Answers from the MD........
Tinius Olsen Managing Director answers a few questions on the current and possible future worlds of Metrology from both a company and overall industry perspective. What trends/customer requirements are currently driving developments in your area of metrology? MRP (Manufacturing Resource Planning) and nowadays, more commonly ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) software systems are becoming the core operational and financial tools in manufacturing companies. The efficiency of a company’s manufacturing processes (product birth to death) have become progressively more transparent for financial reporting. This detailed financial reporting provides not only a comparison of the actual production costs versus the planned or standard costs, but also reports on R&D project cycles, production re-work and delays, as well as product failures and the dreaded customer returns. Many companies invest heavily in optimisation projects to maximise profits by trimming any excess ti