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Modern standards-and governance requirements-focus more and more on the processes behind achieving compliance. Not only must you deliver the product or service to specification, but you have to show suppliers, customers, management, and even government how you attain-and maintain-standards. Failure to comply with these process-based standards can disqualify you from business opportunities, delay production, add cost, generate customer dissatisfaction, pummel revenues, and negate time-to-market advantage. Failing to meet government standards can mean penalties as harsh as prison terms. Only ActionWorks® Standards Coordinator can coordinate the complex web of negotiations, interactions, commitments, and data coordination associated with standards compliance.