Securing Advanced Manufacturing in the United States: The Role of Manufacturing USA: Proceedings of a Workshop by unknow

Author:unknow
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Industry and Labor: Policy, Reviews and Evaluations, Industry and Labor: Economics
Publisher: The National Academies Press
Published: 2017-10-16T00:00:00+00:00

FIGURE 3-5 The investment gap in manufacturing innovation.

SOURCE: Presentation of Susan Helper, Case Western Reserve University, at the 23 May 2017 National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine workshop on The Role of Manufacturing USA. This figure is based on a diagram from the 2012 Advanced Manufacturing Partnership Report.

The final obstacle to a more robust U.S. manufacturing sector is a poorly trained workforce. Helper explained that students and workers face a variety of challenges in linking to and staying with appropriate training programs and in keeping in pace with the changing needs of the manufacturing sector. Lack of training, she elaborated, is related to stigma associated with manufacturing, poor linkages between employers and educational organizations, and inadequate K–12 preparation.

Overall, Helper concluded, “we have a fragmented ecosystem, with a lot of potential for sharing and a lot of interdependence that is not being captured. Manufacturing USA could be a key hub to overcome that and become a key lynchpin of future policy.”

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