Aerospace Standards Newsletter - July 2017 - 16

ADVANCE YOUR CAREER, YOUR COMPANY, YOUR INDUSTRY.
USE, DEVELOP, AND FUND SAE TECHNICAL STANDARDS.

Technical standards form the engineering data foundation of the global vehicle-producing industry setting expectations for
safety, reliability, and quality. They are also important business tools that lead to these key benefits:
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Competitive advantage
Customer confidence & loyalty
Reduced duplication of efforts, efficiency, & cost savings
Reduced time to market
Regulatory compliance
Lower procurement costs
Interoperability
Expanded market potential
Effective specification
Reduced R&D risk
Innovation & the advancement of technology

Acknowledged as industry's best practices, demonstrating compliance to standards means business to companies. And when
you or your company participate in standards-setting activities you benefit even more.

CORPORATE BENEFITS

INDIVIDUAL BENEFITS

* International visibility; venue for showcasing
company's technical capabilities; corporate image as
an industry leader is enhanced

* Relationships and contacts made at the standard
table can become technical resources

* Insight into other company's solutions to challenges
* Access to experts from around the world; chance to
build relationships with customers and suppliers
* The development of personnel; enhanced credibility
and image of staff's technical expertise
* Competitive intelligence through advance knowledge
of standard direction
* Advance warning of pending regulations; influence
over the technical basis of regulations
* Knowledge sharing can lower development costs,
reduce commercial risks

* Your knowledge base is enhanced by learning from
other product developers from around the world
* Develop professionally in the areas of change
management, organizational development,
facilitation, conflict resolution, project management,
and decision making
* Receive peer recognition for advancing your
industry's technologies
* Discover emerging technologies
* Contribute to the industry's body of technical
knowledge

* Standard development research improves ability to
identify future trends
* Influence over resulting standards and industry's
technical agenda

And to best benefit from strategic standardization, engage with the organization most acknowledged for vehicle
engineering standards, SAE International, the global vehicle-producing industry's single source for industry-driven, voluntary,
consensus-based standards development. SAE develops more vehicle standards-and more aerospace standards-than any
other organization, offers the largest collection of vehicle engineering content, and boasts the largest network of global
engineers on earth.

Learn more at sae.org/standards
The only thing more important than using standards is helping to create them.

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