2025 Cal-Toons Calendar
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A Quality Review: The Top 10 Best Papers for Life Science Calibration and Testing Laboratories
by Walter Nowocin In the past fifteen years, there have been many exceptional technical papers presented at the annual NCSL International Workshop and Symposium and the Measurement Science Conference. At Medtronic, we benefited from many […]
The Basics of Measurement, Traceability and ISO/IEC 17025
by Martin de Groot & Peter van de Leemput (Jul-Sep 2009) Abstract: This paper deals with accreditation of calibration laboratories, considering that for many calibration technicians the step to accreditation is a significant border to […]
The Business of Calibration: The Role of Marketing & Customer Service
by Greg Powell, B.S., M.B.A. The calibration laboratory is increasingly viewed as a business operation. In-house labs are called on to justify their expenses relative to the cost of a commercial lab. Commercial laboratories are […]
Selecting a Reputable Proficiency Test Provider
by Christopher L. Grachanen A proficiency test (PT) is a blind test to participants that is intended to prove or disprove participant’s measurement or testing competence. Any action that breaks the integrity of that process […]
The State of U.S. Science and Engineering 2024
The U.S. National Science Board (NSB) is congressionally mandated to release summary reports on science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM), from nine Indicator reports, in even years. The 2024 edition of The STEM Labor Force: […]
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Some Perspective on Risk and Decision Rules in Calibration
by James G. Salsbury When an accredited laboratory makes a statement of conformity to a specification, ISO/IEC 17025 requires the use of a decision rule that takes into account the level of risk associated with […]