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Standards for standards and service

February 8th, 2010

The second edition of SANS 1-1, the standard for standards, was approved by SAC in November 2009 and is published in 2010.

SANA 1-1 brings SA Technical Specifications (SATS) in line with the ISO Technical Specifications, and SA Technical Reports (SATR) in line with the ISO Technical Reports.

The title of SANS 1-1 Part 1 is ‘Development of South African national standards and other normative documents’. It describes the principles and processes in the preparation of standards and normative documents.

SANS 1-1 offers guidance to members of SABS technical committees and SABS employees involved in drafting standards. The publication also provides background information to the public and organisations involved in developing standards, or interested in developing standards in any industrial sector.

The Standards Act, 8 of 2008, is also explained in the new publication. To download the standard, visit http://www.sabs.co.za/index.php?page=standardsfreedownload

Service quality SANS 10002

Service quality management guidelines are standardised in SANS 10002 on Quality Management and Customer Satisfaction.

Customer complaints handling guidelines are included. The guide is available from Standards SA via info@sabs.co.za or a web store at http://www.sabs.co.za/index.php?page=standardspurchase

ISO 14001 intro update

Environmental management by the ISO 14000 family of International standards; an updated ISO basic introduction brochure, 12 pages. First published in 1998, two years after the launching of the first standards in the ISO 14000 family. Worldwide impact and standards evolution is summarized. Visit http://www.iso.org/iso/pressrelease.htm?refid=Ref1283


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