Standards & Guidance

    Common standards help metal products manufacturers avoid errors and enter foreign markets.

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Standards Relevant to Metal Products

Common standards help metal products manufacturers avoid errors, build buyer trust, and enter foreign markets. A few carry particular weight across MPMA's four sub-sectors:

01

ISO 3834

Quality requirements for fusion welding, directly relevant to fabricated metal products.
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02

Lean

A methodology for reducing waste across metal fabrication and casting operations.
112
03

Six Sigma

A data-driven standard for minimising defects in metal products manufacturing.
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04

ERP integration standards (e.g. ISA-95)

Reliable data exchange between production planning and order management for metal producers.
116
05

ISO 50001

An energy management system standard, relevant to energy-intensive casting and forging.
49
06

Industry 4.0 and Smart Manufacturing standards

Frameworks for digital production and data management.
126

Material standards

Material and process standards come from external bodies. We follow them and explain what each revision means.