About ISO
What is ISO?
The International Organization for Standardization or commonly abbreviated as ISO is an international standard body consisting of representatives from the national standardization bodies of each country.
Because the abbreviations of each language are different (IOS in English and OIN in French), the founders used the ISO abbreviation, (taken from Greek: 'ISOS' which means Equality) Founded on February 23, 1947, ISO set the standard -the world's industrial and commercial standards.
ISO is an international non-profit institution, initially formed to create and introduce international standardization for anything.
Standards that we are familiar with include standard types of photographic films, phone card sizes, Bank ATM cards, paper sizes and thickness and others.
About ISO
ISO is an organization outside the government (Non-Government Organization / NGO). The mission of ISO is to support the development of standardization and other related activities in the hope of helping international trade, and also to help develop global cooperation in the fields of science, technology and economic activities.
The main activity of ISO is to produce international agreements which are then published as international standards.
In setting a standard they invited representatives from 130 countries to sit on the Technical Committee (TC), Sub-Committee (SC) and Working Group (WG). ISO participants include one national standard body from each country and large companies.
Why Are Standards Important?
Standards make a very large and positive contribution to most aspects of our lives. Standards ensure the desired characteristics of products and services such as quality, environmental friendliness, safety, reliability, efficiency, exchange, and at an economical cost.
When products and services meet our expectations, we tend to take these for granted and are not aware of the role of standards. When the product turns out to be of poor quality, unsuitable, incompatible with the equipment we already have, unreliable or dangerous, it is necessary to form a standard.
When products, systems, machines and devices work properly and safely, it is because the product meets the standards. And the organization responsible for thousands of useful standards in the world is ISO.
Why is Conformity Assessment Important?
'Conformity Assessment' means checking that a product, material, service, system, process or person measures up to the specifications of a relevant or specific standard.
Today, many products require testing to meet specifications or comply with safety, or other regulations before they can be sold freely on the market. ISO guidelines and standards for conformity assessment constitute an international consensus on best practice.
Their use contributes to the consistency of conformity assessments throughout the world and facilitates trade.
What is the Meaning of "International Standardization"
When most products or services in a particular business or industry sector conform to International Standards, then the state of the industry standardization becomes broad.
The economic stakeholders concerned agree on the specifications and criteria that will be applied consistently in the classification of materials, in the manufacture and supply of products, in testing and analysis, in terminology and in the provision of services.
In this way, International Standards provide a reference framework, or common technology language, between suppliers and customers facilitating trade and technology transfer.