Abstract :
Summary form only given, as follows. Globalization of markets, manufacturing, technology and information and intensifying competition accompanied by increased outsourcing, corporate interrelationships, technology convergence and a push toward harmonized standards demand sophisticated and strategic standards management. Once viewed only as the purview of engineers and lawyers, standards management is increasingly recognized as a competitive tool requiring understanding and active input from across the organization and coordination across the supply chain. Yet few appropriate training materials and exist and little has been done to compile cases and tools for corporate and school use in implementing related initiatives. The Kellogg Graduate School of Management in collaboration with the MATI Consortium of 17 leading firms, the American National Standards Institute (ANSI), several other schools, and with partial support from the US Department of Education, is launching a project to address this gap. This paper reports on the issues and challenges involved and what is being learned from best-in-class firms
Keywords :
management education; standardisation; standards; technology transfer; ANSI; American National Standards Institute; MATI Consortium; US Department of Education; best-in-class firms; competition; competitive tool; corporate interrelationships; globalization; harmonized standards; outsourcing; strategic global standards management; supply chain; technology convergence; technology management; training materials; Educational institutions; Engineering management; Globalization; Management training; Manufacturing; Outsourcing; Standards organizations; Supply chain management; Supply chains; Technology management;