System Certification

Service Background

In the railway operation system, any small component that encounters an accident can have unpredictable consequences for the system's operation. For example, the particularly serious railway traffic accident on the Yongwen Line on July 23, 2011 was caused by a malfunction in the signal light equipment.

The speed of high-speed trains is constantly changing, but once a component malfunctions, such as looseness, deformation, or detachment, it can lead to serious accidents such as train overturning. For example, the 1998 Escher train derailment accident in Germany was caused by the deformation and detachment of the outer shell of the wheels onto the tracks, resulting in the derailment of the train. This accident caused a total of 101 deaths.

Service Content

The IRIS standard was released by the Union of European Railway Industries (UNIFE) on May 18, 2006 and upgraded to ISO/TS 22163 on June 1, 2017. The standard is based on ISO 9001 and incorporates some special requirements for the railway industry, such as project management, configuration management, first article inspection, RAMS/LCC, etc.

Benefits of Certification

Reduce the second party audit of the four major system integrators

At the same time as the release of the IRIS standard (May 18, 2006), the four major system integrators (Siemens, Alstom, Bombardier, AnsaldoBreda) issued a joint commitment: if IRIS certification has been obtained, the four major system integrators promise not to conduct audits of enterprise management systems.

Obtaining ISO/TS 22163 certification means obtaining a passport to the international railway market

Siemens, Bombardier, Knorr Bremse, and other companies require most of their suppliers to start planning and implementing the IRIS system in 2009, and explicitly state that failure to pass certification will affect supplier qualifications and future cooperation.

ISO/TS 22163 certification is the key to entering the domestic railway supply chain

At present, many enterprises in the domestic railway industry have passed ISO/TS 22163 certification. At the same time, some enterprises have begun to require their suppliers to pass ISO/TS 22163 certification before they can be included in the qualified supplier list.

Increase business opportunities

System integrators can obtain more accurate and reliable data and information on the ISO/TS 22163 data platform, making supplier evaluation and approval more efficient. The audit results of component supplier certification can be viewed by various system integrators on the website, and of course, information on all system integrators and potential future customers can also be found on the ISO/TS 22163 website, creating more business opportunities.

Standardize enterprise management

ISO/TS 22163 is an enterprise management standard for the railway industry developed by the four major European system integrators based on their long-term management experience and their respective requirements for suppliers. This standard is not limited to quality management, but also involves cost management, project management, etc. Therefore, if enterprises can truly apply the ISO/TS 22163 standard to their management, it can greatly improve their existing management level.