Chapter 204: Standard Research Institute and Office Night

Strange, why did Yenia call her?

Li Xiaofan answered the phone: "Hello, Aunt Yenia!"

Ye Niya greeted cordially on the phone: "Afan, hello, are you off work?"

"Not yet, I'm doing some work in the office at Raffles Place..."

"Well, it seems that you work very hard!"

"There is no way, we are a small start-up company, and we have to take care of a lot of chores ourselves!"

"Well, it is indeed not easy to start a business. Affan, I called you today because of the incident last time. Do you remember what I mentioned to you when we had dinner last time? I have a cousin named Daisha. I’m currently studying at Lasalle College of the Arts in Singapore and I’m about to graduate in the first half of the year. When are you free, I would like to arrange for you to meet and get to know each other?”

"Aunt Yenia, thank you for your concern! But my schedule is currently fully booked. Tomorrow afternoon I will go to the airport to receive a group of supermarket chain merchants from the United States, and then I will accompany these merchants to inspect the mainland of China the day after tomorrow. . Immediately afterwards, after seeing off this group of American guests, I may still stay in mainland China to continue to receive guests from Singapore’s NTUC FairPrice Co-operative..."

Li Xiaofan continued: "Aunt Ye Niya, if you think about it this way, it will be at least after Labor Day before I come back to Singapore..."

"Wow, you've been so busy lately! However, this sounds like a good thing. It means your business is booming. Affan, I won't disturb you anymore. We'll contact you when you come back to Singapore after May Day!"

"Okay, thank you Aunt Yenia!"

"You're welcome, 88"

After hanging up the phone, Li Xiaofan looked through the minutes of the afternoon meeting with Yang Yonghui, and then sorted out the key points for the factory inspection. He found it very useful. Acor Department Store and others who flew from the United States tomorrow will probably use these routines when they go to the mainland for factory inspections.

After sorting it out, he quickly faxed it to Wu Xiumei, who was far away in China, and asked her to send it to the domestic manufacturers immediately tomorrow, so that the factories should be prepared in advance.

After finishing these trivial matters, Li Xiaofan finally had time to browse today's Chinese version of "Lianhe Zaobao" and the English version of "The Straits Times" and other newspapers.

Suddenly, two pieces of news caught his attention. These two pieces of news were reported simultaneously by Lianhe Zaobao and The Straits Times.

The first news is: the Singapore Standards and Industrial Research Institute (SISIR) was recently appointed by the International Electrotechnical Commission IEC as an approved inspection center. Approximately dozens of Singaporean electronic entertainment product manufacturers and exporters will benefit from this. The International Electrotechnical Commission assesses the safety of electronic products produced by its 30 member countries. The Singapore Institute of Standards and Industrial Research is a member of this organization. After the Singapore Institute of Standards and Industrial Research is appointed to approve the inspection center, local manufacturers will be able to use the identification reports issued by the electronic inspection center under the institute...

The second news is: Recently, a delegation from China's State Administration of Technical Supervision visited Singapore and signed a memorandum of understanding on cooperation with the Singapore Institute of Standards and Industrial Research (sisir). The memorandum of understanding is a framework cooperation document between the government departments of the two countries, including standard measurement quality. According to the memorandum of understanding, both parties will encourage and promote cooperation on standardization, metrology and quality within their respective jurisdictions. Both parties agree to adopt the following methods: exchange technical information on standardization, metrology and quality; carry out the exchange of quality principles, quality management systems (including ISO9000 quality system), metrology and measurement standards; promote mutual understanding of certification systems; carry out other activities of common interest Cooperation on projects...

After carefully reading these two pieces of news, Li Xiaofan suddenly thought of two things that were very important to the future business of their Yifan Company:

The first one is ISO9000 quality system certification. In fact, aren't many of the key points of the factory inspection that NTUC FairPrice Co-operative Yang Yonghui talked about this afternoon are the contents of the ISO9000 quality system certification? In the next few years, in order to prevent cheap products from mainland China and other countries from impacting the European and American markets, Europe and the United States will raise the input threshold of products and gradually adopt ISO9000 quality certification system and later ISO environmental system certification as necessary qualifications for mainland factory suppliers. They must Prepare for a rainy day...

The second is that the Singapore Standards and Industrial Research Institute (SISIR) has been appointed by the International Electrotechnical Commission as an approved inspection center. In the future, due to the lack of technological content in the daily plastic products industry, competition will intensify and profit margins will be increasingly compressed. In the future, electrical and electronic products produced in mainland China will be more competitive and have greater profit margins.

There are many compulsory certifications for electrical and electronic products exported to Europe and the United States, such as European EC certification, American UL certification, German Rheinland TUV certification, etc. In the future, Yifan Company can use the product identification report of the Electronic Inspection Center under the Singapore Institute of Standards and Industrial Research (sisir) to provide favorable conditions for exporting to developed countries in Europe and the United States...

In his previous life, Li Xiaofan was relatively familiar with the Singapore Standards and Industrial Research Institute (SISIR). He had had many interactions with it and had also taken courses related to ISO9000 and product certification.

The Singapore Standards and Industrial Research Institute (sisir) was established in 1973. Its main tasks are: formulating national standards, conducting product certification, responsible for export product inspection, acting as an agent for foreign companies to inspect product quality, conducting quality management consulting and personnel training, etc.

The quality assurance department under it is mainly responsible for product quality certification. Since 1974, the certification mark system has been implemented.