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That coupled with producing locally and avoiding long and complex international supply chains will provide a significant enticement to expand and reshore manufacturing operations in the United States.
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A manufacturing ecosystem with strong roots in smart manufacturing, including workforce, tech nology deployment, and a cybersecure infrastructure (including classical and next generation infrastructures such as data and connectivity) , will enable the United States to stay at the forefront of manufacturing in critical areas to the nation's economy and security.
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There is a significant opportunity to empower the Manufacturing USA institutes to integrate and orchestrate these long-haul cultural, business, and market changes together; align agendas; and take action on categorized recommendations that lend themselves to the near-term and timeline-based benefits. The public– private partnership institute structure is equipped to bring industry, academia, and government together in tackling how to align sustainability, global competitiveness, national security, and business economic goals -- inventing next-generation manufacturing, not just further optimizing a legacy structure.
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Key Recommendation: A national plan for smart manufacturing should offer a holistic, boldly orchestrated national approach to solve workforce challenges and leverage, support, and amplify existing workforce develop ment infrastructures, investments, and systems. An effective initiative could take the form of an independent nongovernmental institute or organiza tion, such as a National Academy for Smart Manufacturing Education and Training, that is chartered to drive workforce-related initiatives and support smart manufacturing education and training in the United States.
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Recommendation: In order to provide direct investment and support for smart manufacturing skills development, the national plan for smart manu facturing could adopt one or more of the following initiatives: • Option: Set up fellowship programs, traineeships, or E-corps (similar to the National Science Foundation's [NSF's] Innovation Corps [NSF I-Corps]
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The Department of Energy and other federal agencies should fund programs and consortia that develop technologies at the intersections of critical technologies (e.g., human–artificial intelligence [AI] co-piloting, sensing, AI/machine learning, platform technologies, digital twins, and uncertainty quantification)
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creating new outreach programs at the Manufacturing Extension Partnership to provide access to smart manufacturing expertise. Recommendation: The Manufacturing Extension Partnership program, the Industrial Assessment Centers, and the Manufacturing USA institutes should be empowered and funded by government agencies, such as the Department of Energy, to work together on smart manufacturing capabili ties for small-to-medium manufacturers (SMMs)
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112 O p t i o n s f o r a N at i o n a l P l a n f o r S m a r t M a n u f a c t u r i n g and implement cross-agency strategic, financial, and administrative coordi nation in a timely manner. This should be supported by appropriate budget and resource allocations.
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