Who Develops Standards If It Is Not ANSI?
The American National Standards Institute (ANSI) does not develop standards that have ANSI in the title. These standards, designated American National Standards (ANSs), range from…
World Accreditation Day 2025: Small and Medium Enterprises
This year’s World Accreditation Day theme, “Accreditation: Empowering Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs),” focuses on how SMEs are essential to the global economy, driving innovation,…
How Does Accreditation Save Your Organization Money?
Accreditation (i.e., the process of evaluating an institution or program to assure it meets certain standards) goes hand in hand with lower costs. This process…
ANAB Celebrates Growth on World Accreditation Day 2024
In today’s evolving world, our human service systems as well as our technological systems need to be accountable for providing high-quality services. As such, this…
Conformity Assessment – The Next Step After Standards Development
The standardization process is, in effect, a group problem-solving exercise. US voluntary consensus standards are developed to create solutions to problems that have the added…
ANSI and ANAB: What’s the Difference?
The American National Standards Institute (ANSI) and the ANSI National Accreditation Board (ANAB) are separate organizations. A common source of confusion is the difference between…
Overview of ISO/IEC 17011
ISO/IEC 17011 is an international standard that specifies the requirements for competence, consistent operation, and impartiality of accreditation bodies assessing and accrediting conformity assessment bodies….
The Third Ingredient in Successful Conformity Assessment
What are the required elements, or the ingredients, of “successful” conformity assessment? In this three-part blog series, ANAB explores the three-ingredient recipe needed for successful…
The Second Ingredient in Successful Conformity Assessment
What are the required elements, or the ingredients, of “successful” conformity assessment? In this three-part blog series, ANAB explores the three-ingredient recipe needed for successful…