Visionary Manufacturing Challenges for 2020 - Hardcover

National Research Council; Division On Engineering And Physical Sciences; Board On Manufacturing And Engineering Design; Commission On Engineering And Technical Systems; Committee On Visionary Manufacturing Challenges

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0309061822 ISBN 13: 9780309061827

Publisher: National Academies Press, 1998

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.

Table of Contents

• Front Matter
• Executive Summary
• 1 The 2020 Vision
• 2 Grand Challenges for Manufacturing
• 3 Priority Technologies and Supporting Research
• 4 Preparing for 2020
• References
• A Summary of Workshop on Visionary Manufacturing Challenges
• B Delphi Survey: Methodology and Results
• C Delphi Survey Questionnaires
• D Biographical Sketches of Committee Members
• Index

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

Edition details

• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Publication date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0309061822
• ISBN 13: 9780309061827
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 172