Flexible Private Sector Standard

MEE TING A WIDE RANGE OF NEEDSLet’s Open Up New Possibilities
with JSA Standards and Speciﬁcations
JSA Standards and Speciﬁcations are private sector standards that can be developed using an agile standards
development process to meet the needs of dif ferent types of organizations(private companies, associations, government agencies, academic societies, etc.) spanning across sectors.
JSA can provide a pay ser vice to help organizations who want to develop a quality standard ef ﬁciently and quickly using
its exper tise as a SDO in standards development project management.

Flexible Private Sector Standard

Meeting a wide rangeof needs

Accelerated
Development

SimpleProcedure

JSA Standards and Speciﬁcations can be a hostto areas that are not covered by the scope of theIndustrial Standardization Act thus no JIS has
been published. Individual organizations can be asolo proposer of a new standard.

The process used to develop JSA Standards andSpeciﬁcations can make the accelerated
development of the s tandard possible while
ensuring a broad consensus. JSA Standards andSpeciﬁcations can be published within threemonths at the earliest after the project launch.

Minimum three supporters are required to launcha JSA Standard development project. Two enquiry
stages are held during the development, one at
the project launch and the other at the completionof a draf t s tandard, to make information
regarding the proposed standard accessible to thepublic at an early s tage and collec t as much
feedback as possible on the draft.

Use of JSA Standards andSpeciﬁcations as astrategic business tool

ExamplesSuitable for various areas and purposes

JSA Standards and Speciﬁcations can be customized to ﬁt your needs

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Give competitive edge toproducts and services

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Strengthen company’s brandand perceived value in society

JSA Standards and Speciﬁcations can give yourproducts, services, test methods and processes acompetitive edge in your target market.

JSA Standards and Speciﬁcations are private
standards published by Japan s national
standardization center and can help increase
consumer trust toward your products/services andyour brand value.

Indirect, temperature - controlled refrigerated
delivery services - Land transport of refrigerated
parcels with intermediate transfer - Speciﬁcation（JSA-S1018:2017）

Human resource management - Employee
satisfaction - Guidelines for codes of conduct fororganizations（JSA-S1001:2019）

ISO project to develop international standard based on thispublished JSA Standard is underway.

This JSA Standard was proposed by DISCO Corporation anddeveloped to provide employers guidance on how to create
employee- friendly work environment.

Guide for the development of service standards
aiming excellent service（JSA-S1002:2019）

Sharing economy - Operation of an online platform Speciﬁcation（JSA-S1202:2019）

This JSA Standard provides guidance on how to develop
standards for providing individual basic to excellent services
to customers.

This JSA Standard was developed and published in conjunction
with BSI PAS 202. ISO project to develop international standard
based on this published JSA Standard is underway.

From JSA Standard

Go global to International Standard
In order to better serve the needs of each applicant
organization, JSA can arrange cooperation andcollaboration with JSA s global partners including
AFNOR, BSI and DIN as necessary.

JSA Standards and Speciﬁcations Development Process

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Application & Proposal● Application form submitted to JSA by applicant organization

5Enquiry● Draft JSA Standard made available on JSA website for public comment● Comment period is 30 days

● Information collection on proposed subject matter by JSA● JSA Standard development plan presented to applicant organization by JSA

2Agreement Negotiation● JSA Standard development plan made available on JSA website

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Draft Development● Applicant organization organizes and runs JSA Standard development team as it

Review● Review Panel appointed by JSA evaluates TPM

s report to ensure development of JSA

Standard has been carried out properly● JSA Standard development agreement signed prior to project launch● Technical Program Manager (TPM) appointed by JSA● Finalized draft submitted to JSA for review● Report on ﬁnalized draft prepared by TPM

Agreement Conclusion● Project Leader (PL) appointed by applicant organization

Finalized Draft Submission● Format adjustment by JSA● Negotiation on JSA Standard development plan as well as terms and conditions ofdevelopment agreement between JSA and applicant organization takes place● Proposed subject matter reviewed against JSA subject matter selection criteria
for ﬁnal approval

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Publication

9Maintenanceleads project in cooperation with PL and TPM● Publication of JSA Standard approved by JSA after review by Review Panel is completed● JSA and applicant organization share responsibility of handling inquires on published

JSA Standard● Review of published JSA Standard conducted by JSA within 3 years from its publication

date in order to determine whether it should be conﬁrmed as is or revised

Contact information for inquiries on JSA Standards and Speciﬁcations

JSA Standards and Speciﬁcations Team, Japan Standards Association
E-mail jsastandard@jsa.or.jp
Mailing address Mita MT Bldg., 3-13-12 Mita, Minato-ku, Tokyo, 108-0073, Japan
https://www.jsa.or.jp/en/en̲standard03/

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