PSSA Newsletter - June 2014

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Current List of Products
Manufacturer/Distributor Product
ATG Access SP400 Bollards
Broughton Controls Defender 941 Barrier
Broughton Controls Defender 942 Barrier
Cova Security Gates Miti Gate 10930
Cova Security Gates Miti Gate 10940
Cova Security Gates Full Depth Rising Bollard 11840
Cova Security Gates Shallow Pit Road Blocker 10506
Frontier Pitts Terra V Gate
Frontier Pitts Terra Sliding Cantilevered Gate
Frontier Pitts Terra Ultimate Barier
Frontier Pitts Compact Terra Barrier
Frontier Pitts Terra Blocker
Frontier Pitts Terra Shallow Blocker
Frontier Pitts Surface Mount Blocker
Overseas
National School Safety
Conference 2014
28th July - 1st August 2014
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com
WA Safety Show 2014
August (2014)
Perth Convention &
exhibiton centre, Australia
com
8th International Exhibi-
tion & Conference for Police
and Special Equipment
9th - 11th September 2014
Leipzig, Germany
DIARY DATES
UK
IFSEC international 2014
17th - 19th June 2014
Excel, London
Securing Asia and Africa 2014
14th - 15th July 2014
QEII Conference Centre, London
Transport Security Expo 2014
2nd – 3rd December 2014
Olympia, London
60SECOND
INTERVIEW
MikeWebb
Technical Product Assessor
What does your role in the PSSA
involve?
Technical product assessor. Scheme
advisor; Product conformity advisor.
What’s your vision for PSSA over the
next year/ 3 years/ 5 years?
To drive up/improve the level of
product compliance/conformity
currently demonstrated by PSSA
members whilst aligning them with
the discipline of the using quality,
performance & safety standards.
Where have you previously worked?
British Standards Institution – 33 years
in the area of product conformity;
marketing & sales; Global product
conformity consultant.
What’s the first thing you would do if
you were prime minister?
Improve the NHS.
Who would you most like to meet and
why?
David Attenborough. A thoroughly
nice, genuine gentleman with many
stories to tell over a long career in
broadcasting and Natural History.
PSSA Teams up with MAS to Provide Match-funded Support
Improving Members’ businesses and revenue growth has always come before tick-box
compliance as an objective of the PSSA Verification Scheme. Consultancy and support to
Members is an integral part of the PSSA’s mandate to raise standards in the perimeter secu-
rity supply industry.
Through its partnership with Business Keys, PSSA has not only been able to provide a simple, robust and cost effective
way to differentiate Members’ products in the market place but also the technical support that is inevitably required to
innovate and keep ahead of changing regulations and standards.
And working with Business Keys might not be as expensive as you think. As registered MAS expert consultants,
Business Keys is able to offer its clients the opportunity to receive 50% match-funded support through the Government
sponsored Manufacturing Advisory Service. There is a wide range of qualifying projects, including quality and
standards, operational improvement, design and CE Marking, which are core to product verification. The following
details provided by MAS outline some of the help on offer.
Discussion is also currently taking place with MAS at the national level on supply chain issues in the high security
sector, especially help with understanding the gap between ‘buyer’ requirements and ‘supplier’ capability.For more
details on this initiative contact Stephen Munden - , or for more information on
the MAS offer, see contact details below.
MAS helps manufacturers to achieve their potential
The Manufacturing Advisory Service (MAS) is government’s support programme for small and medium (SME)
manufacturing companies based in England. Our team of specialist manufacturing advisors is dedicated to helping
your business improve and grow. Working closely with your senior management team, we can help you to set out a
strategy for success and then support you on that journey. We provide a free review of your business to develop an
action plan tailored for your company needs, and you could then go on to commission an improvement project to
address key needs. And if you are an SME with the ambition to grow we can also provide match-funded support of
£300 to £3000 for improvement projects. MAS is working with nearly 10,000 businesses, focused on government’s
Industrial Strategy priority sectors for advanced manufacturing. These sectors include many for which high security is
a pre-requisite for reasons of value-at-risk, safety or threats to sensitive information. Also included in our portfolio are
cross-sector industries including materials and electronics/ photonics. MAS expert consultants deliver a wide range of
services in four core areas: Strategy, Supply Chain, Innovation and Efficiency. Through our strong connections with
other government support programmes we can refer you to other services at the right time including Growth
Accelerator (for business development coaching, growth through innovation and access to finance), Technology
Strategy Board (for technology prototyping) and UK Trade & Investment (for export advice).
MAS STRATEGY services help you to plan your business
MAS experts can help you to develop a strategy for success covering all of your business or focusing in more detail
on key aspects to suit current priorities. Examples include: Manufacturing strategy; Business strategy; Sales growth &
marketing strategy; Quality (ISO 9001), environmental (ISO 14001) & appropriate sector standards; E-business strategy;
Skills and training strategy; Supply chain re-shoring; ‘Financial Expert’ awareness of tax and funding options (a free
expert-led one day workshop)
MAS CONNECTS to help you grow your supply chain
MAS supply chain specialists work with buyers and suppliers to improve quality and delivery, and to open up
opportunities for growth: Reviewing your supply chain strategy; Maximising involvement in existing supply chains;
Getting into new supply chains and new sectors
MAS INNOVATES to develop your new ideas
Examples of the support MAS experts can offer include: Materials innovation; Product innovation; Product idea
generation; Design for Manufacture and Assembly; Computer Aided Engineering and Design; Rapid prototyping;
Automation; Product conformance and compliance; Key Stage Review; Intellectual Property audit; ‘Innovation Expert’
advice on product development (a free expert-led one day workshop)
MAS EFFICIENCY helps you improve your processes
MAS experts help you save cost and be more productive through: Value stream mapping; Process mapping; Team
building; Improving quality & delivery; Improving resource efficiency; Improving layouts, space utilisation & cellular
manufacturing; Lean efficiency; Waste reduction; 5S & visual management; Six Sigma & quality improvement
More detailed information and case studies of MAS support are available on the MAS website
To be put in touch with an experienced MAS Advisor please contact Lee Candy via the MAS helpline 0845 658 9600 or
email
You are invited to attend MEI's Security & Resilience Briefing on Thurs-
day 3rd July at the Head Office of Mott Macdonald, Global Engineer-
ing Consultants in London, from 2.00 - 5.30pm. Places are limited at
this event and should you wish to come, and or bring a colleague
or customer with you, please let them know as soon as possible. For
more details contact:
Richa Ghai: or call +44 207 934 9004 or
visit