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2 CONFERENCE EVALUATION
2 CONFERENCE EVALUATION
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and CCIT, with emphasis on the CCIT subcommittees on Manufacturing Infrastructure and Advanced Materials Processing; . provide a forum for government to understand key issues and needs in the U.S.
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policies of the NSTC and CCIT; . a panel to identify industry-sector issues and needs; six concurrent workshop sessions to identify industry needs and priorities and to elicit comments on the draft version of the five white papers on manufacturing infrastructure; and .
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Pane! ~ Toward a Common Framework for Manufacturing Programs and Policies The purpose of the first panel, "Toward a Common Framework for Manufacturing Programs and Policies," was to provide an overview of NSTC and CCIT organization and policies and to discuss the work of the CCIT subcommittees on Manufacturing Infrastructure and
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The speakers included loan Kelly Horn, executive secretary of CCIT; Joseph Bordogna, assistant director for engineering at the National Science Foundation; and Lyle Schwartz, director of the Materials Science and Engineering Laboratory at NIST. Overview of file CC/T Joan Kelly Horn presented an overview of CCIT, which is chaired by Mary L
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The subcommittee helps to coordinate the federal R&D budget for materials and manufacturing technology, which is currently estimated to be $2.6 billion. A paradigm shift is occurring in manufacturing, with a trend toward small lot sizes, low unit costs, excellent quality, and short delivery times.
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Therefore, material and process equipment suppliers must be an integral part of the clevelopment process. NRC Committee Eva/uation of Pane/ / The panel session, "Toward a Common Framework for Manufacturing Programs and Policies," was conducted as a plenary session, with all conference attendees seated theater-style.
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Many of the participants viewed the conference as informational and did not recognize that they had an active role to play in assessing and further refining the six component themes of the manufacturing infrastructure framework, five of which were clefined by white papers. The NRC committee believes that the initial conference announcement should have informer!
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; global manufacturing leadership (applying flexible manufacturing, short product development cycles, and rapid technology implementation) , even though U.S.
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The food industry must continue to develop products that support a healthy lifestyle and fulfill nutritional needs. Automotive Sector Frank I
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Heavy Equipment Sector Richard Thompson, group president of Caterpillar, Inc., described the needs in the heavy equipment sector in terms of common themes, with the overall goal being to compete successfully against global
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· Partnerships among government, industry, and acaclemia. Bringing together an entire community of interest to tackle problems of mutual interest can result in rapid advances in manufacturing technology.
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Appare/ and Textiles Sector Craig Long, director of quality at Milliken & Co., discussed the manufacturing technology needs of the apparel and textiles sector. This sector comprises a very large manufacturing base, accounting for 12 percent of all manufacturing jobs, 6 percent of gross domestic product, $4 billion in capital equipment investments each year, and $227 billion in consumer sales in 1993.
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The different sectors provided the audience with an appreciation of the breadth of manufacturing and provided an opportunity to test the applicability of the six framework themes across disparate industry sectors. Each industry-sector representative took a somewhat different approach in identifying key issues and needs; many did not relate their needs to the manufacturing infrastructure framework.
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Manufacturing Infrastructure Workshops Concurrent workshop sessions were conducted to allow the participants to comment on the manufacturing infrastructure neecis and priorities summarized in white papers that were available at the start of the conference (except for business practices)
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Peter Brown summarized the white paper, and Joseph Erkes highlighted portions that were particularly important from his inclustrial perspective.
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The session started with an overview of the white paper, progress made toward identifying key issues for technology clevelopment planning, and a review of industry feedback resulting from the previous workshops. In an invited presentation, Richard Kegg of Cincinnati-Milacron clescribed experiences in the machine too!
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attempt to define the content for a white paper. The cochairs presented an overview of their perspectives on the development of a white paper covering business practices from an industry perspective (Harriman)
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These issues are expected to help form the basis of the first ciraft of a white paper. NRC Committee Eva/uation of the Manufacturing /nfrastructure Workshops The workshop sessions addressed the specific elements of the manufacturing framework through discussions of the draft white papers that were available.
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Given the time available for the workshops, it would have been reasonable to expect group consensus on a prioritized list of issues only if the attendees were aIreacly familiar with the white papers. It should not be expected, however, that a large group could develop technology development plans during a relatively brief workshop.
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