One thing to remember, as the development of the standards progressed, more automation was introduced, as more automation was introduced, adherence to the standards became easier.
As employees learned that when they adhered to the standards, their job was easier, employees embraced the standard, offered suggestions for improvements, and we had weekly office meetings for an hour or so to go over specific areas of the standard.
Each employee was given a day. That employee was tasked with providing instruction to the rest of the department on the proper use of a specific area of the standards. We had about 30 different types of drawings and more often than not, we would refer to a specific drawing, the standards for that particular drawing, the proper programming tools to use, and the expected result of doing so.
In the end, we all learned, and it was a well rounded staff that knew exactly what to do in almost every situation.