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Sustainability Modeling and Optimization Project

To advance sustainable manufacturing, industry needs the ability to effectively evaluate the status or progress towards sustainable … more

Sustainable Manufacturing Program

To support industry’s drive to remain globally competitive and maximize innovation, this program will develop and deploy advances in … more

I++ DME (Dimensional Measurement Equipment)

The I++ (Inspection plus-plus) group is a loose consortium of European automobile manufacturers: Daimler, Audi, BMW, Opel, Volkswagen, Porsche, … more

eQuipp (Exchange of Quality Measurement Process Plans)

The Exchange of Quality Measurement Process Plans Specification (eQuiPP) is a new specification in progress, which defines all the information … more

DML (Dimensional Markup Language) Project

The DML specification defines content and format for measurement nominals and actuals, for single part inspection results, from a coordinate … more

Sustainable Metrics for Unit Assembly Processes Project

Industry needs assessment methods to make verifiable predictions of the energy and material consumption associated with a variety of manufacturing … more

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