Integrated Management System – Interview – Overview on the current challenges organisations are facing in respect of compliance and audit

The Integrated Management System challenges

The issues that companies face at the moment in terms of compliance are particularly linked to the omnipresence of regulation on the Luxembourgish market.

This has raised a demand for integrated management systems (IMS), to be used as a central/unique repository for all reference documents required for implementation, audit and certification against regulations, standards or best practices. Labgroup has been a precursor on this track, having already put in place a comprehensive IMS that has proved its value on the occasion of the audit for the ISO 27001[1] certification on February 2014. Further, early this year, the company succeeded in the renewing of both the ISO 9001[2] and the ISO 27001 certifications, as a result of a single audit process. And, last but not least, Labgroup’s IMS is being fed for the purpose of the next audit to be performed, in order for Labgroup to become the first company to be PSDC certified.

Operating in a highly regulated market is very demanding and it is key to success for enterprises to switch their perspective on these regulations from a hindrance to an opportunity for improvement.

(from right to left) Sébastien Pineau, Lead Partnership Officer, LIST, Bernard Moreau, CEO, Labgroup, Pierre Dewez, CEO, PECB Europe. @Hôtel Royal #Elephantparade – save the elephants initiative

This has been the cornerstone of Labgroup’s certification strategy, involving both management and staff, as it is extremely important that everyone, as part of the organisation, is involved from a to z. To successfully achieve this, it is essential to innovate with organisations such as LIST, who are dedicated to help enterprises meet all these compliance requirements.

In fact, List designed a set of processes to target different certifications and develops tools, allowing to achieve compliance with different regulations. Currently, the institute launched a comprehensive risk management process for two types of risk: operational and information security risks.

Interview – Integrated Management System – LIST – PECB – LABGROUP – Watch the video now!

The certification challenge

In a market that is increasingly moving towards deploying and operating integrated management systems, it does no longer make sense to audit and certify each norm individually.

This is the reason why for Labgroup, it was very important to find a certification body capable of auditing and certifying integrated management systems, not only  ISO standards but also compliance with standards, such as PSDC.

The main difficulty to achieve this is the lack of auditors with a strong background in all the relevant fields, who are able to understand the complexity and challenges of these management systems, and all the processes and tools within.

PECB Europe, the first Luxemburgish certification body, is able to provide an answer to all of these compliance milestones in one single audit.

The key factor in achieving this is understanding how to accompany the certification and auditing process whilst leveraging what is really important for enterprises, always focusing on decreasing the footprint and noise that an audit could cause in an organisation.

Becoming the first PSDC certified company in the market, strongly increases the demands and exigencies of an integrated management system, setting a new benchmark for compliance.

This is the reason why it is more and more important that organisations such as LIST, are able to provide innovative tools to better integrate regulation, with the target of being able in the future to integrate the regulators and the regulation, making compliance more easily accessible and efficient for the whole ecosystem in Luxemburg, as well as contributing to the Luxemburgish trusted data hub.

PSDC – The new certification scheme on Dematerialisation and Archiving Services, based on the Luxemburgish law on electronic archiving (25 of July 2015).

What is PSDC?

PSDC is a standard developed to meet the requirements of the Luxembourgish law on electronic archiving (25 of July of 2015), by which an organisation providing dematerialisation and archiving services, can become certified against PSDC technical rules and requirements.

Being a PSDC certified organisation means that all documents processed by the certified organisation have the same probative value as the original. This, in turn, implies that these documents are valid in a tribunal or court, having the same value as the analogic originals (paper-based).

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[1] ISO 27001 “specifies the requirements for establishing, implementing, maintaining and continually improving an information security management system within the context of the organization. It also includes requirements for the assessment and treatment of information security risks tailored to the needs of the organization. The requirements set out in ISO/IEC 27001:2013 are generic and are intended to be applicable to all organizations, regardless of type, size or nature.”, Definition, International Organization of Standardization, 2016, available online: http://www.iso.org/ .

[2] ISO 9001 “specifies requirements for a quality management system when an organization:

  1. a) needs to demonstrate its ability to consistently provide products and services that meet customer and applicable statutory and regulatory requirements, and
  2. b) aims to enhance customer satisfaction through the effective application of the system, including processes for improvement of the system and the assurance of conformity to customer and applicable statutory and regulatory requirements.

