5.3 Organizational Support Services for SQC

Various types of organizational support services are available for standardization and quality control in the developing countries :

Egypt : In Egypt, there are two bodies concerned with standards and standardization: the Standards Institute, which is affiliated to Academy of Scientific Research and Technology (ASRT), and the Egyptian Organization for Standardization, which is an agency for the Ministry of Industry. They are responsible, respectively, for primary and secondary standardization. The former is a scientific body concerned with industrial, scientific and legal metrology. The latter carries out all the normal functions of a standardization organization, promulgating norms with the assistance of the normal producer/consumer specialized committees, in which the Standards Institute participates, as well as research and technological specialists in the relevant disciplines, and awards quality marks.

Japan : Examples from Japan include the Japanese Industrial Standards (JIS). Currently, pre-standardization research is being promoted in the country in a number of fields, so as to improve prevailing standards or to introduce new standards. The functions of JIS are to promote :

a) improvement of quality and rationalization of production;

b) simplification and fairness of trade; and

c) rationalization of use (or consumption) through appropriate and rational standards.

Korea : In the Republic of Korea, the various functions of standards and standardization were scattered over several organizations prior to 1970s. In the middle 70s, the Korea Standards Research Institute (KSRI) was established, for the purpose of modernizing standards systems in the Republic of Korea. KSRI is presently the central authority of the national standards system, which provides calibration services and performs research on precision measurement and development of precision instruments.

Philippines : In the Philippines, the Philippines Bureau of Standards (PS) prepares standards and arranges for certification of goods.  The National Institute of Science & Technology (NIST) of the Philippines operates and maintains national standards of measurement for the country and renders technical services, such as repairs of scientific instruments and testing/analysis of materials, products, and commodities. It acts as the arbiter in cases of conflict on scientific and technical tests and analysis. There are a number of other standards certification organizations in the Philippines, such as: National Standards and Testing Laboratory (NSTL), Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Products Standards Agency (PSA), the Philippines Standards Association (PSA). The later is a private body providing assistance to the Product Standards Agency and other organizations and private enterprises.

Pakistan : The counterpart organizations in Pakistan include Pakistan Standards Institution (PSI), Pakistan Quality Standards Research Institute (PQSRI), Pak Swiss Training Centre, Central Testing Laboratories, and Metal Industry Research Development Centre (MIRDC).