Not using the International System of Units causes measurable economic productivity losses
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Official documents and metrology guides indicate that adopting the International System of Units supports economic efficiency, international trade, and competitiveness, though the retrieved sources do not specifically quantify measurable productivity losses caused by failing to use it.
Abstract The international metrology community is focusing on the digitalization of the International System of Units (SI). A digital SI does not necessarily have to be a digital version of the present SI designed for communication between humans, or between humans and machines. This contribution reviews a proposed Digital System of Units (D-SI) for communication between machines using only the seven SI base units. We analyze the convenience of including in a future D-SI the conversion to the seven SI base units of most of the non SI units used worldwide for machine-to-machine communication, being machine accessible at the International Bureau of Weights and Measures website. This needs authoritative agreement of the corresponding conversion factors to be used. In this way, the dream of managing a single system of units could be achieved by machines before humans. Some causes of ambiguity in the present SI that may be overcome in the D-SI are also considered.
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## Office of Weights and Measures
# Metrication Costs and Benefits
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Use of the SI facilitates trade and business internationally and spurs economic growth. U.S. trading partners primarily use the metric system in trade and commerce. Organizations involved in both domestic and foreign activities find using the SI advantageous. Industries that adopt SI infrastructure and best practices benefit from improved interoperability of materials and product efficiency. Eliminating the need to maintain dual inventories is beneficial (e.g., one manufactured to non-SI or U.S. customary practices for domestic markets and another manufactured to SI for export purposes). Learn more about metrication best practices.
Replacing a measurement system with another requires investment. Organizations that have converted generally have found that costs are less than anticipated and that the efficiency benefit of utilizing the SI, an internationally recognized measurement system, exceeds the cost of conversion.
Organizations should assess the costs and impact of no
##### The Metric Path to Global Markets and New Jobs: A Question*and-Answer and Thematic Discussion
Gary P. Carver
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Technology Administration
National Institute of Standards
and Technology
Metric Program
Technology Services
Gaithersburg, MD 20899
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##### The Metric Path to Global
### Markets and New Jobs:
#### A Question-and-Answer and Thematic Discussion
Gary P. Carver
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Technology Administration National Institute of Standards
and Technology
Metric Program
Technology Services
Gaithersburg, MD 20899
June 1994
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Ronald H. Brown, Secretary
TECHNOLOGY ADMINISTRATION
Mary L Good, Under Secretary for Technology
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS
AND TECHNOLOGY
Aratl Prabhakar, Director
THE METRIC PATH TO GLOBAL MARKETS AND NEW JOBS:
A QUESTION-AND-ANSWER AND THEMATIC DISCUSSION
The logic for use of the metric system in the United States is strongest when metric use is viewed as an element of our national economic infrastructure, as an investment in efficiency, and as a necessity for international competitiveness.
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