Presentation by Cisco  Click to add information – And this is important also Don’t forget the little stuff –And again

Presentation by Pat Cleary National Association of Manufacturers “Cost of Capitol: Removing the Handcuffs” Shopfloor.org

Fun Facts About Manufacturing: Over One-eighth (13%) of Gross Domestic Product 80% > retail 175% > transportation and utilities 88% > construction, mining and agriculture

Standing alone, it is:  The world’s 8 th largest economy  Larger than the economies of: - Spain - Canada - South Korea and Mexico combined

 Manufacturing is responsible for nearly two-thirds (62%) of all U.S. exports of goods and services.  Manufacturing is responsible for three fifths of all industrial R & D  Manufacturing is responsible for 90% of all patents. - Agriculture: $60billion/yearly - Manufacturing: $60billion/monthly

 Manufacturing employs 14 million people

LEAN NOT SPOKEN HERE

Principles of Lean  “Define Value”  “Eliminate Waste to Make Value Flow”

Reduce the costs of doing business in the US  NAM Study: 22% cost disadvantages vs. trading partners  Challenges: – Taxes – Health Care (1/6 of GDP)  Regulations: --$180 billion cost of regulation --$32 billion workplace --Highest environmental costs

Legal Costs (2% of GDP) Larger than the economies of: Hong Kong Hungary Vietnam Venezuela PortugalPeru Algeria Israel RomaniaIreland Czech RepublicMorocco DenmarkNigeria ChileKazakhstan NorwaySingapore FinlandBelarus ……..and 173 others

Energy Cost – Natural Gas

Energy Cost – Resources

Our Message  Manufacturing is critically important to the US economy and standard of living.  We are challenged as never before, here and abroad.  Before you vote/take action ask yourself “will this make US manufacturing more or less competitive?”  We will be watching how you vote and  We will be informing our employees.

 “Just because you do not take an interest in politics doesn’t mean politics won’t take an interest in you.” -Pericles  “The penalty that good men pay for not being interested in politics is to be governed by men worse than themselves.” -Plato Shopfloor.org