Most gauges on the shop floor designed to provide a specified level of accuracy. However, in the production environment, where tight tolerances are a way of life. It is critical to think about gauging requirements before putting instruments out there and possibly having them not meet expectations.
Comment: The UK is closer to deindustrialisation than reindustrialisation
"..have been years in the making" and are embedded in the actors - thus making it difficult for UK industry to move on and develop and apply...