All the requirements of ISO 9001 are generic and are intended to be applicable to any organization, regardless of its type or size, or the products and services it provides.”Definition, International Organization of Standardization, 2016, available online: http://www.iso.org/ .

“Recherche d’urgence dirigeants pour mener à bien la transformation digitale”, Usine Digitale.

Découvrez l’article sur le sujet “Recherche d’urgence dirigeants pour mener à bien la transformation digitale“, paru le 03 octobre 2016 sur le site usine-digital.fr.

Selon le baromètre pour le deuxième semestre de 2016 réalisé par Eurosearch et associés, l’intensité de la concurrence internationale est la première cause de transformation digitale pour 45% des entreprises, l’arrivée de produits innovants proposés par un concurrent arrive en deuxième place (44%) suivi par les changements réglementaires et de norme (33%) et le risque d’uberisation (21%). 37 % des PME-ETI estiment qu’elles vont devoir se transformer dans l’année qui vient. De plus les chefs d’entreprises interrogés par Eurosearch estiment qu’en moyenne pas moins de cinq fonctions classiques de l’entreprises sont touchées par la transformation actuelle.

Pour plus d’informations, veuillez consulter l’article complet. 

Labgroup, expert en gestion de documents et de données depuis 40 ans, vous accompagne dans tous vos projets de dématérialisation. Contactez-nous maintenant et profitez de nos nombreuses solutions.  

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Archimag – L’Europe a émis 1,2 milliard de factures électroniques en 2015

Découvrez l’article sur le sujet “L’Europe a émis 1,2 milliard de factures électroniques en 2015”, paru le 22 septembre 2016 sur le site d’Archimag.com. 

La dématérialisation des factures dépasse le cap du milliard d’unités et fait un bond de 27 % en l’espace d’une année.

L’Europe de la dématérialisation est en marche. Le nombre de factures électroniques émises sur le continent européen a atteint le score historique de 1,252 milliard d’unités en 2015. Soit une croissance de 27 % par rapport à 2014 qui avait alors enregistré un volume de 985 millions de factures électroniques.

Selon l’EESPA, association des prestataires européens de e-facturation, cette croissance concerne tous les types de transaction. Les relations B2B (business to business) et B2G (business to government) constituent la part la plus importante du mouvement avec 766,89 millions de factures électroniques contre seulement 603 millions en 2013. Le segment B2C quant à lui a atteint 485,38 millions d’unités en 2015 soit une hausse de 33 % par rapport à 2014.

Pour plus d’informations, veuillez consulter l’article complet. 

Avez-vous un projet de facturation électronique en cours et cherchez un partenaire qui vous aide à sa mise en place? Labgroup peut vous accompagner dans votre projet et vous offre des solutions simples efficaces. 

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Archimag – Les 7 tendances de la dématérialisation

Découvrez l’article sur les 7 tendances de la dématérialisation, paru le 7 septembre 2016 sur le site d’Archimag.com. 

L’heure est à la dématérialisation. Que ce soit pour les entreprises, les administrations et les collectivités locales, la dématérialisation est un passage obligé. Dans ce paysage plusieurs tendances se dessinent. Nous en avons identifié sept.

Selon l’Archimag, les 7 tendances de la dématérialisation sont une politique favorable et l’État comme moteur, la volonté des entreprises, la globalisation des projets, l’intégration du Saas et du cloud, la mobilité grâce à la gestion électronique des documents, l’agilité et l’open source.

Pour plus d’informations, veuillez consulter l’article complet. 

Avez-vous un projet de dématérialisation en cours et cherchez un partenaire qui vous aide à sa mise en place? Labgroup est un expert pour tous les services de la dématérialisation et vous offre des solutions efficaces de bout en bout. 

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Cloud based Applications – Seven Compelling Benefits, by Corelynx INC

Discover the newest article about “Cloud based Applications – Seven Compelling Benefits” by Paul Anderson, Corelynx INC. 

The worldwide cloud computing market is expected to reach the milestone figure of $19.5 billion by 2016. That is approximately 36% compound annual growth rate.
– Forbes

Given this rapid growth in cloud computing, it becomes essential to learn what are the main factors that are driving the popularity of cloud based applications and cloud based software companies. Cloud based applications bring several benefits over to a business.

