By Unknown Author • November 11th, 2025
In production, "small mistakes" are rarely small.
0.01 mm difference in an alignment fixture.
A calibration was skipped for one shift.
The temperature shift went unnoticed.
Manufacturing stops suddenly.
There is a delay in orders.
Clients lose faith in you.
This is how micrometer-level errors quietly add up to millions of dollars in losses the kind of losses that most companies never blame on poor measurements.
Dimensional precision is essential to all manufacturing processes, whether you're creating aerospace assemblies, automobile molds, or turbine components.
However, downstream consequences frequently conceal the true financial burden of subpar metrology:
Unexpected machine failure
Cycles of rework that prolong production time
Waste of materials from scrap parts
Rejected shipments and unsuccessful quality audits
According to studies, even a 0.05mm alignment drift across production can result in a 7% yield reduction, which translates to hundreds of thousands of lost efficiency points.
When calibration is neglected, a tiny measurement inaccuracy turns into a significant production loss.
Vibration and temperature are not tracked.
Appropriate coordinate metrology is replaced by manual inspection.
These ostensibly innocuous shortcuts frequently result in cumulative tolerance drift, component fatigue, and misalignment without obvious consequences.IMS: Precision That Pays for Itself
IMS eliminates uncertainty with high-precision dimensional inspection services, laser tracker-based alignment, and portable CMM verification.
Our experts take environmental impacts into consideration while validating measurements on-site with sub-micron precision.
The result?
Reworks of 60% or less
Increased production and tolerance dependability
Documentation of accuracy traceability for every inspection
Our precision not only saves materials but also helps businesses safeguard profits.
A single micron may not seem like much until it causes a lost contract, a delayed delivery, and resource waste.
Profit comes from precision. And every micron matters with FL-IMS. Use FL-IMS for a precise audit.