Not a list of standards with descriptions. Fifty plain questions about what your business actually does, scored against thirty-three standards, with your answer on screen the moment you finish. About four minutes.
Answer Yes to anything that applies. Leave the rest alone. If you are not sure, that means No.
Has a customer, tender or procurement portal asked you in writing for a named standard?
Do you bid for public sector work, or supply large private buyers?
Do you sit in somebody else’s supply chain as a supplier or subcontractor?
Do you make, install, assemble or supply a physical product?
Are you being screened out at pre-qualification, or losing bids on paperwork?
Do you deliver work jointly with other organisations, in consortia or joint ventures?
Do you receive enough customer complaints to have needed a process for them?
Answer Yes to anything that applies. Leave the rest alone. If you are not sure, that means No.
Do your people do physical work: lifting, plant, machinery or hand tools?
Does anybody work at height, in confined spaces, with electricity or on hot works?
Do people drive for work, in company vehicles or their own?
Do you employ five or more people?
Do you use contractors, agency workers or subcontractors on your sites?
Do you have stress, workload or mental health absence you are not managing formally?
Is finding and keeping the right people one of your three biggest problems?
Do you deliver training, teaching or education as a service to others?
Answer Yes to anything that applies. Leave the rest alone. If you are not sure, that means No.
Do you hold customer or client data on your systems?
Are you sent security questionnaires, or asked about your security posture?
Do you process personal data beyond your own staff records?
Would a data breach cause you regulatory or reputational damage?
Do you sell software, a subscription platform or a managed IT service?
Do you run a service desk, or provide IT support to other organisations?
Do you build, train, sell or embed AI in anything you deliver?
Do you use third-party AI tools in decisions that affect people?
Answer Yes to anything that applies. Leave the rest alone. If you are not sure, that means No.
Do you hold an environmental permit, licence, exemption or consent?
Do you produce waste beyond ordinary office waste?
Are customers sending you environmental or ESG questionnaires?
Is energy one of your three largest costs?
Have you made a public net zero or carbon reduction commitment?
Do you buy enough goods and services that supplier choices move your impact?
Answer Yes to anything that applies. Leave the rest alone. If you are not sure, that means No.
Do you operate in, or sell into, countries with a high corruption risk?
Do you use agents, introducers or intermediaries paid on results?
Are you in a regulated sector with an obligation to demonstrate compliance?
Have you had a regulatory finding, enforcement notice or serious near miss?
Do you need a defensible, written way of assessing risk across the whole business?
Answer Yes to anything that applies. Leave the rest alone. If you are not sure, that means No.
Would a week offline seriously damage the business?
Do you have contractual uptime, availability or service level obligations?
Do you own significant physical assets: plant, fleet, buildings or infrastructure?
Do you manage buildings, workplaces or facilities on behalf of others?
Do your goods move internationally, through ports, freight forwarders or customs?
Answer Yes to anything that applies. Leave the rest alone. If you are not sure, that means No.
Do you intend to sell, raise investment or bring in a new owner within three years?
Do you want innovation run as a managed process rather than left to hope?
Are you about to grow fast, or roughly double your headcount?
Answer Yes to anything that applies. Leave the rest alone. If you are not sure, that means No.
Do you make, distribute, sterilise or service medical devices?
Do you handle, produce, pack, store or transport food or animal feed?
Do you supply into aerospace, defence or space?
Do you supply into automotive production?
Do you supply into rail?
Do you make primary packaging for medicinal products?
Do you run a testing or calibration laboratory?
Do you carry out inspection as an independent third party?
Every question starts on No, so you only tap the ones that apply. Nothing is sent anywhere, and nothing is stored. You can jump to your results at any point using Next.
The full 29-page guide explains what each of your standards actually requires, what certification costs, how to spot a worthless certificate, and when not to certify at all. It is yours free, along with your build order.