Introduction to Dimensional Weight and Quality Dimensions

By David Calvin Kieffer

David Kiefer is a semi-retired Maintenance Engineer with a desire to be innovative. He grew up in a farming community in Northern Ohio. His interests began with farm machinery, which led to a career in technology. The desire to be innovative with a technology education led him to conceive the idea of Dimensional Weight.

This idea of Dimensional Weight was formulated in his life but needed a user of the process. A job with a major innovative package handling company led to the implementation of the process for that company, where he coined the process Dimensional Weight

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: Apr 16, 2004
• ISBN: 9781462816385

David Calvin Kieffer

This book is a reproduction of the manuscript given to the NIST Shipping Industry: Solid Volume Measuring Devices Working Group Forming. David Keiffers offer to be a consultant was done pro bono from his home. The major contribution that David made was to innovation of the process and the manuscript that is now this book, Introduction to Dimensional Weight and Quality Dimensions. David was kept in the loop of the committees reports so he could comment on any part of the development process.

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Contents

Book Summary

Author Biography

QUALITY OF DIMENSIONING

CHAPTER 1

Familiar Dimensions of Length, Width, and Height. When are they Quality Dimensions?

CHAPTER 2

Decision Making With Dimensions

CHAPTER 3

The Quality Dimensions of a Package

CHAPTER 4

Dimensional Weighing in Freight & Transportation

CHAPTER 5

Transportation: Quality Dimensions as Dimensional Weight

CHAPTER 6

The Expectations of Quality Dimensions in Dimensional Weighing

February 3, 1993

Mr. David C. Kieffer

8441 Highway 70

Arlington, TN 38002

Dear Mr. Kieffer:

Thank you for your letter of introduction and your resume. The Specifications and Tolerances Committee has requested that a work group be established to develop criteria for dimension and volume measuring machines. Several alternatives are under consideration to organize the work and operation of the group. Your offer to serve, as a consultant will be considered.

We will keep you informed of the progress to establish this work group and the activities to develop weights and measures criteria for these devices.

Sincerely yours,

Henry V. Oppermann

Manager, Device Technology

cc:         Charles Carroll

MA Weights & Measures

8441 Highway 70

Arlington, TN 38002

Phone: [phone]

May 19, 1993

Attn: Mr. Henry Oppermann

Office of Weight and Measures

NIST

Gaithersburg, MD 20699

In regards to our telephone conversation today concerning my involvement and copyrighted book on Dimensional Weight. I have enclosed a copy of my original manuscript for your review. It is hoped that this document will be appropriate for reference in your specifications, tolerances and other technical requirements of development.

Sincerely,

David C. Kieffer

August 8, 1994

Memorandum to the Automatic Weighing Systems Working Group and Other Interested Parties

From:     Dennis Johannes, Chairman, AWS Working Group California Division of Measurement Standards

Subject:  Meeting Notice for the AWS Working Group—September 19-21, 1994

This letter will confirm that a meeting of the Automatic Weighing System Working Group will be held at the Red Lion Hotel, 2001 Point Way West, Sacramento, California, on September 19-21, 1994. The meetings will start at 9:00 a.m. on Monday the 19th and end at 4:00 p.m. on the 21st. Please make your own hotel reservations. The Red Lion’s telephone number is [phone] [FAX [phone]]. The rates are $79 single (plus tax), and $89 double occupancy (plus tax). Please tell the hotel that you are with the NCWM to get the special rate. Reservations must be made no later than 5 p.m. on September 2, 1994.

Scope Expanded to Include In-Motion Scales Used in Package Shipping

The scope of the AWS Working Group has been expanded to include in-motion scales used commercially in the package shipping industry (see enclosed article). We intend to keep the work on the requirements for USDA devices separate from those for scales used in the shipping industry. On Monday and Tuesday we will focus on finalizing the requirements for USDA scales. Wednesday will be devoted to reviewing these requirements to determine what changes (if any) are needed for in-motion scales used in the shipping industry.

You will receive an agenda approximately two weeks before the meeting. Please send comments on the third meeting report and test procedures, along with any items or issues you would like to see added to the agenda, to Ken Butcher by