NACS accreditation provides an assurance of the competence, impartiality and integrity of conformity assessment bodies. NACS accredited certification, testing, inspection and calibration reduces the need for suppliers to be assessed by each of their customers.
NACS’ involvement in international groups such as EA, IAF and ILAC, provides for mutual recognition. This reduces the need for multiple assessments of suppliers, and as a consequence helps to reduce barriers to trade for organisations who have NACCS accreditation.
NACS is a non-profit-distributing private company, limited by guarantee. NACS is self-financing and charges fees to conformity assessment bodies to cover operational costs and other expenditure.