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Part VI Presented Papers: The Way Forward
17 Standards and Infrastructure
Pages 95-99

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... This enabled the rise of mass production and interchangeable parts. Measurements, in turn, are integral to many varieties of so-called documentary standards -- those specifying, for example, the dimensions of screw threads, the diameter of optical fibers, the content of steel alloys, information technology interfaces, electromagnetic compatibility requirements, the performance of machine tools or robots, and so on.
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... To be sure, the ingredients of manufacturing competitiveness and economic growth are many, but the quality of our measurement and standards infrastructure ranks high among them. Consider the intense pressures on existing manufacturers to cut costs, raise quality, and speed product development.
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... It is also true that the value of information technology increases exponentially as more people 1National Research Council.
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... Within the business community, there is growing chorus of calls for adoption of globally relevant, internationally recognized standards and elimination of duplicative testing to assess conformance with standards and regulations. Few would argue with this objective unless the resulting standards confer unfair advantage on the technology of foreign competitors.
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