Tomorrow's Engineer: Company Standards And You (November 2000)
Last month, I addressed some of the pitfalls of company standards, so this month I will touch on some of the benefits of standardization beginning with quality control. For those not familiar with the quality process, continuous quality initiative, etc., standards are the cornerstone of quality control. Analogous to everyone pulling in the same direction, company standards set the course for everyone to engineer in the same direction. And, contrary to some people's belief that standards limit creativity, I believe that standards contribute to creativity.