Manufacturing in the Eyes of a Metrologist

General perception among the engineering students, researchers and practitioners is that metrology activities find place in the chain of design-manufacturing-metrology activities only to verify a manufactured component and check its conformance to the design specification. This keynote paper is intended to bring out the intricacies in the manufacture of engineering components, deviating from the above conventional chain. A sincere attempt is made in this keynote paper to emphasis the fact that a metrologist is not only a person familiar with the science and application of metrology, but also having an eye for the details. The chosen topic is so wide in its scope that an account of author’s own experience is presented here to mainly serve as a starter.