21st century manufacturing : the role of the Manufacturing Extension Partnership Program / / Committee on 21st Century Manufacturing, the role of the Manufacturing Extension Partnership Program of the National Institute of Standards and Technology, Board on Science, Technology, and Economic Policy, Policy and Global Affairs ; Philip P. Shapira, committee chairman ; Charles W. Wessner, editor ; National Research Council of the National Academies

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910789352603321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Washington, District of Columbia : , : The National Academies Press, , [2013]; ©2013
• ISBN: 0-309-29120-8; 0-309-29118-6
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (490 p.)
• Disciplina: 338.0973
• Soggetti: Manufacturing industries - United States; United States
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: ""Front Matter""; ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Summary""; ""1 The Structure and Role of MEP""; ""2 U.S. Manufacturing in Global Context""; ""3 MEP and Lean Manufacturing""; ""4 Development of MEP Center Metrics""; ""5 MEP Center Performance Measures and Evaluations of Program Outcomes""; ""6 New Approach: Next Generation Strategy""; ""7 Foreign Programs to Support Applied Research and Manufacturing""; ""8 Findings and Recommendations""; ""Appendixes""; ""Appendix A1: Canada's Industrial Research Assistance Program (IRAP)""; ""Appendix A2: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft: The German Model of Applied Research""""Appendix A3: Taiwan's Industrial Technology Research Institute: A Cradle of Future Industries""; ""Appendix A4: Catapult: Britain's New Initiative in Applied Research""; ""Appendix A5: The Carnot Initiative in France""; ""Appendix B: An Evaluation of the MEP: A Cross Study Analysis--Jan Youtie""; ""Appendix C1: MEP Center Data (FY2010-2011)""; ""Appendix C2: Open-ended Responses from Center ; Directors""; ""Appendix D: Bibliography""