PARTICIPANTS IMPACTED NG E WEIGHING ANIES • Product ING & SCALE COMPANIE • Product ME COMPANIES ANIES • Product • Repair • Repair • Repair • Verification • Verification • Verification • Software • Software • Software ORATE VOLUME SE CORPOR WEIGHING HOUSE IN HO
THE NATIONAL WEIGHING ASSOCIATION • Seeks to represent esent all Pa Partic ticipa pant nts. s. • Boar ard d representati esentation on is allocat ocated ed as to one seat for: • Verification • Industrial Repair > 1 ton • Scale Repair < 1 ton • Product Importation and Distribution • Software • NWA is not there to represent just current parties accredited to verify nor is voting based on number of verification officers. The hope is the NWA will evolve to become the NMA – i.e. include • Volume.
BBBEE PARTICIPANT TYPES EME QSE LARGE <R10M R10-50M >R50m ¾ 4/4 Level IV Compliance Compliance
2013 BBBEE CODE “RESHUFFLE” QSE • NUMBER BER ? • NUMBER BER ? • Verification? • NUMB MBER ER ? • Repair? • Verification? • Product? • Verification? • Repair? • Repair? • Software? • Product? • Product? • Software? • Software? EME LARGE
THE REALITY OF THE METROLOGY ACT • The e Act t is is pa passed ed, the e de debat ate e is is o over er. • South th Afric ican met etrology ology pr practi tice ces s wil ill now al alig ign wi n with gl global al stan anda dards ds. Consumer umers s wil ill be b e bet etter er pr protect ected ed. • • Reg egula lati tions ons now nee eed d to be dr e drafted ed.
DRAFTING THE REGULATIONS – FOCUS AREAS • Registration gistration of Pa Partici ticipants pants • Certif tificati ication on of Repairer airers Independ penden ence e of Verif rific ication ation • • Approval al of Softw tware are
REGISTRATION OF PARTICIPANTS • NWA suppor ports ts this is 100%. • Reason: son: Helps control the quality of products sold. • Helps control quality of repairers. • • Better protects the Consumer.
CERTIFICATION OF REPAIRERS • NWA suppo ports ts this s 100%: %: Reaso son: • Modern technology requires specific training • • Consumers need to know repairers are correctly trained • Repairer’s staff need to be certified per product • Register of “trained” repairer staff is needed. • Trained “repairer” can be employed by either in house weighing companies, equipment owners or scale and weighing companies.
PROTECTING THE CONSUMER • The overridi rriding ng princi nciple ple that t verif ific icati ation on should ld be ind ndepen penden ent t of repair ir is accept pted. ed. • Consid siderat eratio ion n should uld be given n to the exten ent t that at the costs ts of implemen lementation tation out weigh gh the benefits. its. • NWA belie ieves es that at for weighing hing inst strumen ruments ts of <1 ton the e costs ts out t weigh gh the benefits. its.
“INDEPENDENCE EXEMPTION” FOR <1TON • Theref erefore ore the e NWA A belie ieves es that: t: • The potential costs to the consumer of inaccuracy in < 1 ton capacities are not that material in Rand values • The requirement for verification and repair to be done by independent parties should be waived. • Participants that focus on the < 1 ton equipment to verify and repair up to < 1 ton. • No waiver to in house corporate weighing companies.
INDEPENDENCE REQUIRED FOR >1TON The NWA believes s that: t: • • Volumes and values of goods weighed over instruments >1 ton are significant • The potential costs to the consumer of inaccuracy in the > 1 ton capacities are material in Rand values. • Therefore verification of > 1 ton instruments must be done by participants independent of repair.
DEFINING VERIFICATION “INDEPENDENCE” • NWA believes that the definition of “independence” should mean: • Separate legal entity • No cross shareholdings with any repairer. • No common directors with a any repairer • Own offices. • Own staff • Own administration.
“INDEPENDECE COST” ARGUMENT VOID To the Equipment Owner the major cost of weighing is down • time, inaccuracy and administration. • For > 1 ton equipment the added cost of having repairer and verification split is not material. Example: • • 3 0 weighing’s per day of coal to 60T WB capacity average volume 34 tons of coal = R150m per annum of product. • Cost of “ verification independence” = 0.01% of product sold. Significant cost?
APPROVAL OF SOFTWARE • Software are is a funda damen enta tal l componen mponent t of modern rn weighi hing ng systems ms. • Software are now include luded d in the comp mponen onent t list of a what t makes es up a trad ade e approved ed weighing ing instrum rumen ent. t. • No regulations exist in South Africa to specify how “software” is to be approved. d. • NWA A proposes es that t the the approac oach h taken en in the Europe ope or the USA is followed ed and d that t work rk starts ts immedi diat ately ly on these standar ndards. s.
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