Dasmariñas, Cavite—The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) hosted an educational tour for 450 students from the University of Northern Philippines (UNP). The visits took place at the DTI’s Bureau of Philippine Standards (BPS) Testing Laboratory on March 21 and 28. This initiative aimed to enhance the students’ understanding of standards, technical regulations, and conformity continue reading : DTI hosts learning tour for over 400 University of Northern Philippines students
San Rafael, Bulacan—Ahead of the Chinese New Year celebration, the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) inspected fireworks manufacturing factories on January 24. The monitoring activity aimed at ensuring compliance of producers with the product quality and safety standards set by the DTI. Led by DTI Chief of Staff and Assistant Secretary Englebert Josef Chua continue reading : DTI inspects fireworks factories in Bulacan ahead of Chinese New Year
KORONADAL CITY, SOUTH COTABATO – To increase the public’s awareness of the basics of product standards, the Department of Trade and Industry Region 12 (DTI-12) holds a product standards webinar which was attended by hardware and appliance store owners, representatives of partner agencies, and the general public. The event is a response of DTI-Region 12 continue reading : DTI-12 holds session to educate public on product standards
Hot-dip metallic-coated and pre-painted galvanized coils and sheets have been added to the list of products covered by the Department of Trade and Industry – Bureau of Philippine Standards’ (DTI-BPS) Mandatory Product Certification Schemes. DTI Department Administrative Order (DAO) No. 20-10, series of 2020 was issued on 28 December 2020 to provide the New Technical continue reading : DTI classifies galvanized coils and sheets as mandatory products
To support the government’s objective to better industrial energy efficiency and conservation in the Philippines, the Bureau of Philippine Standards under the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI-BPS) has adopted standards on Energy Management Systems (EnMS) which were developed by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO). This effort is also in support to the United continue reading : DTI-BPS adopts ISO Standards on Energy Management Systems (EnMS)
The Department of Trade and Industry’s Bureau of Philippine Standards (DTI-BPS) adopts the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) 61069-7:2019 Industrial-process measurement, control and automation – Evaluation of system properties for the purpose of system assessment – Part 7: Assessment of system safety, as Philippine National Standard (PNS). PNS IEC 61069-7:2019 was published by IEC in 2016 continue reading : DTI-BPS adopts International Standards for the assessment of Industrial Automation Systems
Source: IEC Blog (https://blog.iec.ch/) Geneva, Switzerland, 1 July 2019 — All businesses face threats on an ongoing basis, ranging from unpredictable political landscapes to rapidly evolving technology and competitive disruption. IEC and ISO have developed a toolbox of risk management standards to help businesses prepare, respond and recover more efficiently. It includes a newly updated continue reading : Understanding risk with new international standard
Source: IEC Blog (https://blog.iec.ch/) All of the big trends affecting homes and industry, from IoT and Big Data to smart manufacturing and smart buildings, have one common driver – data networking. Regardless of whether the network is cabled or wireless, collected data needs to be carried through networks to be analyzed and dispatched. The work continue reading : Data networking: at the core of digital trends
Source: ISO News (www.iso.org) Free and fair elections thanks to well defined and managed electoral services are at the heart of a democratic political system, and casting a vote is a basic political right. Having robust systems in place is essential for this to run smoothly. Newly revised international guidance for electoral organizations will help continue reading : Improving electoral systems with new international quality management guidance
Source: ISO News (www.iso.org) There are hundreds of thousands of goods and passenger lifts in use at any given moment around the world, safely transporting us up and down buildings thanks to some pretty rigorous standards. But the national or regional rules and regulations that apply to them are reflected in different standards, making international continue reading : Safety at every level: first international standard for passenger lifts just published