Though BIS has formulated more than 15000 specifications so far, many products already established in the market or those trying to enter the market are not covered under these specifications. Lack of a product or a material specification posses problems in standardizing production parameters. The National Standards stipulate minimum quality requirements only whereas, progressive manufacturers often like to introduce products with additional features not covered under an existing National Specification.

Besides, there is also the standardization problem of translating a qualitative and often subjective "market need" into a quantifiable "test parameter" for the purpose of quality assurance. Calibration being a twin brother of testing, it would call for a methodology de-novo, under such circumstances.

Drawing from the decades old experience of NTH, consultancy services made available in these areas are :