THE TERM “STANDARDIZATION” – DEFINED TOOL FOR MANUFACTURING

Sharing the knowledge of what had been learnt from my professional expertise of “STANDARDIZATION” which evaluates the manufacturing with its process to drive in a systematic way through proper documentation of how the processes in manufacturing should go through this Road-map to achieve the productivity which is well determined by an Organization.

Define “STANDARDIZATION”

Standardization is the process of implementing and developing technical standards based on the consensus of different parties that include firms, users, interest groups, standards organizations and governments. Standardization can maximize compatibility, interoperability, safety, repeatability, or quality. It can also facilitate commoditization of formerly custom processes. In social sciences, including economics, the idea of standardization is close to the solution for a coordination problem, a situation in which all parties can realize mutual gains, but only by making mutually consistent decisions. This view includes the case of "spontaneous standardization processes", to produce de facto standards.

Other definition for “STANDARDIZATION” refers

In further, standardization refers to the creation and use of guidelines for the production of uniform, interchangeable components especially for use in mass production. It also refers to the establishment and adoption of guidelines for conduct. In global marketing, the term is used to describe the simplification of procurement and production economy.

The concept of standardization originated near the turn of 19th century, before that time products were made individually with unique and hand fitted parts. Eli Whitney (1767-1825), inventor of the cotton gin, has been credited with developing the concept of standardization; which he first applied to rifle manufacturer in 1797. Instead of handcrafting each weapon, he produced components of uniform size in quantity and then assembled the parts into finished products. The concept saved time and money in production and allowed for easy repair.

By the mid-1800s standardization joined the division of labour and machine assisted manufacturing as well established principles of mass production, but they were not widely applied for decades to come. Twentieth century industrialist Henry Ford (1863-1947) was a great proponent ad beneficiary of mass production. He organized the Ford Motor Co., around its principles, taking standardization to a high level. His plants manufactured only one type of car at a time. Each auto that came off the production lines was identical even down to the colour—black. Standardization not only saved on production costs but also benefited consumers, who no longer had to have replacement parts machined by hand.

Ford’s success contributed to the proliferation of mass production principles, including standardization throughout the developed world. The concept has promoted a dramatic increase in manufacturing productivity which in turn improved living standards and the concept of standardization has been applied in many ways since.

In general, standardization determines and promulgates criteria to which objects or actions are expected to conform. Standardization for manufacturing may entail the creation of production standards, tolerances or specifications. These can be expressed as formulas, drawings, measurements or definitions. Standards delineate the limits within which products or components must fall in order to be useful and interchangeable. Components that do not adhere to such limits are “non-standard” or, more commonly the “rejects”. Virtually any aspect of a product or components can be standardized. Quality control and resting are used to measure achievement of standards. The use of such standards promotes clear communication within and among organizations. It can also lower the costs of labour production and repair. In the current business climate businesses have demanded ever-increasing standardization from their suppliers as well as from their own production. Clearly the standardization in all its forms will continue to be applied in new ways in the future.

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