Standardizing the Metrology Community

Abstract

A standards talk from inside the standards bodies. Ray Admire sets out what the Dimensional Metrology Standards Consortium is – a not-for-profit cooperative sponsorship organisation – and what DMIS does, then works through the DMIS certification programme, the quality planning process (QUIPP) and high-level planning process (HIPP), and how dimensional planning shapes the systems that come next. The rest covers dimensional reporting formats, statistical process improvement built on metrology system data, and the historical events that brought the consortium to where it was, ending on what providers and users each stand to gain by taking part and on making sure the gaps and overlaps between standards get addressed by the standards community rather than by each shop on its own.