Next Generation Manufacturing: An Outlook for Southern New England Friday, May 20, 2005 Next Generation Manufacturing: An Outlook for Southern New England Friday, May 20, 2005 E. Vagos Hadjimichael Dean, School of Engineering Fairfield University

Status of Manufacturing in the USA Not Good; but not desperate The “sea” change in manufacturing is the shift from local to global manufacturing

Status of Manufacturing in the USA Well-known “pragmatic” reasons for the transformation Production- Wage differentials of 20 to 1 moved production to underdeveloped countries Distribution- “logistics of transporting goods and keeping track of them via computers has improved, and costs were lowered and movement of goods has been accelerated”

Status of Manufacturing in the USA Why is status of manufacturing “not good”: Loss of 2.5 million US jobs since the year 2000 * *National Academy of Engineering Report, Spring 2005

Status of Manufacturing in the USA Examples of what is happening because manufacturing went global: Half the value of a vehicle sold in the US today is produced elsewhere- meager US exports Persistent trade deficit, due entirely to imbalance in manufactured goods- 6-7% of GDP US lost position of leadership in manufacturing engineering and manufacturing technology

The Road to Recovery Model: US Agriculture The agricultural workforce was reduced from 30% of US population in early 20 th c. to 3% at the end of the century – produces enough food for half the world

The Road to Recovery Model: US Agriculture HOW WAS PROGRESS ACHIEVED? Tight cooperation among: Government Universities – source of research, information and skilled manpower Agricultural industry

Challenges to manufacturing in the USA * 1.Concurrent manufacturing 2.Integration of human and technical resources 3.Environmental compatibility 4.Innovative processes * National Academy of Engineering Report, Spring 2005

Manufacturing Strategies Just-in-time manufacturing Flexible manufacturing

Manufacturing Education at the SOE of Fairfield University Bucking the trend at SOE For the most part, there are no focused manufacturing programs in US engineering schools

Manufacturing Education at the SOE of Fairfield University The Programs at SOE Under Mechanical Engineering: Concentration in Manufacturing Certificate in Automated Manufacturing Certificate in Mechatronics Under Master’s Degree in Management of Technology Track in Design and Manufacturing

Manufacturing Education at the SOE of Fairfield University Mission of the programs: Undergraduate: To meld the disciplines of mechanical, electrical and computer-based automation to create an “efficient” manufacturing environment Graduate (MSMOT): to develop models of management of technology leading to maximum “return on investment”

Manufacturing Education at the SOE of Fairfield University Areas of study and training: Undergraduate (Program Director: Dr. Paul Botosani, Ph.D.) Computer Aided Manufacturing (CAM) Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC) Hydraulic and Pneumatic design Computed Integrated Manufacturing (integrated systems) (CIM) Product and Process Design for Manufacturing Automation and Robotics Feedback and Control Systems

Manufacturing Education at the SOE of Fairfield University Areas of study and training: Graduate (Program Director: Jay Hoffman) Supply Chain Design Planning for Lean Manufacturing Design for Economy and Reliability Design for Automation

Academic Alliance with the Community Colleges. A pipeline from the 2-year AS degree to the 4-year BS degree based on the “Academic Alliance” concept

Academic Alliance with the Community Colleges Fairfield University has Articulation Agreements with Community Colleges that have technology programs- BS degree completion at Fairfield U. Three Rivers CC Naugatuck Valley CC, Norwalk CC And planning others with Gateway CC and Housatonic CC.

Academic Alliance with the Community Colleges Fairfield’s contribution On-site bridge courses On-line courses Some financial assistance Logistics and infra-structure in support of the Alliance.

Return to the main question: What is needed to sustain progress in recapturing manufacturing activity Cementing the government-university- industry collaboration that has worked so well in the Agriculture domain.

What is needed to sustain progress in recapturing manufacturing activity? Immediate steps: Establish technology centers on university campuses, with focus on manufacturing Systematic on-site workforce development in Industry provided by Connecticut institutions

What is needed to sustain progress in recapturing manufacturing activity What will the Government do? What will Industry do? THIS IS THE QUESTION.