DMSC will be making multiple QIF presentations during the upcoming MBE (Model-Based Enterprise) Summit at the NIST Campus in Gaithersburg, MD, March 30-April 3. The theme of the MBE Summit 2020 is Increasing MBE Adoption and Implementation. There is no doubt that MBE requires a complex organizational work design that recognizes the interaction between people, skills, and technology in workplaces. The 11th…
Jennifer Herron, CEO of Action Engineering and member of the DMSC Board of Directors, selected as Keynote Speaker at the Metromeet International Conference on Industrial Dimensional Metrology event in Bilboa, Spain, March 3-5, 2020. Ms. Herron has written multiple books and papers specializing in moving technology companies into a Model-Based Enterprise (MBE) using Model-Based Definition (MBD). The Metromeet Conference theme…
The DMSC (Digital Metrology Standards Consortium) is pleased to announce the election of new Board of Director members, Daniel Campbell and Rosemary Astheimer. Mr. Campbell is Director of Business Development of Capvidia NV. He is just completing a two-year term as a member of the DMSC Board, and has been re-elected for another term. Daniel brings a strong background in…
The 2019 QIF Summit was held in conjunction with the 3D Collaboration and Interchangeability Congress (3D CIC) event in Golden, CO. The 3D CIC fosters concentrated conversations about CAD-agnostic digital methods for Model-Based Enterprise advancement. As an active promoter of QIF standards, DMSC teamed with Action Engineering to sponsor the joint program, focused on CAD collaboration and data interoperability for…
Today, the DMSC Board of Directors have announced it has made two key moves to support the continued growth and industry acceptance of the ANSI/DMSC Quality Information Framework (QIF) standard. DMSC President, Curtis Brown, announced the appointment of Mark Thomas to the position of Executive Director. This announcement is in response to QIF surging market interest and pending potential adoption…
This paper was presented at the NIST MBE Summit in April 2019. It discusses how the ANSI DMSC Quality Information Framework (QIF) standard provides benefit to the Model-Based Enterprise (MBE) in two important ways: (1) automation of cyber-physical processes, allowing faster realization of higher quality products at lower cost, and (2) by providing traceability of massive quantities of measurement-related data…
How the ANSI/DMSC Quality Information Framework (QIF) standard provides benefit to the Model-Based Enterprise (MBE) will be presented by Curtis Brown, President of the DMSC and a panel of experts at the 2019 MBE Summit. QIF standard benefits MBE in two important ways: (1) automation of cyber-physical processes, allowing faster realization of higher quality products at lower cost, and (2)…
QIF for Industry: Open Round-Table Forum NIST MBE Summit April 1-4, 2019 Gaithersburg, MD You are invited to join an open round-table discussion with representatives from the QIF Community, authors, implementers, users, and thought leaders at the NIST MBE Summit 2019. Those at the table will discuss the scope and uses for the new ANSI/DMSC QIF v3.0 standard and status…
Digital Metrology Standards Consortium (DMSC) recently announced the release of the updated version of the Quality Information Framework (QIF) Standard: QIF 3.0. Under the DMSC, a working group develops Rule Types and eXtensible Markup Language (XML) Schema in the QIF standard. The goal is to develop a rule model, i.e., the standard of representing rules used in inspection process planning.…
by Bailey Squier DMSC Executive Director Emeritus During our 2019 campaign to recruit and interview candidates to join the Digital Metrology Standards Consortium (DMSC) Board of Directors, questions arose about the history of the DMSC. It’s been nearly ten years since we first memorialized the evolution of the Dimensional Measurement Interface Standard (DMIS) and ultimately the formation of the Dimensional…
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