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Ed Morrison · Manufacturing’s future
April 18th, 2010
Here’s a white paper by Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership Advisory Board, led by CSU’s Ned Hill.
The paper outlines reasons for both concern and optimism regarding manufacturing’s future. The paper advocates development of national manufacturing policies, including developing metrics to measure return on investments in R&D and federal laboratories.
Innovation and Product Development in the 21st Century
Last 5 posts by Ed Morrison
- Signing off - February 3rd, 2012
- "The current global development model is unsustainable" - February 1st, 2012
- Market opportunities for developing Chicago's green economy - January 29th, 2012
- Plain Dealer flubs its explanation for firing Tony Grossi - January 27th, 2012
- Linking and leveraging university assets to strengthen regional economies - January 27th, 2012
April 20th, 2010 at 7:55 am
Value chain is, in working practice, too often supply chain with a thin veneer of hype.
Green is, in working practice, heat beat and treat 1950s era industrial practices which have had a makeover so they are less bad — not environmentally friendly.
Finally, of manufacturing jobs as a whole, how many NEO jobs are advanced manufacturing? What do the numbers say about whether NEO is a leader or laggard? Ahead of the curve in most respects, or — save for a small handful of bright exceptions to the rule — is NEO being dragged; kicking and screaming into the 21st century?
Are we really at a crossroad? Or does every number for the last decade clearly show we’ve missed the crossroad?