Standardization Essentials: Principles and Practice

Steven M. Spivak, F. Cecil Brenner

CRC Press, Mar 2, 2001 - Technology & Engineering - 320 pages

This ready reference surveys the discipline of standards and standardization, defining common terms, clarifying descriptions, describing how standards could be used to restrain trade, and explaining how international trade is stimulated by the due process provisions of standards writing organizations.
Containing real-world examples provided by experienced standards professionals, Standardization Essentials is a
vital, forward-looking reference for mechanical, civil, electrical and electronics, materials, chemical, mineral, cost, quality, reliability, industrial, developmental, safety, forensic, and consulting engineers; standards managers; architects; project managers; upper-level undergraduate, graduate, and continuing education students in these disciplines.
Crystallizes the essential role that standards play in strategic standardization management, purchasing, contractual agreements, and international trade!
Covering costs, benefits, limitations, uses, and abuses of standardization programs, Standardization Essentials

Considers whether standards build or bar trade and the use of international standards to leverage world markets

Presents a case study of conformity assessment related to international technical trade barriers

Focuses on consumer safety standards for automobile tires and other products

Addresses implementation of ISO 9000 and ISO 14000 management system standards in industry

Highlights voluntary (nongovernmental) and mandatory (governmental) standards and regulations developed by a variety of organizations

Reveals competition, incongruities, and harmonization among national and international standards

Contents

• Introduction: 1
• Through the Ages with Standards: 7
• Semantics and Terminology: 15
• Purposes and Scope of Standardization: 25
• Genesis of Standards and the Law: 33
• Varieties and Relationships Among Standards: 45
• Procurement Standards: 53
• National and International Standardization: 67
• Conformity Assessment Laboratory Accreditation Quality System Registration and Product Certification: 77
• National Versus International Standards Products and Processes: 91
• Introduction to ISO 9000 and ISO 14000 Management System Standards: 101
• ISO 9000 and the Real World: 105
• Strategic Standardization in Heavy Industry: 121
• The US Standardization System A New Perspective: 131
• The ModernDay Archimedes Using International Standards to Leverage World Markets: 149
• Standardization and Technical Trade Barriers A Case in Europe: 161
• Safety Standards and Product Certification in a Global Market: 167
• Consumer Product Safety in the Global Marketplace: 173
• Reengineering Standards for the Process Industries Process Industry Practices: 191
• Laboratory Accreditation Programs in the United States The Need for Cooperation: 205
• Test Methodology and Standardization Parables: 217
• Performance Testing and Correlation: 227
• Standardization and Quality Assurance in Developing Countries: 237
• International Standards The Key to Global Competitiveness: 249
• The Informal Versus the Formal Standards Development Process Myth and Reality: 257
• Standards Organizations and Acronyms: 267
• OMB Circular A119 Revised 1998: 279
• Index: 301

Bibliographic information

• Title: Standardization Essentials: Principles and Practice
• Authors: Steven M. Spivak, F. Cecil Brenner
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: CRC Press, 2001
• ISBN: 0824789180, 9780824789183
• Length: 320 pages
• Subjects: Technology & Engineering / Engineering (General); Technology & Engineering / Sensors