Here are the 7 top benefits:

1. Improved Security

The beginning of cloud computing trend saw data security as one of its major loopholes. Consequent of which, both large enterprises and small and medium-sized businesses were skeptical of using cloud based applications and chose to rather stick with server-based programs. However, as cloud computing evolved, the loophole of data security got accurately filled up.

Today by all means, cloud based applications are equally secure because of the huge amounts of money that cloud providers invest into securing their site-specific infrastructure. This averts any kind of loss, illegal procurement or other damage to data stored in the cloud. So unlike locally-hosted software that is always vulnerable to virus, data loss, identity theft, intellectual property theft and so on, cloud based applications face none of these. …

For further information, we invite you to read the full article 

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Découvrez l’article de Alain De Fooz sur la General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) :

Bonjour à tous!
Aujourd’hui Labgroup vous propose de découvrir l’article de Alain De Fooz sur le General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
Cet article publié par Soluxions Magazine vous guidera dans le monde des data.  ”N’attendez pas :vérifiez si vos politiques et règles de traitement et de protection de données sont conformes à la nouvelle loi. A la clé, d’importants changements. Mieux,donc, vaut anticiper.”
Bonne lecture !

Découvrez l’article paru dans l’édition Juin-Juillet de Soluxions Magazine sur Art-In-The-Office

Combiner l’art et l’utile voilà en quoi consistait le projet triennal initié par Labgroup et SUMO (supporté par ALD Automotive). Le célèbre artiste luxembourgeois a apposé sa signature artistique sur l’un des conteneurs de destruction sécurisé de l’entreprise Labgroup. L’œuvre d’art a été mise aux enchères et gagnée par le féru d’art Bob Kneip (CEO de Kneip Communication).

Ce projet a également mis à contribution les élèves du Lycée des Arts et Métiers dans le cadre du concours Art-in-the-office. « Je suis content d’avoir relevé ce défi ainsi que d’avoir pu coacher les jeunes artistes du Lycée des Arts et Métiers qui m’ont rappelé l’époque où j’étais moi-même étudiant dans ce même lycée… », déclare SUMO.

La prochaine édition du projet Art-in-the-office se déroulera l’année prochaine et sollicitera pour une deuxième fois l’originalité et le talent de SUMO et des élèves d’une autre école.

 •SOL 139 – JUNE16 DEF-LUX-LOW (page 14)

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Soluxions n˚139 Juin-Juillet 2016

Art-in-the-Office 16th of June 2016 – Container SUMO allocated to an enlightened amateur of the arts!

On Thursday the 16th of June, the official preview of the Art-in-the-Office project took place in Contern. On this occasion, the Luxembourgish artist SUMO and the students of the Lycée des Arts et Métiers (LAM) exhibit their artwork which captured the eyes of all present on the evening.

Art-in-the-Office, a project initiated by Labgroup and with the support of ALD Automotive, integrates art into the day-to-day working environment of Labgroup’s customers by improving the esthetics of everyday objects like its secure destruction containers.

For this first edition, Labgroup called upon a recognized talent from Luxembourg; the artist SUMO. His challenge; to transform Labgroup’s secure destruction containers into artwork.

During the official preview of SUMO’s artworks on Thursday, 16th of June, the original container painted by the artist was auctioned. This unique piece of art, has been reproduced on 50 Labgroup secure containers which have been made available to Labgroup’s secure destruction customers. This is the first of three projects that will be realized for the Art-in-the-Office initiative. The auction was won by no other than Bob Kneip, CEO of Kneip Communication, who is a passionate art collector.

 

Bob Kneip, winner of the auction and SUMO, the artist

Bernard Moreau, CEO Labgroup

  

Furthermore, the guests discovered the projects of the LAM students, created as part of the Art-in-the-office competition, as well as the winner’s project which has been reproduced on a Labgroup container’s. Amongst the 16 projects presented, the student Charlie Diswiscour project was selected by the jury, composed of the artist SUMO, a teacher of the LAM, Bob Kneip (CEO, Kneip Communication) and Romain Poulles (CEO, ProGroup). Unfortunately, Charlie could not be present on the evening but was represented by her father, Luc Diswiscour, who proudly accepted the prize on behalf of his daughter, which was a gift voucher of 500€, offered by Orange Luxembourg. The evening continued in a very artistic atmosphere with a refreshments offered by Gmöhling, the manufacturer of the secure destruction containers.

