All Basic Information about American National Standard Institute (ANSI).

1. ANSI
AMERICAN NATIONAL STANDARDS INSTITUTE

2. Group no. 00
•Saim Khalid
•Muhammad Waseem
•Asad Habib
•Awais Haider

3. Agenda
• About ANSI
• Mission Statement
• History
• Introduction
• Role of ANSI
• Members of the ANSI Federation
• ANSI-accredited SDOs and U.S.
TAGs
• ANSI Panels
• ANSI Organizational Structure
• Guiding Principles of ANSI
• Basic Units used in ANSI
• ANS Development Cycle
• Standards Developer Accreditation
• Benefits / Advantages
• ANS Approval Process
• Certified Products and Systems

4. About ANSI
Logo of the American National Standards
Institute.
Abbreviation ANSI
Formation May 14, 1918 (96 years ago)
Purpose National Standards
Headquarters Washington, D.C., U.S.
Membership 125,000 companies and 3.5 million professionals
Official language English
Website www.ansi.org

5. About ANSI
• There are approximately 10,000 American National Standards
• Currently there are approximately 227 ANSI-accredited
standards developers (ASD)
• In the U.S. alone, there are more than 95,000 recognized
standards.
• The ANSI Federation represents more than 125,000 companies
and organizations and 3.5 million professionals worldwide

6. Mission Statement of ANSI
To enhance both the global competitiveness of U.S.
business and the U.S. quality of life by promoting
and facilitating voluntary consensus standards and
conformity assessment systems, and safeguarding
their integrity.

7. History of ANSI
ANSI was originally formed in 1918, when five engineering
societies and three government agencies founded the American
Engineering Standards Committee (AESC). In 1928, the AESC
became the American Standards Association (ASA). In 1966,
the ASA was reorganized and became the United States of
America Standards Institute(USASI). The present name was
adopted in 1969.

8. History of ANSI
Prior to 1918, these five founding engineering societies that had
been members of the United Engineering Society (UES) are:
• American Institute of Electrical Engineers (AIEE, now IEEE)
• American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
• American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
• American Institute of Mining Engineers (AIME, now American
Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers)
• American Society for Testing and Materials (now ASTM
International)

9. Introduction to ANSI
The American National Standards Institute (ANSI) is a private
non-profit organization that oversees the development of voluntary
consensus standards for products, services, processes, systems, and
personnel in the United States. The organization also coordinates
U.S. standards with international standards so that American products can be
used worldwide. For example, standards ensure that people who own
cameras can find the film they need for that camera anywhere around the
globe.
ANSI also accredits organizations that carry out product or personnel
certification in accordance with requirements defined in international
standards.

10. What does ANSI do?
 ANSI…
• Represents U.S. globally
• Ensures integrity of the standards and conformity assessment system
• Offers neutral forum
• Accredits standards developers and conformity assessment
organizations
• Bridge between U.S. public and private sectors
• Coordinates the U.S. voluntary consensus standards system
• Serves as a watchdog for standards development and conformity
assessment programs and processes

11. Industry
Trade
Associations
Professional
Societies
Government
Consumers and
Labor Interests
Standards
Developers
Other
Stakeholders
Academic
Institutions
Members of the ANSI Federation

12. U.S. Standardization System
examples of ANSI-accredited SDOs and U.S. TAGs
Code Council
Protection
Electronics Engineers
American
Society
of Civil
Engineers
American
Petroleum
Institute
And more than 200
additional organizations
Society of Automotive Engineers
Institute of
Electrical and Underwriters Laboratories Inc.
American
Dental
Association
National
Electrical
Manufacturers
Association
National Fire
Association
ASTM
International
American
Society of
Mechanical
Engineers
International

13. ANSI panels
The Institute administers nine standards panels:
• ANSI Homeland Defense and Security Standardization Collaborative (HDSSC)
• ANSI Nanotechnology Standards Panel (ANSI-NSP)
• ID Theft Prevention and ID Management Standards Panel (IDSP)
• ANSI Energy Efficiency Standardization Coordination Collaborative (EESCC)
• Nuclear Energy Standards Coordination Collaborative (NESCC)
• Electric Vehicles Standards Panel (EVSP)
• ANSI-NAM Network on Chemical Regulation
• ANSI Biofuels Standards Coordination Panel
• Healthcare Information Technology Standards Panel (HITSP)
• Each of the panels works to identify, coordinate, and harmonize voluntary
standards relevant to these areas.

14. ANSI
1994
Information
Infrastructure
Standards Panel
Panels/Collaboratives and Workshops
2004
Nanotechnology
Standards Panel
2005
Healthcare
Information
Technology
Standards Panel
2006
ID Theft Prevention
and ID Management
Standards Panel
2007
Biofuels Standards
Coordination
Panel
2003
Homeland Defense
and Security
Standardization
Collaborative
2012
ANSI
Energy Efficiency
Standards Coordination
Collaborative
2007
ANSI Network on
Chemical
Regulation
2009
Workshop Toward
Product Standards
for Sustainability
2009
ANSI-NIST Nuclear
Energy Standards
Coordination
Collaborative
2010
The Financial
Management of
Cyber Risk
2011
ANSI
Electric Vehicles
Standards Panel

15. ANSI Organizational Structure

16. Guiding Principles of ANSI
• Standards should meet societal and market
needs and should not be developed to act as
barriers to trade
• The U.S. endorses the globally accepted standardization
principles of the World Trade Organization Technical Barriers to
Trade Agreement
• Transparency
• Openness
• Impartiality
• Effectiveness and relevance
• Consensus
• Performance-based
• Coherence
• Due process
• Technical Assistance
• Flexible
• Timely
• Balanced

17. Basic Units used in ANSI
Base Units
Quantity Name Symbol
length meter m
mass kilogram kg
time second s
electric current ampere A
thermodynamic temperature kelvin K
amount of substance mole mol
luminous intensity candela cd

18. Process
Though ANSI itself does not develop standards, the Institute oversees the
development and use of standards by accrediting the procedures of standards
developing organizations. ANSI accreditation signifies that the procedures
used by standards developing organizations meet the Institute's requirements
for openness, balance, consensus, and due process.
ANSI also designates specific standards as American National Standards, or
ANS, when the Institute determines that the standards were developed in an
environment that is equitable, accessible and responsive to the requirements
of various stakeholders.
Voluntary consensus standards quicken the market acceptance of products
while making clear how to improve the safety of those products for the
protection of consumers. There are approximately 9,500 American National
Standards that carry the ANSI designation.

