Standardizing calibration laboratory practices

The role of the calibration lab is becoming more and more important in view of the `global business´ environment. Scheduled, regular calibration of test and measuring instruments with measurement traceability to the nationally accepted standards is a prerequisite. Certification to ISO 9000-Quality System Standards becoming a must for exports, the calibration activity being the backbone for quality, calibration laboratory practices have become more important. In the present day industrial scenario, setting up of a calibration laboratory by a small scale industry is mostly uneconomical and impractical as the work load does not warrant an in-house calibration lab and full time calibration experts, technicians. In which case the ideal solution is to choose an outside agency which can provide calibration services as per the requirements of the organization