International Standards - Who Needs Them?, 1995 Process & Product Quality Conference Proceedings
George R.Weiss
Chairman, ISO/TCG
While everybody uses various standards, regional standards cause at times severe problems in inter-national trade and communications. The application of international standards is generally progressing well but in many cases application is mediocre. How-ever there are signs that CEOs of industry realize the benefits of international standards. Ways must be found to publicize ISO Standards better so that they may actually be used. Better publicity with increased use will only become reality if more in -depth support for the development of new standards will become available from the industry. Finally it must be realized that the treatment of standards is a never - ending process, requiring people, time and funds.