standardization
Sign in to saveStandardization (American English) or standardisation (British English) is the process of implementing and developing technical standards based on the consensus of different parties that include firms, users, interest groups, standards organizations and governments. Standardization can help maximize compatibility, interoperability, safety, repeatability, efficiency, and quality. It can also facilitate a normalization of formerly custom processes.
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- Objectives
- History
- Early examples
- 18th century attempts
- 19th century developments
- Early 20th century
- International structure of standardization
- Regional standards organization
- International standards
- International Standards Associations
- Usage
- Information exchange
- Environmental protection
- Product testing and analysis
- Safety
- Public information symbols
- Biosafety
- Defense
- Ergonomics, workplace and health
- Clothing
- Clinical assessment
- Social science
- Customer service
- Supply and materials management
- Process
- Effects
- Effects on firms
- Effects on consumers
- Effects on technology
- Effects on markets
- See also
- Further reading
- Notes
- References
- External links
Standardization (American English) or standardisation (British English) is the process of implementing and developing technical standards based on the consensus of different parties that include firms, users, interest groups, standards organizations and governments. Standardization can help maximize compatibility, interoperability, safety, repeatability, efficiency, and quality. It can also facilitate a normalization of formerly custom processes.
In social sciences, including economics, the idea of standardization is close to the solution for a coordination problem, a situation in which all parties can realize mutual gains, but only by making mutually consistent decisions. Divergent national standards impose costs on consumers and can be a form of non-tariff trade barrier.