However, there is a dark side of the standards that undermine the advantages.<\/p>\n
The following aspects undermine the advantages of standards.<\/p>\n In today’s technical and organizational complexity, it will not work any longer without standards. It is important to establish worldwide standards, since otherwise the compatibility of the various systems will not be ensured internationally. However, we should not forget the dark side of the standards.<\/p>\n *1: http:\/\/www.iso.org\/iso\/home\/standards.htm<\/a><\/p>\n *2: http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_technical_standard_organisations<\/a><\/p>\n![\"Urmeter\"](\"http:\/\/memecon.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Urmeter.jpg\")
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\n<\/strong>Standards that are only developed for the local market, can lead quickly to trade barriers. For example, cars are not allowed to be used in a certain market, because they do not fulfill the local standards.<\/li>\n
\n<\/strong>Certificationsneed external and, above all, internal capacities for the first certification and the regular renewals. It is difficult for small companies to provide continuously the necessary capacities for certifications.<\/li>\n
\n<\/strong>Standardsrequire defined procedures, even if a need-oriented variant would be better. This limits the flexibility, for example, if the requests of the customers require a quick reaction.<\/li>\n
\nThe strengths of standardization is at the same time a disadvantage, since products and services become more and more interchangeable. The properties of the products and the related operational procedures always follow the same standards.<\/li>\n
\nOver time the work becomes a prosaic observance of the standards. Thus, the employees lose their natural creativity. The ability of the enterprise will suffer on a long-term basis to create new solutions.<\/li>\n
\n<\/strong>Bettersolutions are hard to establish, even if the current standards do not meet the state of the art technology. This leads even that far that the company does not take care of improving, but rather hopes for further development of the standards and waits.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n