21st Century Manufacturing - The Role of the Manufacturing Extension Partnership Program

The Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) - a program of the U.S. Department of Commerce's National Institute of Standards and Technology - has sought for more than two decades to strengthen American manufacturing. It is a national network of affiliated manufacturing extension centers and field offices located throughout all fifty states and Puerto Rico. Funding for MEP Centers comes from a combination of federal, state, local and private resources. Centers work directly with manufacturing firms in their state or sub-state region. MEP Centers provide expertise, services and assistance directed toward improving growth, supply chain positioning, leveraging emerging technologies, improving manufacturing processes, work force training, and the application and implementation of information in client companies through direct assistance provided by Center staff and from partner organizations and third party consultants.
21st Century Manufacturing seeks to generate a better understanding of the operation, achievements, and challenges of the MEP program in its mission to support, strengthen, and grow U.S. manufacturing. This report identifies and reviews similar national programs from abroad in order to draw on foreign practices, funding levels, and accomplishments as a point of reference and discusses current needs and initiatives in light of the global focus on advanced manufacturing,

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The Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) - a program of the US Department of Commerce's National Institute of Standards and Technology - has sought for more than two decades to strengthen American manufacturing. This title seeks to generate a better understanding of the operation, achievements, and challenges of the MEP program.

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• Authors: Technology Board on Science, Board on Science Technology and Economic, Board on Science Technology and Economic Policy, Committee on 21st Century Manufacturing, Committee on 21st Century Manufacturing the Role of the Manufacturing Extension Partnership Program of the National Institute of Standards and Technology, Committee on 21st Century Manufacturing: The Role of the Manufacturing Extension Partnership Program of the National Institute of Standards and Technology, National Research Council, Policy and Global Affairs
• Assisted by: Charles W Wessner (Editor), Charles W. Wessner (Editor)
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 27.10.2013
• EAN: 9780309291170
• ISBN: 978-0-309-29117-0
• No. of pages: 490
• Dimensions: 150 mm x 227 mm x 31 mm
• Weight: 804 g
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education