What are the benefits of ISO Standards?

ISO standards add value to all types of businesses and business operations. They contribute to making the development, manufacturing, and supply of products and services more efficient, safer, and cleaner. They make trade between countries easier and fairer.

ISO standards also serve to safeguard consumers and users of products and services in general - as well as making their lives simpler.

For businesses, the widespread adoption of international standards means that suppliers can base the development of their products and services on reference documents which have broad market relevance. In other words, everyone is playing from the same rule book. This, in turn, means that businesses that adopt international standards are increasingly free to compete in markets around the world.

For customers, a product or service based on an international standard will be compatible with more products or services worldwide, which increases the number of choices available.

Each ISO National Committee has the opportunity to adopt an international standard. When the U.S. believes in the usefulness of a standard, that standard goes through an adoption process to make it an American National Standard. When an ISO standard has been adopted by the United States, the international community knows that the United States supports the content of that standard.

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