ISO/IEC 17025:2017
Charnwood Instruments have attained the ISO/IEC 17025:2017 accreditation enabling all customers of Charnwood Instruments to feel safe in the fact that the company has been deemed technically competent, impartiality and consistent with the requirements of the accreditation for the operation of our laboratory. Any Laboratory which uses ISO/IEC 17025:2017 to implement a quality system aims to continually improve their ability to consistently produce valid results.
In a recent survey conducted by UKAS to capture feedback on the value of accreditation for conformity assessment bodies that have stable scopes in established technical sectors. It confirmed that derive both internal and external commercial benefit from their accredited status:
- 93% of respondents agree that accreditation provides confidence to their customers and stakeholders
- 76% agree that accreditation differentiates them from their competitors
- 85% agree that accreditation improves the quality and validity of their work
- 71% agree that accreditation helps them to win new or maintain existing business