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18 Collaborating to Meet Manufacturing Challenges
Pages 100-104

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From page 100...
... NCMS has 16 years of experience with public-private sector collaborations, including 40 cooperative research and development agreements and memoranda of understanding; 116 DoD projects totaling $300 million; and 6 National Institute of Standards and Technology Advanced Technology Program projects totaling $115 million. NCMS public-private projects received the prestigious R&D 100 Award for four consecutive years.
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From page 101...
... This program is a resource for industry members who share a common interest in improving their ability to defend the integrity of their critical infrastructure systems and trusted collaboration environments. The program provides access to advances and best practices that address critical infrastructure risks, threats, and opportunities for the manufacturing industry while striving to build trust among participants.
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From page 102...
... To ensure operational continuity and continued productivity, companies must pay more attention to their vulnerabilities and must take steps to protect their critical assets. Environmental issues are becoming increasingly important for reasons other than EPA and conventional environmental regulations.
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From page 103...
... As experts with vast corporate knowledge exit the workforce, methods must be developed to ensure that institutional memory is captured and made available to future employees. In addition, an aging workforce in the manufacturing sector will focus employer attention on ergonomic and workforce flexibility issues in order to maintain productivity.
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From page 104...
... This increase in importance will not be driven by EPA alone, but will be driven by regulations being implemented by our trading partners. The product take-back legislation mentioned earlier is an example of overseas markets driving environmental concerns in the United States.
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