19. Process
 The American National Standards process involves:
• Consensus by a group that is open to representatives from all interested
parties
• Broad-based public review and comment on draft standards
• Consideration of and response to comments
• Incorporation of submitted changes that meet the same consensus
requirements into a draft standard
• Availability of an appeal by any participant alleging that these principles
were not respected during the standards-development process.

20. American National Standards (ANS)
• Currently there are approximately 227ANSI-accredited
standards developers (ASD)
• Only ASDs may submit standards for approval as ANS
• Not all standards developed by these organizations are submitted
for consideration as ANS
• There are approximately 10,000ANS
• All ASDs are subject to ANSI’s neutral third-party
oversight including a routine audit of ANS and an
annual compliance review of accredited procedures

21. Submit
American
National Standards
for adoption as regional
or International
Standards
Adopt
International Standards
as
American National Standards
(where they meet the needs
of the user community)
Ensure that
U.S. positions (policy
and technical) are
accepted by international
and regional
standards
organizations
The U.S. will …

22. ANS Development Cycle
Public Review Period
(30 or 45 or 60 day Announcement in Standards Action)
Consensus Ballot
(Formal Ballot of Consensus Group)
Approved by the
Board of Standards Review
Appeals Process
Completed
Consensus Obtained
Submitted to the Board of Standards Review
Vote and Comment Resolution
(Recirculation and 2nd Announcement, if necessary)
Development of a Draft
American National Standard
Project Initiation
IDEAS
COMMENTS
VOTE

23. Standards Developer Accreditation
• Only ANSI-Accredited Standards Developers may submit their
standards through the American National Standard approval
process
• ANSI-accreditation signifies that the standards developer is
committed to an open, fair and time-tested consensus
process that benefits stakeholders and the American public
• ANSI-Accredited Standards Developers are accredited to the
requirements contained in the ANSI Essential
Requirements: Due process requirements for American
National Standards (2008)

24. Accreditation Process
Procedures
Review of Due Process
Requirements
Apply Public Review
Accreditation
APPROVED

25. ANSI Standards Developer Accreditation Requirements
A standards developer’s written procedures for the development
and approval of proposed American National Standards must meet
ANSI due process and consensus requirements
1. Openness
2. Balance
 Discrete interest category definitions
3. Lack of Dominance
4. Public comment opportunity
5. Consideration of Views and Objections

26. ANSI Standards Developer Accreditation Requirements
3. Comment Resolution and Response
4. Recirculation Opportunity
5. Consensus Body Vote
6. Numerical Requirements for Consensus
7. Standards Developer Appeals Process
8. Policy for Retention of Evidence of Compliance
9. Compliance with ANSI’s Patent Policy
10. Compliance with ANSI’s Commercial Terms and Conditions
Provisions
11. Interpretations and Metrics Policies

27. Benefits/Advantages of
Membership

28. Benefits to Companies
• Protection
• The strong voice, influence and
networks necessary to help ensure
that standards are not written that
will exclude your products, processes or technologies
• Knowledge
• Early awareness of new requirements
• Close customer and supplier contact
• Early assessment of new market directions
• Positioning
• Influence at the leading edges of technology

29. Benefits to Organizations
• Global relevance
• Self-regulation
• Shared costs
• Reduced liability
• Reduced redundancy
• Marketplace acceptance
of standards

30. Benefits to Consumers
• Greater selection
• Easier choices
• Better and consistent quality
• Lower costs
• Enhanced safety & health

31. Benefits to Government
• Lower costs for procurement
and regulatory agencies
• Increased U.S. competitiveness,
employment and economic growth
• Private sector cooperation
• World Trade Organization (WTO) compliance
• Legislative compliance

32. ANS Approval Process
• Stage 1: PINS form to ANSI
• Announcement of project initiation
• PINS deliberation if claim of conflict or duplication is
raised
• Stage 2: Approval of draft
• Consensus body approves text of draft standard
• Must meet numerical requirements for consensus as
described in developer’s accredited procedures (e.g.
approval by a majority of consensus body and 2/3 of
those voting, etc.)
• Stage 3: Public Review
• BSR-8 form initiates announcement in Standards
Action. Developer may also announce in industry
publications, etc. (multiple public reviews are
possible)

33. ANS Approval Process
• Stage 4: Comment resolution
• Public and consensus body member comments
• Stage 5: Recirculation (if applicable)
• Unresolved negative comments from consensus
body members and public review commenters as
well as any substantive changes to the text, must be
recirculated to the entire consensus body to allow
them to vote, reaffirm a vote or change a vote
• Stage 6: Appeals at developer level

34. ANS Approval Process
• Stage 7: Submittal to ANSI for approval based on procedural
compliance – not technical content
• Submittal of final standard for approval with
evidence of consensus (BSR-9 form)
• Stage 8: Notification
• Notification of final approval/disapproval
• Stage 9: Appeal at ANSI
• Hearing is scheduled if appeal is filed

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