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 productsby 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 contentsas 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…
