BSOL

Misunderstandings and mix-ups are expensive in business. They cost money, they waste people’s time, and they damage trust.

That’s why standards are so powerful. Standards help everyone know what to expect about a product, service or process.

At first, working with standards can be daunting. Which ones do I need? How do I buy them and share them around my organisation? How do I know they’re up-to-date?

BSOL is the simple tool that answers all these questions and more. You can rapidly build a collection of whichever standards you need.

Then it’s easy to access your standards, share them, and track updates.

Gain a competitive advantage

Customers are always looking for reassurance. Demonstrating that you conform to internationally-recognised standards is a clear way to set yourself apart from less-professional competitors.

Trade internationally

BSOL contains internationally recognised standards, providing a passport to trade across national boundaries.

Reduce technical barriers

Standards give business partners like you and your customers the confidence that products or services will meet technical criteria.

Embed excellence in your company

As the world’s oldest standards body, BSI is trusted by organizations across the world to drive quality and performance.

Protect your bottom line

With the latest standards on risk areas from cyber security to health and safety, you can put best-practice policies in place and keep your company safe.

Save money

BSOL’s standards give you a framework for getting things right first time, so that you can achieve economies and efficiencies.

Deliver best practice

Standards shape and support your policies, educating your staff and making your business more resilient.

Encourage co-operation

Standards help different teams and organisations to work together smoothly and more effectively. Everyone knows what to expect and understands exactly what to do.

Build in quality

Once you’ve started using standards, BSOL is the simplest way to manage your workflows. It’s easy to find standards, share them and get notified about updates.

Free and unlimited training

BSOL is easy to use – but our training team are here to give you extra support if you need it.

Tailor your subscription

Subscribe only to the standards you need, use pre-built modules or build personal collections. You can also customise your service to however many users you have.

Evolve at your own pace

Whichever standards you choose, you can still set up alerts and access all the bibliographic data from every standard in the system – so you can update your choices at any time.

See the bigger picture

Monitor which standards your users are working with, and easily spot gaps or overlaps.

Get expert guidance
When you add BSI membership to your BSOL subscription, you get access to our Knowledge  Centre specialists who’ll help you find and understand the standards you need.

“Everyone should use standards... standards provide a baseline for quality control – a strong and secure foundation on which the business can grow.”

Specsavers

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“The widespread use of standards across an organization also brings cost savings for the business…which has implications for sales figures as well as organizational reputation”

Changan

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“Operating as efficiently as possible is a driving factor. The standards we have from BSI give us a guiding principle from which to ensure that we are operating both efficiently and, most importantly, safely”  

SSE

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