Technical Standard of Product
Introduction
Technical standards are formalized sets of criteria or specifications. They are developed and adopted to help improve product quality, safety and environmental practice, reduce trade barriers, and encourage interchangeability and compatibility of related products.
Definition
Technical Standard is an ISO principle which describes and specifies a set of parameters ensuring an optimal design, development and engineering practice for a certain product line in order to ensure stability, reliability, homogeneity and interoperability of that product line.
Purpose
Technical standards are imposed to improve efficiency and uniformity across all product makers, thus resulting in economies of scale. Technical standards can serve to reduce the costs of developing a product or a process while also providing benefits such as safety, product quality, and increased productivity. This ultimately allows manufacturers to produce product at a lower cost while meeting minimum requirements set by the standard.
Benefits
Benefits of technical standard include:
• Improved quality due to uniformity of components
• Reduced costs due to economies of scale
• Faster development time for products
• Safety
• Stepped up customer satisfaction
• Improved interoperability between products
Development
Technical standards are developed and adopted through collaboration of multiple stakeholders, including industry, government, research and civil society. This collaboration is carried out in a unified and organized effort to ensure that the standard meets the needs of the users and is applicable across different countries, regions and markets.
The development of technical standards can take anywhere from months to years depending on the complexity of the current standard and the amount of stakeholders involved in the process. The development of a technical standard requires significant information gathering and analysis to ensure accuracy and safety. It also requires collective input from multiple stakeholders to ensure that the standard meets their needs.
Conclusion
In conclusion, technical standards are a valuable tool for ensuring product quality, safety, and bi-lateral interchangeability. Technical standard provide industry wide benefits including cost reduction, faster product development, improved quality and safety, and customer satisfaction. In order to ensure that the technical standard meets the user needs, development of a standard requires collaboration of multiple stakeholders and rigorous analysis.
