BMTA Newsletter BMTA Newsletter - Spring 2020 | Page 2
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CONTENTS
Page 2 – Editor's Note
Page 3 – Meet our Newsletter Contributors
Page 4 – News
Page 9 – Accreditation Guidance
By Wayne Terry, Chief Executive, ABCB
Page 10 – Predictive Model Development
by Dr Yanfeng Liang, Mathematician, TÜV SÜD National
Engineering Laboratory
Page 12 – Remote Auditing
by James Gibb: Technical Director of Advanced
Certification, Director of the Association of British
Certification Bodies, and a member of the
IAS Technical Advisory Council.
Page 14 – Coronavirus and Calibration
by Neil Morgan, Managing Director,
Chamois Metrology Ltd.
Page 16 – Covid-19 - Business Reactions
Page 17 – Tenders Direct - ProActis
Page 19 – Make UK - Coronavirus
Manufacturing Monitor
Page 22 – Training Courses
Page 23 – Member Notices
EDITOR'S NOTE
Welcome readers to the Spring issue of the BMTA
Newsletter
The first quarter of the year hasn't been quite as expected
and has brought with it challenges and difficulties of an
unparalleled and exceptional nature.
Contributions to this newsletter have been unsurprisingly
influenced by Covid-19, and we have articles in this issue
that focus on remote auditing, business reactions and how
accreditations have been impacted by the virus.
We have also created a new section on our website
specifically for news and updates on news relating to Covid-
19. This section includes articles such as: Amended
Government Treasury Direction Under the Coronavirus Act
2020 and Working Safely During Covid-19 in Factories,
Plants and Warehouses.
The next theme for our Summer 2020 issue is:
BMTA - the Voice of Measurement
and Testing
BMTA was created in 1990 in response to the need for
an independent ‘lobby’ for the private sector to speak
with one voice to Government, UKAS, BSI and other
official bodies on issues affecting the whole
measurement and testing community.
BMTA represents the interests of the measurement
and testing industry in the UK and in Europe, through
its representation on EUROLAB, the voice for
laboratories in Europe.
We encourage you to make your views known in the
standards making process, through the Association
and individual membership of relevant committees.
We work to increase awareness of the measurement
and testing industry, and provide training, through
seminars and workshops, on topical subjects.
the challenges and opportunities of digitisation in the
world of measurement and testing (AR, AI, VR etc)
To help us provide our BMTA members with useful
information we would like your help to:
identify and share relevant topics;
provide research on new technologies or techniques;
let us know industry news;
promote events and training sessions;
inform us of publications you think may be of interest to
your fellow BMTA members.
If you would like to contribute to the next issue of the BMTA
Newsletter please contact [email protected]
with a brief synopsis.
Equally, should your business produce any information, white
papers or interviews that you would like to share, please
submit this to [email protected].
To subscribe visit: www.bmta.co.uk.