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China—A Manufacturing Chimera?

Scott Andes Brookings Institution
Mark Muro Brookings
May 28, 2014
Most mainstream commentators share a short lineup of suspects when they discuss the decline of American manufacturing. Popular culprits range from automation to skills shortages to offshoring. Yet China has increasingly become public enemy No. 1.
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Four Steps to Increasing Women in Manufacturing

Pamela Kan Bishop Wisecarver Group
April 25, 2014
The number of women currently holding manufacturing jobs in the United States is at its lowest point in more than 40 years, according a Joint Economic Committee report. The report shines a light on the reality that we are not making progress when it comes to increasing the number of women represented in the manufacturing sector.
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The Next Industrial Revolution

Scott Case Main Street Genome
April 17, 2014
We are on the threshold of a major American industrial resurgence over the next decade. New technologies, design methodologies, and demand are leading the way, and the U.S. economy is well-positioned to take advantage of them.
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We Don’t Know If Our Patent System is Working

Rebecca Strauss Council On Foreign Relations
April 14, 2014
“Innovation” is a hot buzzword in Washington. In a city gripped by partisanship, being pro-innovation is something everyone can agree on. One of the most direct ways the federal government participates in the innovation economy is through the legal protection of tangible innovations themselves, or patents. Yet incredibly, no one has a good grasp of whether the U.S. patent system is doing what it was intended to do—promote innovation.
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UK Budget Bolsters Manufacturing Innovation Practices

Mark Elborne GE
March 31, 2014
A number of initiatives were announced in this year’s UK budget that will help maintain the momentum behind British manufacturing innovation, ensuring strong competition with rival markets such as Germany and the U.S., where similar policy support for manufacturing is in place.
Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne described his budget as being focused on the “makers and doers.”
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Technology Driving U.S. Manufacturing Renaissance

March 27, 2014
Technological innovation is leading a U.S. manufacturing renaissance that has the potential to bring work back to America for years to come, a new report says. The trend is sustainable if the nation continues to invest in developing advanced manufacturing technologies and a highly skilled workforce.
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Report: Energy Boom Igniting US Urban Manufacturing Through 2020

March 24, 2014
Cheap energy will power a jobs surge in U.S. manufacturing through the year 2020, with 72 percent of those jobs going to metropolitan areas, according to a new report.
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Engineering Design 2.0: From Ancient Egypt to the Future of Engineering Design

Adam Rasheed GE
William T Carter GE
February 28, 2014
For all the changes in engineering design, the basic principles have remained the same since the time of Ancient Egypt.
In Ancient Egypt there exists evidence of the basic design process of defining objectives, performing research, specifying requirements, iterating while developing solutions, and prototyping before building the final version. The same process is followed today.
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Welcome to the Era of the Hardware Startup

Beth Comstock GE
February 06, 2014
As new technologies go, 3D printing is a bit of an attention hog. In recent years, we’ve seen printers with increasingly amazing capabilities: from ones that extrude plastic to create small objects to machines with lasers that melt metal powder into amazingly intricate jet engine parts.
But the cool factor of 3D printing sometimes obscures a movement in manufacturing that could have an even bigger impact: platforms that help us share ideas, suppliers and marketplaces. That emerging network is why I’m optimistic that 2014 marks the rise of the hardware startup.
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Innovate With Your Hands, Old School

Michael Graber Southern Growth Studio
Jocelyn Atkinson Southern Growth Studio
February 05, 2014
While the industrial revolution encouraged efficiency, it led to the decline of hand-made creations. We stopped tinkering altogether and started simply operating machines, becoming inherently less ingenious.
Over the past century, new product development hinged on access to expensive machines that were generally out of reach for the individual. Thus, only companies with the cutting edge equipment could achieve new production development and innovation.
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