The 2018 Strategic Investment Plan (SIP) and Technology Roadmap describes DMDII’s directional priorities for 2018 and beyond. A vision of making “every part better than the last” is introduced as a means for focusing the Institute’s efforts, building on past research, and reducing technology to practice. The vision describes a future state where...
The Manufacturing USA Annual Report for Fiscal Year 2016 describes the program’s work in helping to move discoveries in the nation’s universities and research laboratories to the shop floor here in America. It highlights the nine Manufacturing USA institutes that were active in Fiscal Year 2016, and documents the network's progress toward...
It’s never been a busier or more exciting time to be a part of PowerAmerica and the Manufacturing USA network. The institute, in its second full year of operation worked alongside 22 industry partners ranging from multinational organizations to start-ups, and 12 universities with an incredible depth of expertise in power electronics. Together, they...
On May 23, 2017, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine convened a workshop to explore the role of the Manufacturing USA initiative and issued its summary of the proceedings.
The Manufacturing USA initiative seeks to reinforce U.S.-based advanced manufacturing through partnerships among industry, academia, and government...
In August 2016, the directors of the Manufacturing USA institutes launched the Charter of the Institute Directors Council. The charter describes the council’s responsibility of supporting the goals of Manufacturing USA by facilitating cooperation and collaboration among the institutes with advice as needed from the federal sponsors of Manufacturing...
“Manufacturing plays an outsized role in the U.S. economy: from the greatest economic multiplier of any other sector, to the creation of four (4) additional jobs for every manufacturing job, it is clear that the manufacturing sector is a critical driver to our country’s prosperity and security. These economic impacts grow as we add next-generation...
This is the first strategic plan for the National Network for Manufacturing Innovation (NNMI) Program. It describes the vision of the program and its goals. This plan outlines the methods by which these goals will be achieved, including the program’s investment strategy, the mechanisms by which investments made by federal agencies will be...
The National Network for Manufacturing Innovation (NNMI), now known as Manufacturing USA, began in earnest in 2011, when the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) recognized the need for a concerted, whole-of-government effort to increase the footprint of applied research and development in advanced manufacturing.
Released in August 2015, this initial Guidance on Institute Performance Metrics provides a broad framework for performance metrics and a set of common principles to Institutes within the Manufacturing USA program (the National Network for Manufacturing Innovation) for developing and implementing performance metrics for a variety of needs, such as...
Research needs in Advanced Sensors, Controls, Platforms, and Modeling for Smart Manufacturing
Smart Manufacturing and Digital Manufacturing are the evolving descriptors for the business and operational application of advanced cyber technologies in manufacturing. The term ‘Manufacturing’ refers to anything that is ‘made’ - energy, chemicals...
On December 16, 2014, the President signed into law the Revitalize American Manufacturing and Innovation Act (RAMI Act), which gave Congressional authorization to the Advanced Manufacturing National Program Office and authorized the Department of Commerce to hold “open-topic” competitions for manufacturing innovation institutes so that the...
On October 27, 2014, the Advanced Manufacturing Partnership (AMP) report, Accelerating U.S. Advanced Manufacturing, was released. The report reflects the significant actions taken by the AMP and its members to launch public-private initiatives, and offers recommendations to enable innovation in critical emerging manufacturing technologies...
An Advanced Manufacturing National Program Office task team was formed to develop and recommend intellectual property policy for the National Network for Manufacturing Innovation (NNMI). The Guidance on Intellectual Property Rights for the National Network for Manufacturing Innovation was drafted as a set of recommended intellectual property...
On January 15, 2013, the Advanced Manufacturing National Program Office released the report titled “ National Network for Manufacturing Innovation: A Preliminary Design Document.” This report describes the initial proposed design for Manufacturing USA (officially known as the National Network for Manufacturing Innovation), an initiative to...
In this 2012 report, the Advanced Manufacturing Partnership Steering Committee made recommendations for improving the manufacturing competitiveness of the U.S. Key among these was the recommendation that the nation establish a “national network of manufacturing innovation institutes” as public-private partnerships to foster ecosystems in advanced...
