Tagged: Conformity Assessment

GAME: Mars Space Colony – A Game of Standardization

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Conformity Assessment: A Process

Rudi Schubert of the IEEE Standards Association discusses the role of conformity assessment in demonstrating that products or services meet the specific requirements described in standards. Excerpted from the IEEE Standards Education MOOC, “Innovation and Competition: Succeeding through Global Standards” from 2016.


The Value of Conformity Assessment for Different Players

Yatin Trivedi of Aricent, Inc. discusses the value of conformity assessment from different perspectives, including those of design engineers, regulators, purchasing agents, and lawyers. Excerpted from the IEEE Standards Education MOOC, “Innovation and Competition: Succeeding through Global Standards” from 2016.


Conformity Assessment: The Perspective of Product Designers

Gordon Gillerman of NIST discusses different scenarios in which companies would have benefited from considering conformity assessment requirements earlier on in the product design phase. Excerpted from the IEEE Standards Education MOOC, “Innovation and Competition: Succeeding through Global Standards” from 2016.

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Standards Education

The first version of this policy became active on 1 November 2012. From this date government bodies (central government departments, their agencies, non-departmental public bodies (NDPBs) and any other bodies for which they are responsible) were required to adhere to the Open Standards Principles – …




The ABC’s of Standards Activities

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), 2009
The Standards Services Division (SSD) within the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) publishes information related to standards and conformity assessment as a service to producers and users of such systems—both in the government and in the …


Interagency Report on Strategic U.S. Government Engagement in International Standardization to Achieve U.S. Objectives for Cybersecurity

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), 2015
This interagency report sets out proposed United States Government (USG) strategic objectives for pursuing the development and use of international standards for cybersecurity and makes recommendations to achieve those objectives. The recommendations cover interagency coordination, collaboration with the …


Japan’s Standardization Policy 2013

From Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, Japanese Industrial Standards Committee Secretariat, 2013
The Japanese economy has been facing serious issues, such as deflation, rising energy costs and declining exports due to structural changes in international trade and industry. While Japan should continue the challenge to …