Many CMM practitioners have an explicit commitment not only to describe and understand, but to improve the conditions in which they and those around them live.
They will continue to facilitate process control but will also become the primary source of manufacturing data and information for collaborative manufacturing management (CMM) applications all within a robust environment.
The most recent developments in stylus-based measurement has included the integration of surface finish probes into common CMM (coordinate measuring machines).
There is extensive literature involving the use of CMM to address family violence, intra-community relations, workplace conflict and many other social issues.
