Standardization is the process of fixing certain norms for the product. These norms are established by customs or tradition or by certain authority. It involves determination of basic characteristic of a product on the basis of which the product can be divided into various groups. It also means determining the standard of product to be produced with regard to size, color, form, weight, shape and quality. Standards are model products which form the basis of comparison.
Without standardization the rule of caveat (law) prevails and there may be confusion and unfairness. The term of standardization is used in a broader sense. Standardization is a application of standard to goods meant for marketing with a view to further sub dividing them into several grades or classes. Thus standardization means making the quality specification of the grade uniform among buyers and sellers over space and time.
According to National Commission on Agriculture standardization is defined as, “the determination of basic limits or grades in the form of specification to which manufactured goods must conform and a class into which the product of agriculture and the extra active industries may be sorted is known as standardization.”
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