CTD 461 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Target Market, Jisc, National Institute Of Standards And Technology
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Pro and trade organizations: aatc or a2 important, astm important, asc, aafa, ansi, nist, atmi, afai. Industry standard not common in textile, no shrinkage standard. Voluntary standard allows companies to determine whether to adopt. International standard majority of products conform to standard regardless where the product was made. Application to the textile industry complex: standards reflect business objectives, guide product development, reflect characteristics that define quality. Specifications/specs: set of requirements to be satisfied by a material, product, system, or service. Procedures for determining whether each requirement was met: required expectation nonnegotiable, number of specs address. Minimum least/lowest acceptable value for any given parameter/dimension. Tolerance range of acceptable values of allowable deviation from specified values. Types of specifications for companies: open spec consideration of multiple vendors, description of characteristics and performance desired, closed spec exact material, component, or product by manufacturer/vendor; includes style number, trade name, etc.
