Visionary Manufacturing Challenges for 2020

National Research Council, Committee on Visionary Manufacturing Challenges

ISBN 10: 0309061822 / ISBN 13: 9780309061827

Published by National Academy Press, Washington, DC, 1998

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156 pages. Tables, figures, references, appendices, index. Inscribed by Woody Noxon, President of the Consortium for Advanced Manufacturing Internationall. Typed letter signed by Woody Noxon, and publisher's ephemera laid in. Topics covered include the changing workforce, the changing consumer, the rise of biotechnology and nanotechnology, the prospects for waste-free processing, simulation and modeling as design tools, shifts in global competition, and more.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Visionary Manufacturing Challenges for 2020
• Publisher: National Academy Press, Washington, DC
• Publication Date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0309061822
• ISBN 13: 9780309061827
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First? Edition. First? Printing.
• Condition: very good
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)

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Synopsis

Manufacturing will unquestionably be a very different enterprise in 2020 from what it is today. This book presents an exciting picture of the profitable and productive potential of manufacturing two decades hence.

This book takes an international view of future manufacturing that considers the leaps and bounds of technological innovation and the blurring of the lines between the manufacturing and service industries. The authors identify ten strategic technology areas as the most important for research and development and they recommend ways to address crosscutting questions. Representing a variety of industries, the authors identify six "grand challenges" that must be overcome for their vision to be realized, including the human/technology interface, environmental concerns, and miniaturization.

A host of issues are discussed that will push and pull at manufacturing over the next 20 years: the changing workforce, the changing consumer, the rise of bio- and nanotechnology, the prospects for waste-free processing, simulation and modeling as design tools, shifts in global competition, and much more.

The information and analyses in this book will be vitally important to everyone concerned about the future of manufacturing: policymakers, executives, design and engineering professionals, researchers, faculty, and students.

About the Author

Committee on Visionary Manufacturing Challenges, Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems, National Research Council