Visionary Manufacturing Challenges for 2020 (1998) / Chapter Skim
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In this study, the committee identifies fundamental manufacturing challenges that can guide current investments in research. The Committee on Visionary Manufacturing Challenges was established by the National Research Council's Board on Manufacturing and Engineering Design (1)
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Information and knowledge on all aspects of manufacturing enterprises and the marketplace will be instantly available in a form that can be effectively assimilated and used for decision making. · The global distribution of highly competitive production resources, including skilled workforces, will be a critical factor in the organization of manufacturing enterprises.
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The form and identity of companies will be radically changed to encompass virtual structures that will coalesce and vanish in response to a dynamic marketplace. New corporate architectures for manufacturing enterprises, including materials enterprises that convert raw and recycled feedstocks into an array of finished and semifinished materials and product enterprises that convert the new materials into configured products, will emerge.
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: . adaptable, integrated equipment, processes, and systems that can be readily reconfigured · manufacturing processes that minimize waste and energy consumption · innovative processes for designing and manufacturing new materials and components · biotechnology for manufacturing system synthesis, modeling, and simulation for all manufacturing operations technologies to convert information into knowledge for effective decision making product and process design methods that address a broad range of product requirements enhanced human-machine interfaces new educational and training methods that enable the rapid assimilation of knowledge software for intelligent collaboration systems
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· Substantial research is already under way outside of the manufacturing sector that could be focused on manufacturing applications. Progress toward the goals recommended in the Next Generation Manufacturing study on the needs of the next decade would provide some fundamental building blocks for meeting the longer-term grand challenges for 2020.
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. understanding the effect of human psychology and social sciences on decision-making processes in the design, planning, and operation of manufacturing processes · managing and using information to make intelligent decisions among a vast array of alternatives adapting and reconfiguring manufacturing processes rapidly for the production of diverse, customized products · adapting and reconfiguring manufacturing enterprises to enable the formation of complex alliances with other organizations developing concurrent engineering tools that facilitate cross-disciplinary and enterprise-wide involvement in the conceptualization, design, and production of products and services to reduce time-to-market and improve quality developing educational and training technologies based on learning theory and the cognitive and linguistic sciences to enhance interactive distance learning · optimizing the use of human intelligence to complement the application and implementation of new technology · understanding the effects of new technologies on the manufacturing workforce, work environment, and the surrounding community
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Research road maps that could be used to monitor progress toward realization of the vision of manufacturing in 2020 should be established in follow-up technology seminars with focus groups exploring the priority technologies and potential research areas. Rather than trying to anticipate the advancements for a twenty-year period, the committee recommends that general long-term goals be established in each technology area and that detailed road maps be established for five-year "windows of commitment." This approach, similar to the approach of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, would provide a reasonable time frame for technology incubation, with yearly reviews to monitor progress.
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