Standardization Essentials: Principles and Practice by Spivak, Steven M.

Standardization Essentials: Principles and Practice

This ready reference surveys the discipline of standards and standardization, defining common terms, clarifying descriptions, describing how...
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Author: Steven M. Spivak
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Language: English
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Standardization Essentials: Principles and Practice by Spivak, Steven M.

Standardization Essentials: Principles and Practice

€377,28

Standardization Essentials: Principles and Practice

€377,28
Author: Steven M. Spivak
Format: Hardcover
Language: English

This ready reference surveys the discipline of standards and standardization, defining common terms, clarifying descriptions, describing how standards could be used to restrain trade, and explaining how international trade is stimulated by the due process provisions of standards writing organizations.
Containing real-world examples provided by experienced standards professionals, Standardization Essentials is a
vital, forward-looking reference for mechanical, civil, electrical and electronics, materials, chemical, mineral, cost, quality, reliability, industrial, developmental, safety, forensic, and consulting engineers; standards managers; architects; project managers; upper-level undergraduate, graduate, and continuing education students in these disciplines.
Crystallizes the essential role that standards play in strategic standardization management, purchasing, contractual agreements, and international trade!
Covering costs, benefits, limitations, uses, and abuses of standardization programs, Standardization Essentials

  • Considers whether standards build or bar trade and the use of international standards to leverage world markets
  • Presents a case study of conformity assessment related to international technical trade barriers
  • Focuses on consumer safety standards for automobile tires and other products
  • Addresses implementation of ISO 9000 and ISO 14000 management system standards in industry
  • Highlights voluntary (nongovernmental) and mandatory (governmental) standards and regulations developed by a variety of organizations
  • Reveals competition, incongruities, and harmonization among national and international standards


  • Author: Steven M. Spivak, F. Cecil Brenner
    Publisher: CRC Press
    Published: 03/02/2001
    Pages: 320
    Binding Type: Hardcover
    Weight: 1.24lbs
    Size: 9.24h x 6.34w x 0.81d
    ISBN: 9780824789183


    Review Citation(s):
    Scitech Book News 06/01/2001 pg. 133

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