IHS Standards Expert: Standards Evaluation and Source Management

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For standards managers, librarians and engineers in design, materials, safety or compliance roles, IHS Standards Expert gives you a one-stop shop for your standards needs. Whether your project calls for a single standard or multiple standards to meet global market requirements, everything you need is just a few clicks away.

We've streamlined the tasks of performing new searches, returning to documents, or receiving alerts about a change. You'll get complete information on each standard, with reference links, so you can be confident you've found the right one.

We've also made it easy and intuitive for you to direct teams of standards users to the standards you've specified, helping ensure they are incorporated into designs and internal documentation.

How it Works

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Advantages for the standards developer or evaluator

1. Single Source - most comprehensive electronic database of global industry standards and military documents, with more than 1 million active and historical records from over 370 Standards Developing Organizations and the U.S. Government.
2. Flexible Searching - database includes full-text document images and can identify standards containing any word or text string relevant to a project.
3. Daily Updates - database is updated daily with new/modified content from the SDOs and U.S. Government – ensuring currency and reliability of the information provided. Document changes are reported through email notification, so you can keep up with the steady pace of changes to standards.
4. On Demand Access - offers immediate access and download of documents providing flexibility in depth and breadth of information available.
5. Subject Searching and Alerts - Search the title, abstract and/or full text of a document to identify standards containing any relevant word or text string. Review standards dealing with a specific subject that will be applied to ensure compliance when exporting products to a specific country. Receive Alerts on new/revised documents dealing with a specific subject ensuring products are designed with best-practice, state-of-the-art technology.
6. Version Control - eliminates the possibility of staff designing/building to the wrong standards, which is offered in conjunction with IHS Reference Linking Solutions.
7. Change Notifications - alerts to document changes are reported through email notification so that changes to standards that impact the design process are reflected quickly with less impact to the business – avoiding the risks associated with non-compliance.
8. Favorites & Alerts - allows staff to create and maintain custom lists of standards organized as needed and receive email notification when documents update, which helps comply with ISO documentation requirements.