Success with standards
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How companies and organisations use standards effectively and participate in standardisation work.
Learn from the experience of others:
How to use standards in everyday work.
How to use proven knowledge.
How to keep the state-of-the-art of technology.
How standards assure the profit of a company.
How to set standards.
Examples from practice.
Success Stories
The sun only has to shine
On the basis of a standard, Johann Brandmayr developed a new, highly efficient measurement technique solar thermal collectors and earned the Innovation Award of the University of Applied Sciences of Wels.
The Internationalen Norm ISO 14067 is to raise transparency on the quantification and communication of CO2 emissions in the future. Austria played a leading role in the development of this standard.
"To know the standards means to know what is required"
You should get well-informed in advance —that is the advice of KommR Ing. Franz Bamberger, for all those who want to succeed – just like he did – in the markets of Russia and Eastern Europe.
It is really sensational: For the first time, a government introduces a complete risk management system. Its foundations were developed at Austrian Standards — the ON Rule series ONR 49000.
From autumn 2010 will Alexander Brandl, PhD, member in a committee of the Austrian Standards Institute, inform and corresponding on the Colorado State University.
Guido Gürtler: „Standardisation — challenge and opportunity. What management and staff should know“, is the title of a new QuickInfo published by Austrian Standards plus Publishing in March 2011.
Martin Denison: “Without standards, I would have had to close down”
How the Austrian-British diving expert Martin Denison discovered standardisation, thereby rescued his company and, almost as a by-product, raised diving safety world-wide.
OÖ. Gesundheits- und Spitals-AG (gespag): Effectiveness in hospitals - How online standards management saves time and money
"Being involved costs money and resources, but it is absolutely necessary. It is worth it!"
Schindler Österreich: Interview with Ing. Anton Marschall
"Standards allow you to ensure sustainability, which is the reason why you standardise something."
International Atomic Energy Agency - IAEA:
Interview with Dr. Christian Schmitzer
"I considered international standardisation work a privilege."
Iceland Standards Institute: Interview with Gudrún Rögnvaldardóttir (German only)
"We’re not just there. We want to cooperate and configure!"
"Carbon Footprint of Products": Interview with Nobel Peace Prize Winner Dr. Klaus Radunsky
The reduction of greenhouse gases has worldwide political priority.
An International Standard (ISO) is in preparation.
MIRAKO Thermo wood: Standard for "new" wood
Market leader due to inventive talent, consequence and the use of European Standards.
Berndorf Bäderbau (production of baths): "Husky" with Standards
Standards assure the quality and open the door to the east.
Regional Hospital Klagenfurt: High levels with standards
The quality level of the sterilisation of medical equipment rose drastically due to the use of standards.
Protected Workshop St. Pölten: The quality makers
Quality management, standards and certificates assure the place on the free market.
