As a high-volume SUV program was preparing to launch a few years ago for a Big Three auto maker, wind noise and water I leaks suggested a serious problem with a closure panel, Eager for a solution, the auto maker first had to identify the source of die problem, which baffled its body engineers. Perceptron Inc., a supplier diat specializes in laser-based measuring, got die call to analyze five doors, all of diem allegedly identical. Perceptron engineers eventually learned die five doors were anything but. They found significant variation in the dimensions of all five.
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