It is the activity which establishes, in relation to existing or potential problems, disposals for common and repetitive use in order to obtain the excellent degree in a given context. In practice, it is present in the manufacture of products, in the technology transference, in the life quality improvement through standards related to healthy, safety and preservation of the environment. In practice, it is present in the manufacture of products, in the technology transference, in the life quality improvement through standards related to healthy, safety and preservation of the environment.

What is a Standard?

The standard is a technical document established by consensus between the interested parts (manufacturers, consumers, governments, etc.), which states the minimum characteristics that activities and products shall comply with, searching the benefit for the community, through the facilitation of commerce, productivity and safety raising, protection of the environment, improvement of communication and understanding among parts.
The standards also eliminate the waste of time, raw material and labor, which results in market growth, quality betterment and price and cost reducing, factors that feed the cycle of social development.
The use of the principle of “reference to standard” in the national regulations or in the regional statements allows that, in case of harmonizing standards, through the corresponding regional or international standardization organizations, the different national regulation be harmonized too, eliminating this way the technical barriers to the commerce.

 

 

Standardization objectives

 

 

 

 

Uniformity
Simplify and reduce proceedings for the elaboration of products and the services realization.

 

Economy
Reduce the increment variety of products and proceedings, as well as their costs, providing to the consumer and the manufacturer better market conditions.

 

Communication
Provide information more efficient to the manufacturer and consumer, improving the reliability in the commercial and services relations.

 

Safety and healthy
Protect the human life and healthy.

 

Consumer protection
Make available to society efficient means to check the quality of products and services.

Elimination of commercial and technical barriers
Facilitate the commercial exchange; avoiding, based on the principle of “reference to standards”, the existence of conflicting regulations about products and services in different countries.