The Standards Engineeer - Glossary

GLOSSARY A-B-C-D-E-F-G-H-I-J-K-L-M-N-O-P-Q-R-S-T-U-V-W-X-Y-Z

Service Standard

Identification
Name

Service Standard

Definition (1)
Source

CHESSS : CEN's Horizontal European Services Standardization Strategy

Description

"A standard that establishes requirements or recommendations to be met by the service provider or the service itself against which they can be assessed".

Definition (2)
Source

CEN and
ISO Guide 2: Standardization and related activities - General vocabulary (2004)

Description

"A standard that specifies requirements to be fulfilled by a service, to establish its fitness for purpose".

NOTE: Service standards may be prepared in fields such as laundering, hotel-keeping, transport, car-servicing, telecommunications, insurance, banking, trading.

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