Fifty-Two Percent of Survey Respondents Plan to Increase Spending on Gages
TROY, MI — A majority of manufacturers plan to maintain or increase spending on quality operations over the next year, and more plan to invest in gages than in any other category, according to a recent survey by Quality.
In the survey, gages continued to lead CMMs, software and other categories in upcoming budgets, with 52% of respondents planning to increase spending on gages. Quality software, measurement software, laser measurement equipment and CMMs rounded out the top five. At 52%, gages increased slightly over last year’s survey, when the category finished second at 49%. That year, quality software finished first, at 51%. Gages were followed by measurement software, video measurement equipment and CMMs.