The Manufacturing system design and metrology research group's mission aims at building knowledge necessary for holistic understanding of manufacturing. This mission is implemented by integrating research fields of industrial engineering (2.10.05), metrology with total quality management (2.15.04) and engineering management (5.04.03). Intensive research activities were conducted and relevant scientific results were achieved in the period from 1999 to 2003. Within the research field of industrial engineering the following results have been achieved. The computer added approach for order-based production planning is developed. It enables dynamic production planning and managing trade-offs among multiple production criteria. In addition to this an approach for project-based management of order-based production is developed. It integrates managerial, technological, logistical and informational aspects within a holistic approach. Research on industrial ergonomy represents an important part within the industrial engineering research field. The methodology for advanced work place design in manufacturing represents the result of this research stream. Intensive research has been conducted in the engineering management research field. The research activities have been centred on exploring the dynamic capabilities development process in manufacturing organisations. This research contributed to the resource-based theory and dynamic capability approach. The outcomes of this research add to the theoretical debate in the research fields of technology management and manufacturing strategy. Research within engineering management also aimed at developing frameworks for new product development and contributing to the conceptual and practical knowledge in the field of innovation management and total quality management. The framework for dynamic new product development represents the outcome of research endeavours. The metrological part of the research programme has dealt with new measurement methods and procedures, with developing measuring instruments and with the quality of measurement results. The most important scientific contribution in the field of developing new methods and procedures is an original approach to gauge block calibration in which optimum measuring times are reached and possible errors are eliminated by automation and integrated comparator calibration. Further an original approach to precise electronic level calibration can be mentioned. A new standard has been developed and manufactured and a specific angle generation has been created. Both procedures were internationally reviewed and evaluated as original and applicable. A scientific article on electronic level calibration was sent to the reputable American journal Precision Engineering. It was accepted and is waiting for publishing. In the field of instrumentation a new concept of gauge block comparator and the standard for level calibration shall be mentioned. However, the greatest part in our scientific contribution is represented by uncertainty evaluation. Uncertainty was evaluated for the procedures of calibrating gauge blocks, levels, line scales, ball and cylinder diameter and screws. The design of experiments for uncertainty evaluation and definition of boundary conditions for temperature and other influences is original. Two articles from this field were published in "Srojniški vestnik" and one article was sent to and accepted by the Croatian journal "Strojarstvo".