Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE), International Organization for Standardization (ISO) and American National Standards Institute (ANSI) are examples of: "non-governmental" organizations that develop external (third party) standards that are used for design, manufacturing, testing, quality control and procurement academically based organizations and institutions that set up internationally recognized manufacturing processes national and worldwide governmental standards setting organizations and boards that develop high level standards used in engineering and manufacturing operations to ensure quality control in finished manufactured products organizations that establish and disseminate education and training principles and standards