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... and should not extrapolate from current trends. Results of this effort will help the National Research Council of the United States to identify technology research needs focused on areas likely to have significant impact on future manufacturing requirements beyond the year 2020.
From page 135...
... : Of your Division Of your Company Mailing Address: Industries that you are representing: Telephone: FAX: e-mail: Return by February 28, 1997 to: NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL Board on Manufacturing and Engineering Design Harris Building 262 2101 Constitution Avenue, NW Washington, DC 2 0418 Telephone: 202/334-3129, FAX: 202/334-3718 e-mail: bscarbo~as.edu
From page 136...
... Trial results for this survey indicated more extensive and thoughtful input on thefirst two questions. Insight and creative ideas are required on allfour questions.
From page 137...
... Technology is defined broadly to include resources, hardware, software, people finances, products, processing equipment, work processes, work designs, and business processes, etc. (End of Survey)
From page 138...
... 38 VISIONARY MANUFACTURING CHALLENGES FOR 2020 NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL COMMISSION ON ENGINEERING AND TECHNICAL SYSTEMS BOARD ON MANUFACTURING AND ENGINEERING DESIGN COMMITTEE ON VISIONARY MANUFACTURING CHALLENGES DELPHI SURVEY QUESTIONNAIRE #2 MANUFACTURING GRAND CHALLENGES IN THE YEAR 2020 Please return via email or fax by May 30, 1997 to: Attn: Bonnie Scarborough Board on Manufacturing and Engineering Design Harris Building, Room 262 2001 Wisconsin Avenue, N.W. Washington, DC 20007 USA Phone: (202)
From page 139...
... Therefore, it is important that you give thoughtful consideration to defining specific research areas and specific research topics that should be pursued. Please return the completed questionnaire by May 30, 1997.
From page 140...
... Enhancement of workforce performance and satisfaction to address rapidly changing and complex operational requirements, and diverse culture-based issues Constant and concurrent development of innovative products, processes, and systems to meet shorter product life cycles, enhance value added, and advance manufacturing capabilities Ability to rapidly develop and execute complex and dynamic alliances and collaborations Response to severe environmental material and energy scarcity impact constraints and increasing Achievement of the speed and flexibility to cost-effectively meet the everincreasing customer demands for instant satisfaction with customized products Adoption of rapidly developing technologies to increase and/or adapt the core strength of the enterprise to the marketplace Development of an effective global infrastructure to support new optimal scale manufacturing configurations Much more effective conversion of information to useful knowledge in an atmosphere of exploding availability of information
From page 141...
... Direct machine/user interfaces that enhance human performance and promote intelligent input (e.g., skill-leveraging, human commands transmitted directly to machine, human access to data via "bionic ears"J Net shape, programmable, flexible forming processes that require no hard tooling (e.g., pulsed power autoshaping, forming finished assemblies from the melt) Design methods and manufacturing processes for products that can easily be reconfigured with software or hardware (e.g., products easily upgradable in the field for long life, products that can be customized by the customer)
From page 142...
... P Q VISIONARY MANUFACTURING CHALLENGES FOR 2020 Desk-top manufacturing processes (e.g., manufacturing in the home by customer, neighborhood manufacturing service centers, highly distributed manufacturing capacity according to market location, portable manufacturing)
From page 143...
... 360 degree collaboration software (e.g., translate neural knowledge base to language that is personalized to different thinking styles; enable workforce participation in technology design and development; interactive visualization) Low gravity, high vacuum manufacturing (practical manufacturing in space; earth-bound manufacturing facilities with space environment)
From page 144...
... Examples of research topics include: unifying theories leading to models for product producibility; new concepts and models for partitioning manufacturing systems; theories and defining experiments for human and machine or manufacturing systems interactions; processes for synthesizing biological structures; material design from first principles; concepts for nanofabrication machines. Top 5 Technologies (identified by letter)
From page 145...
... END OF SURVEY Thank you for your participation. Please return via small or fax by May 30, 1997 to: Attn: Bonnie Scarborough Board on Manufacturing and Engineering Design Harris Building, Room 262 2001 Wisconsin Avenue, N.W.


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