Benefits of accreditation
Quality, reliability, competitiveness
Accreditation enhances the reputation and performance of bodies and laboratories, supports and offers tangible benefits to institutions, businesses and consumers using accredited services.
Accreditation is an effective support tool for certification, inspection and verification bodies and for testing and calibration laboratories.
The certificate of competence and impartiality issued by Accredia, the single accreditation body, through an independent third party assessment process strengthens the image of accredited bodies and laboratories and increases their competitiveness on the market.
The benefits of accreditation affect the entire socio-economic system. institutions, businesses and consumers can rely on conformity assessment services performed under accreditation, with the guarantee of higher quality and safety of goods and services.
Benefits for the accredited bodies
Reputation
Accredited bodies and laboratories increase their credibility and authority. Services performed under accreditation are requested in a growing number of sectors, from manufacturing to agri-food, from chemicals to mechanics, by companies, public organizations and consumers, both nationally and internationally, either voluntarily or by mandatory laws.
Performance
Through the mechanism of periodic surveillance, accreditation allows bodies and laboratories to monitor their competence and their compliance with voluntary and mandatory standards, and offers a benchmark to continue to improve their performance and demonstrate the high quality of their work.
Benefits for Public Administration
Support for legislation
The application of international accreditation and conformity assessment standards reduces the need for additional national legislation, and is complementary to the market surveillance function performed by public authorities.
Semplification of controls
Accreditation streamlines the bureaucratic process, eliminating or reducing the need for direct controls of public or private organizations that hold certification or use the services of accredited laboratories.
Public Administration Purchasing
Choosing products and services that are certified and inspected by accredited bodies, and using tests and calibrations performed under accreditation, ensures that public bodies fully comply with regulations on public sector supplies.
Benefits for companies
Competitiveness
Companies that choose to use accredited certification for their management system, products or services, see their image strengthened in terms of the reliability of their commercial offerings. They are more incisive on the market, by virtue of the formal attestation, by an independent body, of skills and procedures in line with international technical standards.
Internationality
The international recognition of services issued by accredited bodies and laboratories allows companies to expand business more easily in foreign markets, without the need to subject their products and services to additional checks and controls in the countries of entry.
Benefits for consumers
Quality assurance
The certificate of conformity or calibration, or the test or inspection report issued under accreditation, which accompanies a product or service, certifies that the supplier has fulfilled all his obligations to place on the market a reliable and quality good or service according to internationally recognized standards.
More trust, less risk
Consumers can trust products and services certified and tested by accredited bodies and laboratories because they meet stringent quality and safety requirements and reduce the risks associated.