Products have to be capable of providing satisfaction in ownership, meeting specified requirements and satisfying a required functional and performance need. These characteristic may be summarised by the description “Quality”

International Accreditation Union feel that there are some fundamental aspects that all consumers, or procurers expect but seldom phrase in a technical manner. But it is technical documentation that producers and service providers best respond to. Nonetheless technical  aspects although seldom phrased by consumers are felt to be the baseline for every purchase made on the planet. International Accreditation Union has defined this in an assertion.