The company selected for this study by the Jordan Standards and Metrology Organization is ''Petra Engineering Industries Co.'', a leading engineering company in the Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning (HVAC) industry. With over 1500 employees, including more than 300 engineers, the company exp...

The company chosen by the Mauritius Standards Bureau for this study, ''PPP PSL'', manufactures plastic pipes and fittings made of PVC-U as well as polypropylene pipes for electrical conduit applications. Among one of the first companies in Mauritius to be certified to ISO 9001, PPP PSL manufactures ...

This is a study conducted to determine the social and environmental benefits of standards for a major insurance company, the Ping An Property and Causality Insurance Company of China. Using ISO, ISO/IEC and Chinese standards for particular critical issues like risk management, catastrophe insurance ...

This is a case study conducted to determine the economic benefits of standards. The enterprise chosen for the study is Singapore’s “City Square Mall” (CSM), a public facility providing retail outlets for many types of goods and services. Developed , owned and managed by one of Singapore’s leading in...

This book contains a set of 11 case studies from 10 countries about the economic benefits of standards from the point of view of different companies. In the studies a methodology was implemented that had been developed by ISO, with the support of Roland Berger Strategy Consultants, to assess and qua...

An activity of the ASEAN common market is to provide common technical specifications for production and services based on regionally harmonized standards as well as international standards. Electric and electronic products are among the first in this harmonization and in Vietnam the electrical equip...

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This is a study conducted to determine the non-economic benefits of standards for a public enquiry service of Jinan, the capital of Shangdong Province. It is an open multi-functional public service hotline integrating 38 public governmental service hotlines including urban management, power supply a...

Chosen by the Italian National Standards Body (UNI), the Mapei Group is the world's leading manufacturer of mortars, adhesives, grouts, sealants, waterproofing agents, additives for concrete and other speciality products for the building industry. The group comprises 68 subsidiaries, 18 main R&D ...