What is the difference between registration and certification? What certifications or accreditation should I select?
Internationally, the two terms are used interchangeably. ANAB uses the term registration to reduce confusion by consistently associating registration with the qualification of management systems and associating certification with the qualification of either products or individuals as in “product certification” or “Auditor certification.” If you do business only in the United States, the ANAB is probably sufficient. If you deal in foreign markets, choose the UKAS (British) certification, or both. International Memorandums of Understanding make it unnecessary to hold more than one accreditation in most cases. Industry specific standards may have different accreditation bodies, please refer to those standards pages within with site for more detailed information.
