In the first quarter of 2007, my company conducted a complex-manufacturing research survey of 1,473 senior management level executives (CEO, COO, CFO, vice-president of operations).

As we know, GD&T is a symbolic language with which to specify permissible limits of imperfection in manufactured parts, namely limits that maximize the parts’ operability, assemblability, and affordability.

(EOS: Krailling, Germany) -- EOS, a manufacturer of laser-sintering systems, has announced that the 11th EOS International User Meeting (IUM)

(ISO: Geneva) -- The International Organization for Standardization and its partner, the International Electrotechnical Commission, ha

In dimensional measurement it isn’t unusual to measure feature locations relative to reference edges. How one measures an edge depends on how we define it.

How much is a kilogram?

(ISO: Geneva) -- A new ISO/IEC guide to developing service standards for consumers will not only benefit standards developers, but will also be of value to service providers in reducing customer complaints and cutting the business costs of poor service.

(IHS Inc.: Englewood, Colorado) -- IHS Inc. has announced the release of a major upgrade to its hazardous materials management system (HMMS) product.

Every once in a while, when I’m doing an audit someone will ask me—in a whiney voice—about some ISO 9001 requirement.

(ANSI: Washington) -- A tripartite task force commissioned by the governments of the United States, the European Commission, and Brazil recently