The Quality Show (launched in 2015) is a 3-day trade show dedicated to connecting quality manufacturing professionals with process improvement vendors for all things QUALITY. Join thousands of quality managers, engineers and manufacturing professionals to network, attend education sessions and test out the latest technologies and products that will improve quality and productivity in your manufacturing process.

Registration is now open for the 2023 Quality Show.

We may have DMSC representatives or member companies in attendance. If you are planning to attend, please reach out to Mark Thomas by email and let him know.

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Interoperability for Feedback Loops from Dimensional Metrology in Digital Manufacturing using QIF

Interoperability in feedback loops is a very old problem within the digital thread and is an under served aspect of the contemporary standards community and R&D initiatives in general. While downstream information data flows have received much attention and have matured significantly over the last decade, this presentation will highlight many potential opportunities for interoperability standards such as the Quality Information Framework (QIF), to provide a transport mechanism for many use cases in digital manufacturing that require feedback loops.

Robert Brown received a BS in Physics from the University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee and an MBA from the Northern Illinois University. 25 years of experience in metrology and manufacturing specializing in MeasurLink application development for quality data acquisition, management, and analysis. He serves as a chair of the Digital Metrology Standards Consortium (DMSC) Quality Information Framework (QIF) Statistics Working Group. Robert co-authored the book Information Modeling for Interoperable Dimensional Metrology. Current responsibilities include managing software research and systems development at Mitutoyo America Corporation.

Quality Information Framework (QIF) was elevated to ISO Standard Status in August 2020 (ISO 23952:2020).  Modern quality operations consist of complex cyber-physical systems that are required to constantly gather and use digital manufacturing data. Often multiple players throughout the supply chain employ one or more proprietary software products, resulting in a critical communication break between supply chain partners. The data relevant to each partner must be intelligently organized and communicated. Enter Quality Information Framework (QIF): an XML-based, CAD-agnostic platform and standard. QIF seamlessly defines, organizes, and associates quality information including: measurement plans, results, part geometry and product manufacturing information (PMI), measurement templates, resources, statistical analysis, etc.

For more information about the QIF standard please contact the DMSC Executive Director, Mark Thomas.

For more information about the 2021 Quality Show event, click here.

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The Quality Show, launched in 2015, is a 3-day trade show dedicated to connecting quality manufacturing professionals with process improvement vendors for all things QUALITY. Thousands of manufacturing professionals and engineers come to network, attend education sessions and take home actionable solutions that can improve quality in your manufacturing planning.

Stop by Booth #1934 and visit with the Digital Metrology Standards Consortium members in attendance to learn more about:

• current ISO status of the QIF Standard
• QIF Tech Series Coffee Chats (QIF User Case Studies)
• projects our Working Groups have on their respective drawing boards
• what’s coming up for 2022
• membership in the DMSC

Robert Brown of Mitutoyo will present at the Quality Show Learning Theater:
Tuesday, October 26th @ 1pm CDT
Interoperability for Feedback Loops from Dimensional Metrology in Digital Manufacturing using QIF

Robert Brown received a BS in Physics from the University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee and an MBA from the Northern Illinois University. 25 years of experience in metrology and manufacturing specializing in MeasurLink application development for quality data acquisition, management, and analysis.

He serves as a chair of the Digital Metrology Standards Consortium (DMSC) Quality Information Framework (QIF) Statistics Working Group. Robert co-authored the book Information Modeling for Interoperable Dimensional Metrology. Current responsibilities include managing software research and systems development at Mitutoyo America Corporation.

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