Introduction to Standardization (Fourth Edition)

Author: Li Chuntian
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Publish Date: 2005-07-01
Features: Based on the previous three editions, this textbook adapts to the new requirements for standardization professionals in China's socialist market economy and the evolving international economic and technological landscape. It summarizes and incorporates recent international standardization practices while keeping in mind future trends in standardization, striving to reflect the characteristics of the times and the needs of advanced education in its content. The book is dedicated to establishing a theoretical system for standardization. The first six chapters cover the theoretical aspects. Building on systematic theory, a new theory of "Standardization Process" has been added, providing a clear roadmap for understanding and researching standardization activities and their interrelationships. This also proposes a series of urgent research topics for standardization theory research, discipline development, and work improvement. Chapters 7 to 12 provide a detailed description of the specific content of standardization activities. They offer methodological guidance on how to develop various types of standards, how to conduct conformity assessment, and how to manage standard information, while also systematically introducing international standardization. The book particularly strengthens the practical application of standardization. From Chapter 13 to 20, it broadens the scope of standardization to cover quality, informatization, modern manufacturing technology, mass customization, logistics management, intellectual property, and especially the critical topics of technological progress and international trade, which are closely related to contemporary social development and market competition. It reveals the vast prospects and significant historical mission of standardization in the 21st century.