Standardization
noun
The process of making things follow the same rules or qualities.
Standardization of production processes can lead to efficiency and cost reduction.
Often appears as...
- industry standardization
- process standardization
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Technical
noun
The action to make something suitable for all by using the same rules or standards.
Standardization of exam grading ensures fairness to all the students.
Often appears as...
- standardization of test scores
- standardization of grading
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Academic
noun
The action of making all the parts in a system to operate together.
Standardization of software applications can enhance interoperability.
Often appears as...
- standardization of systems
- software standardization
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Technical
noun
The process of making things follow the same rules or qualities.
Standardization of production processes can lead to efficiency and cost reduction.
Often appears as...
- industry standardization
- process standardization
Usage tips
Technical
noun
The action to make something suitable for all by using the same rules or standards.
Standardization of exam grading ensures fairness to all the students.
Often appears as...
- standardization of test scores
- standardization of grading
Usage tips
Academic
noun
The action of making all the parts in a system to operate together.
Standardization of software applications can enhance interoperability.
Often appears as...
- standardization of systems
- software standardization
Usage tips
Technical
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Business Efficiency
In a business context, it means establishing consistent procedures to improve productivity and quality.
The standardization of assembly line tasks boosted our output.
Pro Tip 2/3Consistent Quality
Ensures products or services from different places or times meet the same standards.
Standardization in manufacturing ensures every smartphone meets company standards.
Pro Tip 3/3Ease of Use
Products become easier to use or understand when designed with common standards.
Thanks to standardization, operating home appliances from different brands is straightforward.
Pro Tip 1/3Business Efficiency
In a business context, it means establishing consistent procedures to improve productivity and quality.
The standardization of assembly line tasks boosted our output.
Pro Tip 2/3Consistent Quality
Ensures products or services from different places or times meet the same standards.
Standardization in manufacturing ensures every smartphone meets company standards.
Pro Tip 3/3Ease of Use
Products become easier to use or understand when designed with common standards.
Thanks to standardization, operating home appliances from different brands is straightforward.
Pro Tip 1/3Business Efficiency
In a business context, it means establishing consistent procedures to improve productivity and quality.
The standardization of assembly line tasks boosted our output.
Pro Tip 2/3Consistent Quality
Ensures products or services from different places or times meet the same standards.
Standardization in manufacturing ensures every smartphone meets company standards.
Pro Tip 3/3Ease of Use
Products become easier to use or understand when designed with common standards.
Thanks to standardization, operating home appliances from different brands is straightforward.
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Why jobs of the future...
But first, I think it's important to recognize that we brought this problem on ourselves. And it's not just because, you know, we are the one building the robots. But even though most jobs left the factory decades ago, we still hold on to this factory mindset of standardization and de-skilling.
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Robyn Stein DeLuca: The...
Some researchers said you had to have five symptoms. Some said three. Other researchers said that symptoms were only meaningful if they were highly disturbing to you, but others said minor symptoms were just as important. For many years, because there was no standardization
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What makes a language......
that some found particularly desirable. Later on, in his attempt to establish a unified, fascist state, Italian dictator Benito Mussolini saw language standardization as an important objective. His government promoted standard Italian while prohibiting other forms of speech
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East vs west -- the...
all you have to do is understand the mythology and you will see how they behave and how they do business. Take a look. If you live only once, in one-life cultures around the world, you will see an obsession with binary logic, absolute truth, standardization,
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Building Rome's...
the arch is repeated again and again and again by countless teams of builders and that kind of standardization is very akin to what we have in an industrialized world today so the breaking down of the building allows them to have lots of work gangs with not
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How to escape...
We all create our own lives through this restless process of imagining alternatives and possibilities, and one of the roles of education is to awaken and develop these powers of creativity. Instead, what we have is a culture of standardization.
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Why the metric system...
Others realized the value of standardization in an age of international trade. After Portugal and the Netherlands switched to metric voluntarily, other nations followed, with colonial empires spreading the system around the world.
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The evolution of the...
They were handmade and expensive, and the designs were as different as the people who carved their molds. Standardization was not really possible until mass manufacturing and the creation of an accessible word processing system.
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How the NSA betrayed the...
all these different programs run by U.S. intelligence agencies. But now we do. And we did not know that U.S. intelligence agencies go to extremes such as infiltrating standardization bodies
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Globalizing communication...
more we realized that there is Unicode consortium that recommends the standardization submitted by governments and other bodies so we immediately
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Why jobs of the future...
But first, I think it's important to recognize that we brought this problem on ourselves. And it's not just because, you know, we are the one building the robots. But even though most jobs left the factory decades ago, we still hold on to this factory mindset of standardization and de-skilling.
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Robyn Stein DeLuca: The...
