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APPENDIX C: MANUFACTURING INFRASTRUCTURE CATEGORIES
Pages 61-80

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From page 61...
... manufacturing deployment. With the addition of the topic business practices, added for the Second National Conference on Manufacturing Technology in 1995, these six areas are intended to comprise the elements of the manufacturing infrastructure necessary to ensure that the United States maintains world leadership in manufacturing technology.
From page 62...
... Because of the large diversity in types, components, and business practices, contemporary manufacturing systems are probably best characterized as parochial, with very little consensus among suppliers, users, ant! researchers as to the most appropriate system for a particular application.
From page 63...
... , priority should be given to demonstrating inclustry-specific applications of next-generation manufacturing systems, fUrther refining the infrastructural technologies and achieving wiclespread implementation of this technology within both large and small manufacturing firms. TOOLS FOR DESIGN, MANUFACTURING, AND INTEGRATION Background A new competitive environment for industrial products and services is emerging which is placing tremendous pressures on manufacturing organizations.
From page 64...
... Priorities The National Science and Technology Council (NSTC) Subcommittee on Manufacturing Infrastructure recommends the creation of a national project to develop an information infrastructure capability to support collaborative design and manufacture.
From page 65...
... The creation of a manufacturing infrastructure national project will require executive-level support, the clevelopment of tools, new information integration capabilities, culture anal educational reforms, and changes in the financial infrastructure. Detailed research requirements and specific recommendations for action are outlinecl in this report.
From page 66...
... Equipment suppliers in the United States are losing market share to international competitors in a number of fields, including fabrication equipment, machine tools, semiconductor manufacturing and test equipment, and chemical, food, and textile processing equipment. As more equipment suppliers move offshore, there is a risk that U.S.
From page 67...
... Long term: Develop technologies for part complexities and fabrication speed not allowable using current methods. That is, "rapid fabrication" of production quality, functional parts in a similar time scale to rapid prototyping.
From page 68...
... and front-line workers are being deployed, the use of flexible manufacturing methods, the demand for higher~uaTity goods, the introduction of new technologies, have come together to change forever the dynamics of the American manufacturing workplace and require increased worker skills and education. At the same time, the United States has been falling behind its international competitors in the technical preparation of its entry-level, non-college-trained workforce.
From page 69...
... The National Science and Technology Council (NSTC) can play an important role in support of this effort by funding research and training and assisting government, educational institutions, and industry to collaborate on workforce issues and to pursue research on training technologies, prototypes, and models.
From page 70...
... Build the appropriate information highway linkages between the means employed to disseminate advanced manufacturing technology (e.g., Sematech, ATCs, MTCs,) and the human resources needed to make these technologies work.
From page 71...
... . Incorporate training and workplace modernization into expanded federal and state manufacturing extension programs to make them user-friendly, one-stop shopping centers for both workers and managers for training and industrial modernization.
From page 72...
... They are occurring on the inclividual factory floor as well as in entire industry sectors. They include the concepts of increasing
From page 73...
... small firms are compared to foreign counterparts. Small manufacturers frequently are also slow to adopt modern business approaches and workforce practices such as acivanced workforce training, empowerment, modem workplace organization, National Research Council.
From page 74...
... More recently, the federal government, in collaboration with the states, has focused on manufacturing extension centers and services that use a combination of technical generalists and specialists, in concert with other types of resources, to directly assist companies in
From page 75...
... The national MEP is a direct response to the problems small manufacturers face. The program's mission is to help small manufacturers adopt appropriate technologies, techniques, and business and workforce approaches in order to improve product quality, cost, and time to market.
From page 76...
... To the extent that aciditional extension centers, supporting programs, and other related projects are adclecl to the national system, they should be established through a merit-basecl, competitive process. A comprehensive technology deployment system has begun to emerge and its strategic focus has changed considerably.
From page 77...
... The cochairs presented an overview of their perspectives on the development of a white paper covering business practices from an industry perspective (Dale Hartman, Consortia for Advanced Manufacturing International) and government perspective (Michael McGrath, Advanced Research Projects Agency)
From page 78...
... an example of a dual-use manufacturing plant that currently produces circuit boards for both trucks and military navigation systems. McGrath said the DOD considers that business practices can have a greater potential cost-reduction impact than technology alone.
From page 79...
... MAIVUFACTURlNG INFRASTRUCTURE CATEGORIES 79 McGrath pointer! out that there are probably only three instances in which government funding would be needecl: .


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