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If there were no standards, we would soon notice. Standards make an enormous contribution to most aspects of our lives - although very often, that contribution is invisible. It is when there is an absence of standards that their importance is brought home. For example, as purchasers or users of products, we soon notice when they turn out to be of poor quality, do not fit, are incompatible with equipment we already have, are unreliable or dangerous. When products meet our expectations, we tend to take this for granted. We are usually unaware of the role played by standards in raising levels of quality, safety, reliability, efficiency and interchangeability - as well as in providing such benefits at an economical cost. ISO (International Organization for Standardization) is the world's largest developer of standards. Although ISO's principal activity is the development of technical standards, ISO standards also have important economic and social repercussions. ISO standards make a positive difference, not just to engineers and manufacturers for whom they solve basic problems in production and distribution, but to society as a whole. 为何标准至关重要 假设没有标准 标准影响我们生活的方方面面,尽管有时并不明显.作为产品的采购者与使用者,我们将不可靠,危险,差劲的质量产品视为不符合要求,当产品符合我们的期望,我们则接收.在提高质量水平,安全性,可靠性及有效性与互换性方面,标准扮演的角色不可忽视. ISO是世界上最大的标准制定者,它主要致力于技术标准的制定.ISO的确与众不同,它不仅仅在工程制造业的生产与分配方面,提供了基本解决方案,在经济与社会也有一定影响. |