Beamex Calibration Solution In A Decoupled World
Beamex recently had an interesting opportunity knock on their door. A US-based customer was shopping around for calibrators and decided to choose us. Beamex takes immense pride in the technical quality of their calibrators and the ecosystem they have built around them. Read why this US-based customer chose Beamex as their calibration solution.
In addition to their considerations, the customer emphasised the importance of ensuring that our calibrators were not sourced from China before finalising their decision.
While it’s true that many products contain Chinese components, the key distinction here was that the Beamex calibrator proudly carried a “Made in Finland” label.
Remarkably, our US-based competitor’s calibrator was manufactured in China, resulting in its exclusion. Given the customer’s connection to the defence sector or “critical infra,” the geographical origin of manufacturing became a significant factor.
Only after they were satisfied did they choose Beamex over other calibration providers across the globe. This decision clearly indicated that the economic decoupling between the United States and China is intensifying.
Beamex CEO Jan-Henrik has identified several indicators to support this emerging trend, read his blog to understand how and why this is happening. What’s more fascinating was the role calibration could play in the evolving backdrop of decoupling. Here are a few ways in which Beamex see it working out.
1. Calibration could make it easier for manufacturers to work under multiple regulatory regimes.
If decoupling progresses at its current rate and geo-political tensions heat up, the global supply chain will inevitably fragment, giving rise to multiple or even regional supply chains as different economic blocs focus on protecting their interests.
Rival regulatory regimes may make it next to impossible for manufacturers to operate in different markets. How do we ensure that a product or service produced through one chain can be distributed in another? The answer is calibration.
Calibration, with its objective of ensuring accuracy, precision, and reliability in measurements, serves as a common language in global trade. It enables manufacturers to consistently produce high-quality goods, irrespective of the production location while bridging the gap across regulatory regimes, ensuring products meet requisite criteria across borders.
2. Calibration could ensure efficiencies if supply chains fragment.
Even if decoupling forces the global supply chain to fragment leading to multiple chains fighting over a dwindling share of raw materials and investments, experts are already counting on technology to help solve the issue.
Currently, various industries are scrambling to automate their manufacturing to gain incremental efficiencies while reducing waste to a minimum. This means they are investing in IoT, AI, advanced sensors and all the trappings that come with Industry 4.0. It takes no leap of imagination to realise that these technologies could help negate some of the inefficiencies that arise.
For example, completely automated factories near shored in friendly countries could negate the risk of higher labour costs. Green energy technology will allow countries to be more self-sufficient, reducing their dependence on hostile governments.
And through all of this, calibration will help industries ranging from automation to energy ensure that accurate data is measured through field devices, manufacturing processes are validated, and the desired outcomes are achieved.
3. Calibration could help open innovation and collaboration through increased security
Decoupling and the rise of different regulatory regimes could effectively put an end to global collaboration and cooperation. But here, technology could provide a way out.
Beamex’s Director of Digital Transformation, Sami Koskinen states different technologies, such as AI and advanced sensors, could be used to collect data and create shared data ecosystems where researchers and experts from different countries could work and collaborate. However, for this to happen, data and digital security must be top-notch.
Here, Beamex can see AI being used to anonymise data, ensuring that different stakeholders can utilise the data without the security and privacy of the citizenry being affected. Calibration software could be used to ensure the validity of data/measurements, adding another layer of trust to information security systems.
Additionally, calibration hardware can be used to ensure that field equipment and sensors (both prone to cyber-attacks) are accurate and have not been tampered with, increasing their reliability And, of course, even the calibrators need to be made secure. At Beamex are constantly working on building resilient connections between their calibration hardware and software, negating the risk of malware and spyware.
In conclusion, decoupling will have serious ramifications for the manufacturing sector and the global supply chain. Governments and businesses have learnt from the experience of the pandemic and are actively working to build up resilience across systems.
Calibration will play a key role in measuring, testing, and validating this resilience, and in the process, it will open new opportunities for growth in a decoupled world.
Discover more on how Beamex have helped other industries with their calibration solutions.
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About us
A better way to calibrate – Since the establishment of Beamex in 1975, the company has focused strongly and consistently on calibration. Beamex is a technology and service company that develops, manufactures and markets high-quality calibration equipment, software, systems and services for the calibration and maintenance of process instruments. The company is a leading worldwide provider of integrated calibration solutions for improving quality and efficiency.
Beamex offers a comprehensive range of products and services—from portable calibrators to workstations, calibration accessories, calibration software, industry-specific solutions and professional services. Through Beamex’s global and competent partner network, Beamex’s products and services are available in more than 80 countries. Beamex is certified in accordance with the ISO 9001:2015 quality standard.
Over forty years of experience in manufacturing and developing calibration equipment and systems, close co-operation with customers that have high requirements and uncompromising quality standards, shared by the people working at Beamex, are things that have made Beamex’s calibration solutions world-class. As a proof of Beamex’s success, there are more than 10,000 companies worldwide utilising its calibration solutions.
Beamex’s ISO 17025 accredited calibration laboratory is accredited and approved by FINAS (Finnish Accreditation Service). FINAS is a member of all Multilateral Recognition Agreements / Mutual Recognition Arrangements (MLA/MRA) signed by European and other international organisations, i.e. European co-operation for Accreditation (EA), International Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation (ILAC) and International Accreditation Forum Inc. (IAF).
What we do in a nutshell
We provide products and services for companies to streamline and digitalise their calibration processes.
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