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A Challenger of 36 months
What is “ISO”? Some of you may have heard of it before,
but how about in practical terms?
This website was launched to communicate
“ISO” to you in a comprehensible language.
As you visit our website more and more,
you will surely come to understand the meaning of “36 months”.
And while playing the quiz one after another,
you could become an “ISO” Specialist yourself!
2010.07.02 UPDATE
12) Standards of All Sorts
There are a number of ISOs out there in the world.
Let’s see how they differ in their implications and roles.
1. Streamlining of production and consumption
Unification of shapes and sizes of “bolts,” “lamps,” “batteries,” etc.
2. Promotion of international trade
Development of products in line with international standards.
Usage of single-layered washing machines in the west, and double-layered in
Japan.
Consistency with JIS in Japan and global level standards (ISO, IEC)
3. Competition of international standardization
Home video tape battle: “VHS” vs “beta.”
Unification due to widespread use in practice. Eg) Victory of blue ray method,
etc.
4. Social issues: safety, environment, etc.
Assuring safety by labeling/indication of “PSE” and “CE” marks.
5. Foundation of scientific reliability
International unit system (SI)
Length (m), luminosity (cd), amount of material (mol), temperature (K),
electric quantity (A), time (s), mass (kg)
6. Operational reliability of standards
Securing quality and reliability of products by evaluation (certification) of conformity against standards
7. Rationalization and enhancing transparency of organizational activities
Standards related to “organizational management,”
which create the goods.
So here are the overview in titles.
I guess it is not so difficult to comprehend the contents as they literally mean what they say.
In our daily lives, our unwittingly selection of “guarantee and unification” and “power
of unseeable standardization”
is turned into seeable products, etc.
Well, but No. 7 may sound “different” with the rest.
It mentions “organizational activities” which are unseeable and hard to
understand
To “visualize” this.
That is what “ISO” is about.
How do they do it? Let’s open the door to ISO and take a peek in steps.
to be continued…
to be continue…


■ISO will come into view little by little…The fun has only started!
Q.12 How are international units (eg. meter) referred to as?
1.
SI
2. MI
3. KI
4. AI
Q11. What is PDCA cycle called in the west?
1.P cycle
2.D cycle
3. Cycle
D
4.Deming
cycle
Q10. ISO started from the year of:
1.1945
2.1946
3.1949
4.1950
Q.9 The “P” in PDCA stands for 「計画」 in Japanese. What is its meaning in English?
1.
Plane surface
2. Plan
3. Proposal
4.
Practice
Q.8 What does the “A” in PDCA refer to?
1. Ace
2. Attack
3. Advantage
4. Action
Q. 7 ISO 9001
What do
corporate managers prioritize the most in ISO 9001?
1. Self satisfaction
2.Client satisfaction
3.Employee satisfaction
Q. 6 What is the abbreviation for the International Standard in the broadcasting sector?
1.IHU 2.
ICU 3. ITU
Q5 What do the “stages” used in ISO describe?
1.Theatre
performances
2. Location of activities
3. Stages of its development, etc.
Q.4 Participants of the ISO meeting
Participating
members at the ISO meeting are called: O-members and P-members.
P for “P-member” stands for “participation.
What
does the O for “O-member” refer to?
A. Offer
B. Observer
C. Occasion
Q.3 What is the Japanese term for “standardization”?
A.目標 B.標準化 C.標準
Q.2 How many countries worldwide have ISO memberships?
A.162 B.198 C.250
Q.1 From which language does “ISO” derive from?
A.English B.French C.Greek