The jury (from left to right) – Romain Poulles, CEO ProGroup, Marianne Grisse, Professor LAM, Sumo, Artist and Bob Kneip, CEO Kneip Communication)

Luc Diswiscour, father of Charlie Diswiscour, winner of the competition

 

The next Art-in-the-office edition for 2017, will again collaborate with the recognized talent of SUMO and will open the Art-in-the-office competition to a new class of students. The project Art-in-the-office will structure itself next year in form of a non-profit making organization.

“Finally, we can say that the project has been a great success. The students of the LAM have created unique and original projects. Every single student has distinguished himself by their own style and has interpreted the subject which was “creation of an original artwork on a container” in a different and unique way. The profession of the expression of shapes and colours allows everyone to express themselves differently. We would like to thank the students as well as the teachers from the Lycée des Arts et Métiers, Marianne Grisse and Patrice Putz who have created as various projects. Even if one unique project has been chosen, we can without any hesitation confirm that all projects deserve a big congratulation. We would like to thank SUMO, with whom we will have the pleasure to collaborate with for the 2017 edition. He has created an artwork that is so original and unique, that we were delighted to see Bob Kneip winning the auction of this master piece. Even if we were sad to see this work of art leave the Labgroup building”, Bernard Moreau, CEO Labgroup.

“This project allowed me to create an artwork very different from anything I have created previously in my career as an artist. I am glad to have taken this challenge and that I had the opportunity to coach the young artists from the LAM who remembered me of my earlier times as a student in this High-School. I’m delighted that Bob Kneip has won the auction because he admirers and supports the sector of art as much I do. I think it is important to continue to support and encourage this project and I’m looking forward to starting work on the next edition”, SUMO, artist from Luxembourg.

Links

Download press pack: www.labgroup.com/pr

Art-in-the-Office: http://www.artintheoffice.org/


Attachments

Communiqué de presse – Art-in-the-office 2016 – Labgroup

Press release – Art-in-the-office 2016 – Labgroup

Soluxions – Art-in-the-office, l’art dans l’environnement de travail

Découvrez l’article portant sur le projet Art-in-the-Office de soluxions-magazine.com paru le 16 juin 2016.

 


 Via Art-in-the-office, Labgroup introduit l’art dans le quotidien de ses clients en améliorant l’aspect esthétique de ses conteneurs de destruction sécurisée.

Art-in-the-office. Ou comment introduire l’art dans l’environnement de travail par le biais d’objets utilitaires. Initié par Labgroup et supporté par ALD Automotive, ce projet triennal fait appel, pour cette première édition, à l’artiste luxembourgeois SUMO. Son défi ? Transformer les conteneurs de destruction sécurisée Labgroup en œuvres d’art !

«Ce projet unit deux opposés : la destruction et la création, explique SUMO. D’une part, il y a l’aspect de la création d’une œuvre sur un conteneur, d’autre part le conteneur a comme raison d’être la destruction de son contenu, ce qui est très intéressant au niveau artistique. Une autre similitude est que mes œuvres se composent de plusieurs ‘ couches’. Mon processus de création se fait par la destruction de la couche précédente pour en créer une nouvelle.»

Le vendredi 3 juin, tous les acteurs qui ont contribué au succès du projet Art-in-the-Office, ont pu admirer en avant-première le fameux conteneur peint par SUMO. À la fois pratique et artistique, son œuvre a été reproduite sur 50 conteneurs et mis à disposition de clients Labgroup dans leurs locaux.

chronicle.lu – Artistic Innovation in Luxembourg with Art in the Office Initiative

Discover the article about the Art-in-the-Office project by Labgroup on the website chronicle.lu


Art-in-the-office, a three-year project launched by Labgroup and with the support of ALD Automotive, integrates art into the day-to-day working environment by improving the aesthetics of everyday objects; for this first edition, Labgroup called upon a recognized talent from Luxembourg; the artist SUMO – his challenge, to transform Labgroup’s secure destruction containers into artwork.

This project unites two conflicting concepts: destruction and creation. The creative element consists in the conception of an original artwork displayed on a container, which is ultimately destined to collect material for the purpose of destroying it. This paradox constitutes one of the fascinating aspects of the artwork. In addition, my works are typically composed of several layers, whereby each successive layer destroys the previous one” stated SUMO.


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