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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

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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 : yvonne.ndlhovu@sabs.co.za

012 428 6254

Programme Manager: Systems and Services Standards

Mr Mmakgabo Maheya : mmakgabo.maheya@sabs.co.za

012 428 6707

Team Leader : Systems and Services Standards

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