous Knowledge Base is similarly under threat.
• The standard will provide assurance that this national asset is captured effectively and remains accessible to future generations.
• The standard will contribute to economic strengthening by contributing to more effective transfer of knowledge and skills to build capacity and capability in order to maintain competitiveness
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Facts about KM
• In essence, knowledge management is in its application could transform the capability of the organisation which is an area which South Africa need greatly.
• As a country, we have institutions that are giving us data, interpret it in to information-“tell us what is wrong and how we can fix it”.
• There is a general consensus that the country lack the capacity and capability to implement-an area which Knowledge Management Practitioners are supposed to close relatively easy, only if there was a standard way of doing so.
• Some organisation and KM practitioners are doing it better than others-but there is no consistency or predictability and sustainability of the impact of a KM approach
• When one Minister is removed from office or redeployed to another department, policy implementation get stalled if not scraped altogether; again pointing to the lack of proper handover –an area that knowledge managers should add value.
• In both instances, there is a clear gap in the Management systems which frustrates the overall objectives of our beloved land
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Remedial actions so far
• Establishment of Knowledge Management committee in South Africa
• Knowledge management practitioners in the country together with national standards body established the KM committee.
• Critical areas of concerns identified
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Important committees to liaise with KM
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SABS TC 176 Quality management and Quality Assurance
SABS TC 003 Conformity assessment.
SABS TC 37 Terminology and other language and content resources.
SABS TC 279 Innovation Management
Services Committees
S O U T H A F R I C A N B U R E A U O F S T A N D A R D S1 DR LATEGAN ROAD, GROENKLOOF, PRIVATE BAG X191, PRETORIA, 0001, SOUTH AFRICA
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Further enquiries:
Standards Division : SYTEMS AND SERVICES
Ms Yvonne Ndlhovu : [email protected]
012 428 6254
Programme Manager: Systems and Services Standards
Mr Mmakgabo Maheya : [email protected]
012 428 6707
Team Leader : Systems and Services Standards
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