Editor’s note: This week, Quality Digest Daily will be looking at some of the key technologies on display at the Coordinate Metrology Society’s annual conference (CMSC). The CMSC, taking place this year July 20–24 in Hollywood, Florida, is the gathering place for users, service providers, and original equipment manufacturers of close tolerance, industrial coordinate measurement systems, software, and peripherals.

Manufacturing is undergoing a period of rapid transition. Product launch cycles are getting shorter, design is becoming more collaborative, and global competition demands higher quality at lower costs. Innovative materials and manufacturing processes bring tremendous opportunities to make better products more efficiently, but harnessing their potential requires evolution—perhaps even revolution.

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