Abstract :
The author describes how the test and measurement industry today is at a watershed. Although the communications test market remains strong, the military-aerospace sector is in retreat, and the computer marketplace is laboring under tremendous economic pressure. For their part, providers of hardware and software for automated calibration are taking advantage of the upcoming requirement that manufacturing companies conform to ISO 9000 if they want to do business with the European Union (formerly Community). Doing so will require, among many other things, that documented procedures for calibrating measuring instruments be developed and adhered to/spl minus/a natural application for automated calibration.<>
Keywords :
automatic test equipment; automatic testing; calibration; instruments; measurement standards; technological forecasting; ISO 9000; automated calibration; hardware; market; measurement; measuring instruments; software; standards; testing; Business; Calibration; Companies; Defense industry; Hardware; Manufacturing automation; Manufacturing industries; Military computing; Quality management; Testing;