Some researchers said you had to have five symptoms. Some said three. Other researchers said that symptoms were only meaningful if they were highly disturbing to you, but others said minor symptoms were just as important. For many years, because there was no standardization
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What makes a language......
that some found particularly desirable. Later on, in his attempt to establish a unified, fascist state, Italian dictator Benito Mussolini saw language standardization as an important objective. His government promoted standard Italian while prohibiting other forms of speech
Video examples
East vs west -- the...
all you have to do is understand the mythology and you will see how they behave and how they do business. Take a look. If you live only once, in one-life cultures around the world, you will see an obsession with binary logic, absolute truth, standardization,
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Building Rome's...
the arch is repeated again and again and again by countless teams of builders and that kind of standardization is very akin to what we have in an industrialized world today so the breaking down of the building allows them to have lots of work gangs with not
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How to escape...
We all create our own lives through this restless process of imagining alternatives and possibilities, and one of the roles of education is to awaken and develop these powers of creativity. Instead, what we have is a culture of standardization.
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Why the metric system...
Others realized the value of standardization in an age of international trade. After Portugal and the Netherlands switched to metric voluntarily, other nations followed, with colonial empires spreading the system around the world.
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The evolution of the...
They were handmade and expensive, and the designs were as different as the people who carved their molds. Standardization was not really possible until mass manufacturing and the creation of an accessible word processing system.
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How the NSA betrayed the...
all these different programs run by U.S. intelligence agencies. But now we do. And we did not know that U.S. intelligence agencies go to extremes such as infiltrating standardization bodies
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Globalizing communication...
more we realized that there is Unicode consortium that recommends the standardization submitted by governments and other bodies so we immediately
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Tatiana Schlossberg
I was really surprised to learn that there is no food date label standardization, which contributes significantly to why we waste so much food, which generates methane emissions, a powerful greenhouse gas, in landfill, and means that we are using lots of land, water, fertilizer and energy to produce food that no one eats.
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Alex Azar
American Politician
Obamacare imposed an unprecedented level of regulation and standardization on individual-market health insurance all across America. This has left many consumers in an intolerable predicament - in some cases, having to spend up to a third or even half of their income on premiums and deductibles before insurance kicks in.
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Alvar Aalto
Finnish Architect
Once I tried to make a standardization of staircases. Probably that is one of the oldest of the standardizations. Of course, we design new staircase steps every day in connection with all our houses, but a standardized step depends on the height of the buildings and on all kinds of things.
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Fredric Jameson
American Critic
The standardization of world culture, with local popular or traditional forms driven out or dumbed down to make way for American television, American music, food, clothes and films, has been seen by many as the very heart of globalization.
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Joel Salatin
American Author
Industrial agriculture, because it depends on standardization, has bombarded us with the message that all pork is pork, all chicken is chicken, eggs eggs, even though we all know that can't really be true.
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Erich Fromm
American Psychologist
Just as modern mass production requires the standardization of commodities, so the social process requires standardization of man, and this standardization is called equality.
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Walter Gropius
German Architect
The fear that individuality will be crushed out by the growing 'tyranny' of standardization is the sort of myth which cannot withstand the briefest examination.
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Ritesh Agarwal
Indian Businessman
We use innovative technology to facilitate standardization of services, amenities and in-room experience, thereby helping maintain service standards.
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Arthur Erickson
Canadian Architect
With production alone as the goal, industry in North America was dominated by the assembly line, standardization for mass consumption.
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Steve Eisman
American Businessman
The world needs more standardization, less innovation.
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Tatiana Schlossberg
I was really surprised to learn that there is no food date label standardization, which contributes significantly to why we waste so much food, which generates methane emissions, a powerful greenhouse gas, in landfill, and means that we are using lots of land, water, fertilizer and energy to produce food that no one eats.
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Alex Azar
American Politician
Obamacare imposed an unprecedented level of regulation and standardization on individual-market health insurance all across America. This has left many consumers in an intolerable predicament - in some cases, having to spend up to a third or even half of their income on premiums and deductibles before insurance kicks in.
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Alvar Aalto
Finnish Architect
Once I tried to make a standardization of staircases. Probably that is one of the oldest of the standardizations. Of course, we design new staircase steps every day in connection with all our houses, but a standardized step depends on the height of the buildings and on all kinds of things.
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Fredric Jameson
American Critic
The standardization of world culture, with local popular or traditional forms driven out or dumbed down to make way for American television, American music, food, clothes and films, has been seen by many as the very heart of globalization.
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Joel Salatin
American Author
Industrial agriculture, because it depends on standardization, has bombarded us with the message that all pork is pork, all chicken is chicken, eggs eggs, even though we all know that can't really be true.
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Erich Fromm
American Psychologist
Just as modern mass production requires the standardization of commodities, so the social process requires standardization of man, and this standardization is called equality.
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Walter Gropius
German Architect
The fear that individuality will be crushed out by the growing 'tyranny' of standardization is the sort of myth which cannot withstand the briefest examination.
Quote examples
Ritesh Agarwal
Indian Businessman
We use innovative technology to facilitate standardization of services, amenities and in-room experience, thereby helping maintain service standards.
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Arthur Erickson
Canadian Architect
With production alone as the goal, industry in North America was dominated by the assembly line, standardization for mass consumption.
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Steve Eisman
American Businessman
The world needs more standardization, less innovation.
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