An Uncertain World
Standards, competition, environmental considerations, and the growing demand for safety are driving constant change in the world.
For instance, the European Union regularly updates its regulatory provisions concerning worker exposure limits to chemicals and carcinogenic and mutagenic agents in the workplace.
How can manufacturers strike the right balance between progress and competitiveness? How can they efficiently direct their investments to anticipate future demands?
With NF mobilier professionnel TECHNIQUE, these developments are quickly taken into account. The NF mobilier professionnel TECHNIQUE certification serves as both the best safeguard against risks and an invaluable market and customer expectation observatory. It allows every manufacturer to remain credible and competitive in a world with limited visibility.
A Brand for Progress
NF mobilier professionnel certifications have always aimed to anticipate expectations and provide a safe and measurable framework for businesses.
They are available in 5 specific applications for professional furniture:
1. Public facilities, with NF mobilier professionnel COLLECTIVITE.
2. Daycares, with NF mobilier professionnel CRECHES.
3. Education, with NF mobilier professionnel EDUCATION.
4. Healthcare, with NF mobilier professionnel SANTE.
5. Technical environments, with NF mobilier professionnel TECHNIQUE.
Today, NF mobilier professionnel certifications assist you in your marketing efforts, aligned with user expectations.
They constantly seek to adapt, introducing new technical specificities in four areas: anticipating new European standards, adding extra requirements or specifications in the absence of standards, granting exceptions when standards are no longer suitable, and incorporating additional special specifications.
Applying for NF mobilier professionnel TECHNIQUE certification is a voluntary process.
When you make this request, FCBA provides guidance on the steps to follow and provides you with a framework. To gain the right to use the certification mark, your products must meet safety and quality criteria outlined in the framework, which generally incorporates European and French standards and specific requirements.
How to Obtain Certification
Obtaining NF mobilier professionnel TECHNIQUE certification involves several stages, with continuous oversight by an FCBA auditor:
1. Regulatory Compliance:
This phase involves verifying the regulatory compliance of the furniture for which you are seeking the right to use the certification mark. To do this, all the necessary pieces and documents are gathered; this forms the basis of proof.
2. Performance Verification:
Once regulatory compliance is established, product performance is tested in a laboratory to ensure they conform to technical specifications.
3. Ensuring Consistent Product Quality:
To demonstrate that product conformity is consistently maintained at the same level as the tested products, technical audits are conducted at the company.
4. Periodic Monitoring:
Each year, at least one audit is scheduled to verify that commitments and processes have not changed in a way that might affect the maintenance of the certification.
This process also applies to subcontractors of key components in the manufacture of certified furniture.
Understanding the Framework
The NF mobilier professionnel TECHNIQUE framework was developed in consultation with all stakeholders, including representatives of manufacturers, buyers, users, technical and administrative organizations.
It is validated and controlled in accordance with the law. In addition to annual meetings, stakeholders may be consulted when adapting to market changes, which can sometimes occur rapidly.
You can consult the framework HERE.
For more information, please feel free to contact us at the FCBA Technological Institute: contact us
