Articles by David Olson

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Case Study

Somebody Always Has to Go First: Grand Traverse Tool Becomes First Haas CMM Customer with Verisurf Software Integration

As Grand Traverse Tool has moved deeper into the medical, aerospace, and energy markets, quality verification requirements have become increasingly demanding.

David Olson

November 20, 2025

Traverse City, Michigan, has a long history of “firsts” in American manufacturing.

Software & Analysis

Reverse Engineering: Backing into Quality

The ability to reverse engineer is quickly becoming a standard go-to practice in manufacturing.

David Olson

October 4, 2013

Today’s quality, design and manufacturing engineers often require two gears to get their jobs done: forward and reverse. Yes, sometimes you need to back up in order to move forward.

Software & Analysis: The GD&T Model

David Olson

October 1, 2012

Model-based Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T) is powerful digital intelligence that can automate and improve quality across the entire manufacturing enterprise.

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Articles by David Olson

Somebody Always Has to Go First: Grand Traverse Tool Becomes First Haas CMM Customer with Verisurf Software Integration

Reverse Engineering: Backing into Quality

Software & Analysis: The GD&T Model

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the manufacturing and metrology industries.