4. What are the advantages of accreditation?

This recognition is good for the company's brand image; it can highlight this label in communications to market the products it manufactures, in the same way as it highlights its ISO 9001 certification.

The hierarchy is "secured" by the fact that the COFRAC authorities guarantee the quality and technical nature of the work carried out in the company's metrology laboratory.

Auditors, for example those auditing the company as part of ISO 9001 certification, are satisfied with calibration activities without asking questions relating to this chapter.

The person responsible for accreditation must demonstrate technical competence. The technical requirements of COFRAC auditors for the accreditation field concerned are generally relevant, and enable the accreditation holder's...