BIS Audit of Ferrochromium as per IS 1170 in Vedanta Group

As the need for stainless steel increases, particularly in the building and construction industries, the ferrochrome market in India is expected to grow steadily.  We are glad to announce that the ERCS group has recently completed the BIS audit at Vedanta Group, according to IS 1170, under the ISI Mark certification scheme. 

The BIS officer inspects the factory and the product to be certified. BIS audits are conducted in conjunction with external auditors to examine several management system certification systems. As an outcome, the Bureau of Indian Standards has issued a BIS license for Ferrochromium as per IS 1170.

What is the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS)?

The Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) is an organisation situated in India that deals with standards, and under the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution of the Government of India. Major activities of BIS include product standardisation, certification, and testing.

BIS Scheme- I

The ISI Mark is the official mark awarded by the Bureau of Indian Standards to producers of different goods. Known since 1955, it has earned its reputation as the emblem of quality, safety, and confidence. This confirms that the product is produced to the Indian standards (IS) set by the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) which is an Indian national standards agency. 

Audited Products :

IS 1170 covers Ferrochromium. This standard sets out the specifications, sampling technique, and testing procedures of BIS certification for  Ferrochromium. Possible tests in a day are Particle Size test, all chemical tests & Extraneous Contamination.

Suggestions to Manufacturers :

For BIS certification of the product, the manufacturer should produce a standard quality product, making sure that their product fulfils the mentioned Indian Standard Specifications (ISS). BIS officials' interpretations of Indian Standards. ERCS Pvt Ltd has formed a vast industry network within the numerous BIS departments to ensure product adherence to IS 1170.

BIS Auditing Process for Ferrochromium  Certification : 

The BIS officer inspects the factory as part of the certification process. To get good outcomes, the BIS inspection should be simple and without any non-conformities. BIS examines a number of management system certification systems in partnership with external auditors. Recruitment of auditors depends on their educational qualifications, working experience, training in audit, and proficiency.

In this process of Ferrochromium Certification under BIS, the auditors cross-examine the following information with other technicalities : 

1. Does the organisation have a reliable system for recognizing and updating legal and regulatory requirements, such as:

   i. Manufacturing process.
 ii. List of machinery
 iii. Testing equipment 

2. Whether the organisation has discovered and kept the relevant legislative and regulatory obligations up to date.

3. Whether these regulatory requirements are being used by businesses as inputs in the process and output monitoring for compliance foothold such as

i. Samples are analysed in the plant in compliance with the existing Indian standards.

ii. The labelling or the sealing of each sample for testing in an independent laboratory that is recognised by BIS.

4.  Whether the enterprise can comply with the regulatory and legislative obligations, such as—

i Quality Personnel Competence

Role of the ERCS Experts team: 

Team ERCS will then make a pre-visit to your industrial facility to ensure that we make corrections where necessary, to ensure that all possible chances of fallibility have been done away with. We will discuss the whole process of completing a BIS inspection, including what has to be prepared and readily available during the inspection.

Please contact us at +91 9076611770 or info@elitasrcs.com if you have any questions about BIS certification, product testing, compliance, audits, and so on.