June 23, 2015 ” We are pleased to announce the launch of the EARSC Earth Observation Industry Certiï¬cation Scheme designed provide companies with a management certiï¬cation speciï¬cally adapted to the EO services industry.
The Scheme is intended as a catalyst to help companies offering services based on satellite Earth Observation data to engender greater conï¬dence within their customers. It is applicable to all sizes of EO companies and allows the possibility of certiï¬cation to scheme requirements without the need for full ISO9001 compliance.
Industry beneï¬ts will be:
– Industry best practices for core processes.
– EARSC maintaining a list of appropriately trained and experienced certiï¬cation bodies.
– Exposure to potential customers by listing on the EARSC certiï¬ed companies list.
– Smaller companies will be subject to less audit time to be certiï¬ed to the EARSC Scheme than they do under ISO9001
“ resulting in lower cost of entry into the market.
Customers' beneï¬ts will be:
– Access to a list of companies successfully completing assessment.
– EO Industry suppliers providing product information in a common format allowing comparison of like with like by the implementation of a common format for Product Speciï¬cations.
– A continually maturing and improving EO Industry, increasing trust.
More information at www.earsc.org/certiï¬cation