5. History
Societal Standardization
• 3000 BC – 1500 BC Indus Valley Civilization
First to develop uniform weights and measures
• 80–70 BC – 15 BC Marcus Vitruvius Pollio
‘The first engineer’
• 1215 Magna Carta
Clause 35 states and established consistent
measures
6. History (contd….)
• Formal Standardization
Industrial Revolution
1841 – Sir Joseph Whitworth
1850 onwards – The birth of the
railways
1895 – Henry Skelton
1901 – Sir John Wolfe-Barry
7. History (contd…)
On April 26th 1901, British Iron Trade
Federation committee met and founded the
Engineering Standards Committee, with
two representatives each from the Institution
of Civil Engineers, Institution of Mechanical
Engineers, Institution of Naval Architects and
the Iron & Steel Institute.
8. History (contd….)
1875 the convention of the Metre is signed in
Paris by 18 nations including USA.. The
Metre convention , often called the Treaty of
the Metre in USA, provides for improved
weights and measures and the establishment
of the General Conference on Weights and
Measurement.
9. History (contd….)
1820 Eleven physicians meet in Washington,
DC, to establish the US Pharmacopeia, the
first compendium of standard drug for the
United States.
14. Processes
ISO 78-2:1999
Chemistry. Layout for standards. Methods of
chemical analysis
ISO 105-A01:1996
Textiles. Tests for colour fastness. General
principles of testing
ISO 123:2001
Rubber latex. Sampling
ISO 3874:1997
Series 1 freight containers. Handling and
securing
15. Processes
• ISO 7197:1997
Neurosurgical implants. Sterile, single-use
hydrocephalus shunts and components
• ISO 7198:1998
Cardiovascular implants. Tubular vascular
prostheses
• ISO 7206-4:2002
Implants for surgery. Partial and total hip
joint prostheses.
16. Product
• ISO 254:1998
Belt drives. Pulleys. Quality, finish and
balance
• ISO 8752:1998
Spring-type straight pins. Slotted, heavy
duty
• ISO 8765:2001
Hexagon head bolts with metric fine pitch
thread. Product grades A and B
17. Product
• ISO 3029:1995
Photography. 126 size cartridges.
Dimensions of cartridge, film and backing
paper
• ISO 3830:1996
Petroleum products. Determination of lead
content of gasoline. Iodine monochloride
method
19. Management System
• ISO 9001:2008
Quality Management System
• ISO 14001:2004
Environmental Management System
• ISO 26000
Social Responsibility
ISO 27001
Information Security Management System
22. Processes
• CODEX- Codex Alimentarius Commission
Scope: Specification, sampling and analysis
of food products; food additives; food
hygiene; pesticide residues; contaminants;
labelling; essential composition; nutritional
aspects; veterinary drug residues; food
import/export inspection and certification
systems.
23. Processes
Standard Operating Procedures (SOP)
• ITEF- Internet Engineering Task Force
Scope: Internet architecture and operation.
• IIW- International Institute of Welding
Scope: Welding and allied processes.
• ICUMSA- International Commission for
Uniform Methods of Sugars Analysis
Scope: Methods of sugar analysis.
24. Processes
• IFLA- International Federation of Library
Associations and Institutions
Scope: Bibliographic control and other
aspects of library matters.
• IWTO -International Wool Textile
Organization
Scope: Testing of wool textiles.
25. Processes
• CODEX- Codex Alimentarius Commission
Scope: Specification, sampling and analysis
of food products; food additives; food
hygiene; pesticide residues; contaminants;
labelling; essential composition; nutritional
aspects; veterinary drug residues; food
import/export inspection and certification
systems.
27. PSQCA has signed following
MoU's
• PSQCA and Turkish Standards Institution
(TSE)
• PSQCA and American Society for Testing
and Material (ASTM), USA.
• PSQCA and Deutsches Institut für
Normung (DIN), Germany.
• PSQCA and American National Standards
Institute (ANSI)
32. Standardization, Accreditation & Certification
NETWORK
More than 150
Standards
bodies- including
Pakistan
Tech Standards
Trade/Commercial
BSI, SAC, DIN, JISC,
SASO, ANSI & PSQCA
PNAC
PK-Govt
PSQCA
Stake-holders
through
members
33. Political nationalism will most probably
prevail for as long as we live. Economic
nationalism is about to disappear. And
technical nationalism has disappeared!
Olle Sturen, ISO Secretary General (1969)
35. Access to Global Market
• “Standards give us access to global markets.
Because of this we are not only active in
standardization at European level but also
internationally. For us, products that
conform to standards are passports to other
countries.”
•
Karl Dungs, Managing Director, DUNGS
Combustion Controls
•
36. Innovation Management
“For us, standards are door-openers in
successfully establishing technologies and
innovations on the market.”
Karl Dungs, DUNGS Combustion Controls
37. Cost Reduction
“We can work at minimum cost when we use
standard parts and place them on the world
market because the quality level does not have
to be checked again.”
Klaus Kuonath, Corporate Standards Officer,
Daimler AG
38. Safety & Sustainability
• Standards help users be "on the safe side"
legally as well.
• “The high level of traffic safety in Germany
achieved today is due to the extremely
comprehensive standards work at national,
European and international level.”
39. Extract from international studies
• Preventing information asymmetry
• Allowing and encouraging innovation
• Creating economies of scale
• Allowing network externalities
• Reducing transaction cost
• Public safety
40. National Laws and Regulations
National Standard development
Industry Experts National Standard bodies
Adoption of International Standards
