Almost everything can be quantitated. It is interesting to see how devices are created to measure things accurately. Consider measuring tablet hardness. This is a quantifiable parameter. It is important from the dosage and breakage point of view but also important to measure how the tablet making machines and the various binders are working efficiently.
The article below tells you all about tablet hardness, but the amazing thing is that the amount of force it takes to break or even crack a tablet. A tablet crush test measures in the 5 Kg range. That means nearly a 5 kg dumbbell may be placed on a tablet that is balancing standing sideways and that will still not break the tablet.
The forces to crack the tablet in half is also in the 2Kg range. This is an enormous amount of force from the “g” force perspective and probably means that the tablet will not break when it falls to a hard floor and neither will it crumble easily in the wrapper. However, make it too tight and it will not dissolve adequately when swallowed or eaten by a person.
Quantitation therefore is something that is required by most industries and it is dependent on the device making industry to come up with unique strategies that make the measurement possible.