With more product development happening in digital platforms, the way industry standards are developed and used must follow suit. As a leader in developing best practices around creating and using digital standards, SAE International shares some recommendations for creating clear, consistent, and simple digital-ready materials standards that are readable by both machines and humans. This presentation focuses on recommendations for materials standards and how to: •Plan ahead considering the different types of materials standards you may have to digitize •Convey material composition •Document different types of material properties •Other findings related to units of measure and table data